Nose rubbing prevention.

[le miow]

The smallest of my two is excessively nosing the glass when active at night, I've checked for any signs of rti/mouth rot and he seems to be perfectly normal. I've just cluttered up the cage a bit more as I've read this can help. Is there anything else I can try ?

Also my biggest, we think could be a female, I know there's no way of knowing unless sexing them which I haven't done as not planning on breeding him/her ( if ever requires a vet visit, touch wood, then I'll get them to do it then ). So I'm also wondering if this could play a factor in it as well? They are kept in the same room against different walls and when being taken out he seems to stretch out to the bigger snakes tank.

Both enclosures are heated by UTH with thermostat, cool side around 78 and warm side around 87 ( there's very little difference in the two) and the humidity is around 56 at the moment. All measured digitally. Both are great eaters, haven't turned down a meal ( again, touch wood).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

[vangarret2000]

What makes you think it's a female?

[le miow]

Well surprisingly ( or maybe not ) the stores here don't sex them, they are sold as males. We were just going by the usual tell tale signs ( size/weight, head size, tail tip and spurs ) which is making me wonder, but I do realize this is nothing to go by. I returned to the store to ask and was told it could be likely to be female.

The herp vet around here is a while away, which I have no problem getting to in an emergency situation, but haven't traveled out there for sexing. I'm guess I'm just looking for anything that can stop the small one from rubbing and if it could be the case he senses a female then how far apart would it be best to keep them.