getting a noserub?

[mr~python]

my dad and i built an awesome cage last year that has a sliding front to open it. i had to build it because the cages zulu and vanessa were in were smaller then what id like them to be. anyway i put zulu in there since hes the biggest and after a month hed seen me open it enough to know that it slides open. now hes been trying to open ever since by rubbing his nose up against it, and hes starting to get a slight nose rub. right now its only too where the top layer of his skin is coming off, i thinks it called the epidermis or something.

is that bad for him? how can i get him to stop? can anybody give me some advise?

BTW now zulu is in a 4x2x2 cage and vanessa is in a 3x2x1 1/2. yeah i like them to be able too rome around

[Shelby]

I highly doubt your snake 'learned' that the door opens by sliding. He's trying to get out most likely because he's not comfortable in his cage. Double check the temps and make sure he has several SECURE hiding spots. How big is this cage, and how big is the snake?

Also try the crumpled up newspaper trick. It helps snakes feel more secure.

[TekWarren]

It is quite possible for snakes to learn in my oppinion...BUT, I agree with checking the internal environment of the enclosure.

[mr~python]

he is 4 feet long, the cage is 4 feet x 2 feet x 2 feet. i have him on aspen right now. his cage furniture includes one water bowl, a climbing branch, and two hides one is about 1 foot x 8 inches x 2 inches and the other is a shoebox with a hole cut into the top. i really strongly believe he learned that it opens by sliding because hes been housed ther for about a little over 4 months now. temps are 78 at night and 82-87 during the day, he always has a 90-94 degree basking spot and the humidity hangs around 50.

[Shelby]

I suppose it's possible, but I never have seen snakes as learning too much. They seem to just push on things if they want to get out, but I'm not sure if they'd be capable of learning which way to push on something if they saw it opened by a human.

[mr~python]

well he doesnt know which way to push it but hes got lucky once.:eek: that was an adventure. he doesnt do it all night either. probably out of the roughly three hours i see him before i go to bed he only pushes up against it about 10-20 minutes total and he doesnt "try to open" the cage anyway else. thats why im pretty sure he knows it opens like that.