First Snake

lol,you let him bite you 25 times in one day!how many days did that last?

Well all the above post's just floored me.....Obviously the Hog Nose here is Illinois are much different. They only eat toad's hear, and have NEVER been bitten by one. Have had probably 30 of these little boogers since living in Illinois and have yet to even heard of anyone even being bitten by one. Or one's that eat something other than toad's. Wizill, you sure they bit? Or just striked with a bump?

ok Just talked to a friend that has been messing around with the hog nose for ove 30 year's. He said that, yes he has heard of them eating mice, though he has never seen it, mainly due to the over abundance of toad's in this area and that they are free. (So I stand corrected on the comment that they only eat toad's) But he was also floored about the comment of them biting. He also has never been bitten by a hog nose or heard of anyone that had, until i told him of Wizill. He said that maybe you just had a psycho snake.

I had an eastern hognose, it was wild caught. If it wasn't playing dead it was striking at me. Felt just like a kingsnake or cornsnake bite.

wow youve been bitten by many different snakes!Sounds like a talent-could be blindfolded and tell what snake by the bite,go on leno or something! :P

I was bitten by a copperhead when I was 3 years old, don't remember it but i'm sure it wasn't fun.

nope bet that one sucked!!!
that couldda killed you so easily
being so young
you are very lucky!

Western hognoses are so awsome, and rear fanged!

Get a nice rear fanged colurbrid like a mangrove or vine snake :)

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Originally Posted by BallKingdom

Get a nice rear fanged colurbrid like a mangrove or vine snake :)

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I do hope you are joking, thus the :) . Rear fanged or not, venomous is a bad first snake choice!
IMO, a cornsnake or kingsnake is a good choice for a younger first time keeper. Easy care requirements, no feeding issues, etc. For a more mature person, who can handle the mental stress of fasting and other frusterating BP habits, BP's are great.

Rosy Boas are reputed to be good "beginner" snakes, though they're a bit harder to find captive bred specimens of.