hog nose

Anybody here have one ? I think they are soo cute, they look like mini rattlers i know a lady who has one and i got to hold it and fell in love, maybe after my corn i will get one of those guys. If anybody has any please post some pics i would love to see them !

I'd love one too! They are the cutest baby snakes I've ever seen. I was supposed to get a female Western Hognose from a breeder, but when she decided to go off feed - my worst nightmare with a hognose. It's usually males who go off feed. Anyway, he won't give her to me until she starts back eating regularly. Which I'm glad, hogs are known for going off feed of rodents and forcing you to feed them lizards, etc. If you ever get one get a Western Hognose (less feeding problems and recommended for beginners) and be sure it's already eating rodents. I've actually told myself no more reptiles for awhile (after I get my rosy boa this month), so if she doesn't come around I may not get a hog. We'll see. I'd love to see some pics as well!

rosy boas are awesome too, The breeder has a western hognose and he is a very picky eater from what she says and is pretty small for his age. I know i wont be getting one of those for a LONG time becuase of the parents. They said two snakes is enough for now, but who knows what can happen, my mom said when we get our house built for us i will have an extra room for all my pets which i plan to turn into a snake room.

wow that is really awesome that you are going to get your own herp room! you're mom must be cool 8)

She knows how much i love animals and now she sees that i want to get serious about snakes so giving me my own extra room is no biggie.but thats like in a year from now. but oh well, at least its going to happen.

it is a big deal brandon! not a lot of people your age get to have something like that. i live in my own apartment and i don't even have a herp room. i have to wait until i can afford to buy a house where i will have the space for it. your mom is awesome to support you and your herp hobby. :D

hah yeah i guess im pretty lucky :) :)

Is it true that westerns only grow to be about 28 30 inches or more ? i thought they got bigger than that, small is good but for some reason i thought they grew alot bigger.

I'd kill to have my own herp room :D . Consider yourself lucky man!

Females can get 2-3 feet on average - males under 2 feet.

I have had several Eastern Hognose, and 2 Western Hognose in my time. The eastern hognose grows a good bit larger then the western. I never had any of them go off feed and only fed them toads. Luckily toads are very abundent in the areas that I lived when I had them. They are great herps to keep and easy to take care of. If I decide to have one again all I have to do is cross the street into the woods and locate one.

My youngest son has joined the Marines and leaves sometime in the first couple of weeks of September so I will finally have a herp room. Let the Herp expansion begin!

Thats awesome that they stay so small. :)

good luck with that herp room , when you set it all up you gotta take some pics.

i would have killed to have a herp at all when I lived with my parents...

Hognoses are awesome snakes. Actually it was an escaped adult hognosed and its encounter with my mom in 6th grade or so that pretty much ended my mom's tolerance for me keeping snakes "under her roof" hehe.

My best friend has a western hoggie - she's a beautiful snake, about 2.5 feet, but prettymean-tempered. Sometimes, if she feels threatened, she'll play dead (which is kind-of funny), but more often she bites. And that hurts. If you want to get one - try to get a snake with a docile personality. It won't kill you when they bite, but it hurts like hell.

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it is a big deal brandon! not a lot of people your age get to have something like that. i live in my own apartment and i don't even have a herp room. i have to wait until i can afford to buy a house where i will have the space for it. your mom is awesome to support you and your herp hobby. :D

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Yeah I actually grew up in an apartment also (NYC)
My parents never let me get any pet, let alone a snake.
Bradon is a lucky fellow.

I actually had a few friends in high school that had herps.
I got a bit of experience from them, and even a bigger urge to get one! :P

I have a couple of westerns and had the easterns as well you shouldent have any problem with westerns eating mice the easterns on the other hand ... will be fairly hard to get one to eat a rodent
here are a couple pics
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ePets/hog1.JPG
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ePets/hog2.JPG
both are of an adult male

Buy me one Robert Buy me one!

Loads of adorable little baby hognose snakes at the Tucson show yesterday. It's funny, too. Last year when I went to the Tucson show for the first time, I was looking for a Rosy Boa, as I'd heard they were an excellent first snake. No one had any, though. I ended up with my first Ball Python Phil instead.

This year, folks had more Rosies than you could shake a stick at. Oh well. I like my Ball Pythons anyway.

Way back when I was a teenager, I was heavily into tropical fish. I didn't have a separate room for my aquariums, but my folks really did a lot to encourage my interest, including my Dad put together a network of shelves using cinder blocks and 2X4's, and they picked up a dual-piston pump which Dad put together a PVC pipe manifold to connect it to. Once I became a parent, I understood more why my parents did such things. Not only was it something that I loved and made me happy, but to them, it had the additional benefit of encouraging an activity that they didn't have to worry about. Since I was home indulging in a hobby, I wasn't out getting into trouble.

yeah my mom gave me the same sweet deal that if i am patient and wait for a year or so get the house than she will turn the guest room into a herp room for all my animals. my mom said she can afford to get me a tarantula in the next 3-4 months but she said that will be my last pet till we move. oh rosy's,rubber boas, hog noses, and sand boas rock!

even though im obsessed with my snakes, i still do my fair share of getting into trouble ;) lol