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Playing dead?
Hi! I have 2 ball pythons, and I'd like to get another snake sometime soon I've always loved hognoses and there's only one little thing stopping me, that they play dead. And that'd scare me to death lol. So if anyone could shed (Heh get it? Shed? Snakes? Ok ) some light on that that'd be great Thank you!
¹.⁰ ᵖᵃˢᵗᵉˡ ᵇᵃˡˡ ᵖʸᵗʰᵒⁿ ⁻ ᵍᵉⁿᵒ
⁰.¹ ᶜᵒⁿᵈᵃ ʰᵒᵍⁿᵒˢᵉ ⁻ ᵏᵒᵛᵃ
¹.⁰ ᵖⁱⁿˢᵗʳⁱᵖᵉ ʰᵃʳˡᵉqᵘⁱⁿ ᶜʳᵉˢᵗᵉᵈ ᵍᵉᶜᵏᵒ ⁻ ᵖᵒᶜᵏᵉᵗ
¹.⁰ ᶠˡᵃᵐᵉ ᶜʳᵉˢᵗᵉᵈ ᵍᵉᶜᵏᵒ ⁻ ᵇᵉᵃ
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Even wild caught animals will drop the feign death act after a very short time in captivity. It shouldn't be an issue for you.
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I also think if you specifically ask the breeder for a calm and inquisitive individual (it's not that uncommon to find), you won't see it do all those defensive things hognose are known for.
A friend just got a juvie hognose as her first snake a couple months ago, and she is actually the calmest little snake I've ever met. Not spooked by anything!
Also, hognose don't play dead very well. If you flip them over, they'll flip themselves right back, and you'll know they're alive LOL
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Re: Playing dead?
Thank you so much guys I think I'll defiantly look into the them
¹.⁰ ᵖᵃˢᵗᵉˡ ᵇᵃˡˡ ᵖʸᵗʰᵒⁿ ⁻ ᵍᵉⁿᵒ
⁰.¹ ᶜᵒⁿᵈᵃ ʰᵒᵍⁿᵒˢᵉ ⁻ ᵏᵒᵛᵃ
¹.⁰ ᵖⁱⁿˢᵗʳⁱᵖᵉ ʰᵃʳˡᵉqᵘⁱⁿ ᶜʳᵉˢᵗᵉᵈ ᵍᵉᶜᵏᵒ ⁻ ᵖᵒᶜᵏᵉᵗ
¹.⁰ ᶠˡᵃᵐᵉ ᶜʳᵉˢᵗᵉᵈ ᵍᵉᶜᵏᵒ ⁻ ᵇᵉᵃ
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