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    Leopard gecko or hognose snake

    Hi everyone, i have a spare cage with a heat mat, thermostat, water dish, hides and feeding dishes. So i am ready to get either or. I was just wondering, a leopard gecko or a hognose. Both are quite small and will fit in the spare cage I have. I already have a dumerils boa and a ball python.

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    I can't speak on behalf of a leopard gecko but I can tell you that I absolutely love my hognose and would advocate for them 100 times over. If you can provide proper husbandry for a BP and a dumerils you'll certainly be able to provide a good home for a hognose.

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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

    Hmm cool. I do like the pattern of hognose and they look like mini rattlesnakes drama queens as well

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    Hognose can be hard to feed and people can have an allergic reaction if bitten, so just keep that in mind. My hognose never bit me, but he did go on very long hunger strikes, so much so, that I had to rehome him. If you decide to get a hognose, I would get a very well-started female juvenile that is eating unscented f/t prey. A female hognose (as well as a leopard gecko) will need a 20gl long aquarium or large fyi. A male hognose can be kept in a 10gl.

    If you go with a leopard gecko, you will need to provide a humid hide for shedding and supplements (calcium with D3 and a multivitamin) dusted on their food. Most people feed roaches, crickets, or meal / super worms.
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    I can speak as someone who has owned and bred both (still breeding hognose).

    You are looking at lizard vs snake which mean higher maintenance vs lower maintenance.

    You are looking at two different type of animals with great entertaining personality.

    But you are also looking at venomous vs non venomous, while hognose venom delivery system is poor (they are rear fanged) and while their venom is weak, they are still considered moldy venomous animals with reactions varying from none to swelling up to your elbows, something to take into consideration if you already have bad reactions to bee stings for example or if you have young children.

    Now the good news is that they are not prone to bite.
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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

    Both seem to have a good personality which I like. Would a leopard gecko be more expensive to maintain and keep?

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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

    Oh and what are your guys favourite morphs?

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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

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    Oh and what are your guys favourite morphs?

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    For the snake or gecko?
    Albino and Albino Condas for the Hognose and Carrot Tail and Bandit Leopard geckos
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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

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    Oh and what are your guys favourite morphs?

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    I personally love normals, condas and axanthics for hognose. As for leos, I don't know enough to weigh in.

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    Re: Leopard gecko or hognose snake

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    Oh and what are your guys favourite morphs?

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    Leopard Geckos: Albino Tangerine & Super Snow

    Hognose: Albino Conda & Super Conda and Anery Conda and Anery Super Conda
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