Quote Originally Posted by Mittens View Post
I know they can sometimes be fussy eaters, as well as making a mess when it comes time to poop. But are there any other things I should be aware of? I'll number these so its easier to answer/read.

1. Generally speaking, how often do adult western hognoses eat and poop?

3. How serious is their tendency to go off feed?

4. How are they different temperamental wise (again, generally speaking) compared to corn and king snakes?

I picked up 3 hog nose snake mid last year and they are awesome little snakes. I also read they could be difficult to get started feeding on mice so I did my research before purchasing them and found a breeder with good feedback and quality looking animals. I purchased a male High Orange Albino Anaconda and a Extreme Red Albino female hatching that were born June or July and a yearling female Anaconda Het Albino. When I received them they were already feeding on frozen thawed pinkie mice.
I also have ball pythons ( think I'm up to 20 Bp's ) and wanted to expand my collection and I don't regret picking them up at all.

1. I feed my Hog nose smaller meals every 4 - 5 days. I used to feed one larger size meal once a week but they seemed to be lazy after. They will let you know when they are hungry, they get really active and my male will use is nose and try to push the lid off his tub lol ( If you do decided to get a hog nose a tub with a locking lid is a must). Mine poop a lot usually 3-4 days after they eat but I feed smaller and more often.

2. What happened to number 2 ?? lol

3. I'm coming up on a year with me Hog's and the only one who's ever turned down a meal was the male but it only lasted a couple weeks. My females will eat everyday if they could they both eat even in shed.

4. My male and the older female both have BIG personalities lol. The male will huff and puff, flare out his neck like a little cobra and pretend to strike but he never opens his mouth he just hits you with his hard little nose it really funny. The Albino female is the complete opposite she's super mellow and laid back like a ball python. Once you pick them up out of their tubs the stop huffing and puffing, I haven't spent a lot of time handling them but I'm sure they would mellow out if I spent more time holding them.

We are currently taking care of a King Snake & a Gofer Snake from the school my girlfriend works at and I cant even put my hand in the tub without the King snake trying to eat me lol.

I found that Hogs like it a little warmer than other colubrids, I keep mine at 92* on the hot side and upper 70's - 80 on the cool side. When I kept them cooler ( upper 80's ) they spent a lot of time on the hot side.