Dizzy the Derpy Herp

[Prognathodon]

Introducing Dizzy, my husband's new normal Western Hognose. We first saw her in Reptile Rapture's e-mail newsletter a week or two ago, and yesterday failed to resist any longer.

She's about a year old, and a special snake - she was listed as pet-only, as one eye is bigger than the other. Turns out it isn't just the eye, it's the whole side of her head. She was handed to the store owner by her breeder (Reptile Rapture often places rescue herps), since he couldn't/wouldn't use her for breeding. Staff says her biggest issue is that she can't catch live mice, which is not a big deal since we feed f/t. She also does a kinda twitchy thing sometimes, that we haven't seen yet. They'd named her Dizzy, husband decided to keep the name.

While he was handling her at the store she was shoving her nose into his hand (something our sand boas do, too - like they're trying to burrow). And then she did it again, with her mouth open, trying to bite the back of his hand. Silly Snek, hand too big! She struck at us from inside the deli container a couple times on the way home, and hissed at my husband this morning, but we're not buying that she's a Big Scary Snake (especially compared to my 6'+ carpet python when she's grumpy).

So now she's in quarantine in our bedroom. Pictures from last night, while she was exploring her quarantine enclosure:




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