Used to have a trio...they were a lot of fun. I'll probably own them again someday if I can stop putting blood pythons in every empty snake box that pops up...
I think they're pretty cool. Of course I don't know much about them, so I'll ask: How hard are they to keep and how big do they get? And is their bluff always bluff like a Western's?
-Ryan Hardwikk (aka Member #6667)
My snakes:
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa ~Nephthys~ (aka "Linky")
In a better place: 1.0 PastelWestern Hognose ~Charon~ 10/3/07-4/24/09
If you need/want to know anything about Hognose snakes, just ask me.
I used to have a pair as well. They're fairly large colubrids, sometimes getting over 6 ft.
For the most part, they're all bark and no bite, like most hoggies, but occasionally you get a fiesty one. My male was always a little more testy then the female.
Since most are WC imports, you sometimes run into the issue of having tricky eaters to switch to rodents, as these guys generally eat amphibs. But they do this much more readily and are not as problematic as eastern hogs.
I suggest caging typical for a large ratsnake or gopher snake. Aspen shavings or cypress mulch both are good substrates, depending on how well you regulate humidity. Typical colubrid temperature gradient should suffice.
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-Ryan Hardwikk
