I've found them as easy. I raise their heat a lil more than my westerns but not by much. I don't do anything different, i actually keep everything else exactly the same! They roam in the same areas together, in the wild, and even have offspring together. They're patterns are cool and correct me if i am wrong, other mexican owners, but the pattern on my two is a bit unusual from what i have seen in CBB mexican hognoses.