I have two 8 month old hognose snakes in a 8x2x2 coffee table. A male and a female. The male is the chillest snake ever. The female is full of attitude. She always huffs and puffs something terrible until you pick her up, then she is fine. When I first got her, she didnt eat for 3months, one day she decided to eat and has been like a fat kid to cake ever since.
Which brings me to her new weirdness. For the last 2 weeks, she has been floating on her back in the deep side of her water bowl. I even pulled her out to feed her in a small 10gallon twice.(she ate as soon as see saw the pinkie both times). Within a hour of having put her back, she climbed back in her water bowl. It's very cute that she looks around at me while floating, but this seems crazy abnormal.
There is no mites and she seems normal other than her newest hobby. The male seems super lonely without her but he is perfectly healthy. They keep a 83 to 75 degree grade and have 8 hides, 2 inchs of bedding, and a sand box over the 8sqft to play in.
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Young hognose has been doing the back float for 2 weeks. Is that something anyone has ever heard of?
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