hognose

[ikke]

Hello everyone .. been a while since I last posted something
Last night I finally got my hognose couple.

so here follow the pics.. oh this is only the female I called her Molly.. the male still hasnt got a name, so anyone got an idea ??

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/mangokitten/Resize_of_SIMG0483.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/mangokitten/Resize_of_SIMG0484.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/mangokitten/Resize_of_SIMG0491.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/mangokitten/Resize_of_SIMG0485.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/mangokitten/Resize_of_SIMG0482.jpg

[shmotz666]

how bout valo? or jude? i love the third pic! i saved it onto my PC. I thought it was awesome, lovely little hognose, hows the temprement?

[sapphire_moon]

those are awesome pics, I love the last 3. Mine has red lines on it's side, going from "neck" to tail. I also noticed that they like to curl their tails up alot, does anyone know why?

[ikke]

I dont know why they do that with there tails but it looks cute, and as for the temprament .

The female is a little devil... she thinks she is a huge snake and thinks she can take on anything. The male is much more calm

[sapphire_moon]

I have a little male. I was trying to feed him the other day, and when I went to put the f/t pinky near him, he hissed! None of my snakes have EVER hissed at me (well my male bp has a couple of times. but it was my fault, I woke him up and scared him)! He just kept on hissing, it sounded like a soft "shhhh".....But I just left him in there with it, he finally ate! :)

He is a total sweetheart though. Are the females known to be more agressive? or were you just lucky! lol

When I went to pick mine up, there were a few that wanted to latch on to us. one even struck so hard he/she nearly knocked himself off the counter! lol

[ikke]

lol.. I dunno wether or not females are more agressive.. mine sure is.
She hisses at me as soon as I open her enclosure to give her fresh water...

do you know what to feed them when they are really tiny, she is 20 cm atm so thats around 8 inch I quess.. my baby mice seem a bit large for her atm

[Alphonzo]

Ikke, you should call your male Jan-Peter or Willem-Allexander :)

Nice looking snake!

[sapphire_moon]

well mine is at about 8 inches and I feed him pink mice. and they don't leave any lumps or anything. But I have fed him only one time so far, and I didn't see him eat it...lol

[ikke]

lol. well the female ate by now, the male still hasnt but he's in the middle of a shed so I quess thats whats stopping him