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kernel
10-21-11, 05:31 PM
I went to the ETHS expo on October 2nd and got a baby female het albino western hognose. I'm just now getting pics up cause I have been so busy. I will eventually get a male het albino.
alessia55
10-21-11, 05:41 PM
Nice! Hognoses are so cute with their little upturned faces :)
Gungirl
10-21-11, 05:42 PM
Nice pick up!
kernel
10-21-11, 05:47 PM
Thanks! I was going to get a normal for $45, but someone stole them so he let me have her $45 instead of $75.
marvelfreak
10-21-11, 06:21 PM
Cute Hognose! I really like the third pic amazing close up.
redsided
10-21-11, 08:19 PM
AHahahahah i want it!!
kernel
10-21-11, 11:05 PM
Thanks! It was very difficult to get that pic cause she was squirming around so much.
millertime89
10-22-11, 12:18 AM
cute little worm you've got there. Congrats on the pick up.
jaleely
10-22-11, 12:51 AM
Keep holding her every day, she'll calm down! What a doll : )
sassy_snake_lady
10-22-11, 05:52 AM
Very cute!
RegenerationRep
10-22-11, 07:49 AM
Cute snake :) Hognose have to come out as the number one snake you hear people at the petstore saying aww over instead of gross lol
Kayla90
10-22-11, 07:51 AM
I absolutely adore hoggies for some reason... I'd really like to own one some day...
kernel
10-22-11, 08:47 AM
Thanks! I don't hold her every day, but she is calming down significantly.
Lankyrob
10-22-11, 10:16 AM
Every day would be too much anyway, it would stress the snake out more than help.
kernel
10-22-11, 10:35 AM
Yea, I was thinking the same thing.
Xochiquetzal
10-23-11, 04:14 PM
wow so cute!
redsided
10-23-11, 05:29 PM
Every day would be too much anyway, it would stress the snake out more than help.

Not if they're anything like garter snakes.
lady_bug87
10-23-11, 06:03 PM
Not if they're anything like garter snakes.


so if (ok lets be serious its more of a when) I set up a garter enclosure so a 20 gal tank... should I put it where there is a fair bit of activity?
redsided
10-23-11, 06:11 PM
Wouldn't bother them. Mine are curious about everything including me and my movement.
Pareeeee
10-26-11, 09:24 AM
So cute! Congrats on your new addition :)
jaleely
10-27-11, 12:37 AM
I totally disagree! I try to hold each of my snakes for a couple minutes each evening, just when they get active. Both my hoggies sit quietly for a while, then go exploring, and I put them back. Each of the boas just sit there, or hide in my shirt, and all the pythons love to just sit on my belly and get warm.
One of our balls, that we've had since January, is actually completely interested in eveything we do. We'll put her around our neck (she barely goes around) and do chores, and she'll stretch her neck out and peek into things, then pull back and sit there. If she's in your lap she actually stretches her neck up and turns her head and looks around.
She's a doll!
She even likes her head rubbed, and will turn her head to the side that you are rubbing like a dog when you scratch it's ears.

I think short bursts of handling, once a day, is quite healthy for them...UNLESS they are already stressed out in some way, or sick. *shrug*