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05-23-12, 12:10 PM
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Giant Hogs
This is a pair of Madagascar Giant Hognose snakes ( Leioheterodon madagascariensis) I had over a decade ago. Absolutely awesome snakes. They "accidentally" bred for me once; the female laid around 4-5 eggs, but I was not prepared for it at all, and they had pretty much dried up by the time I discovered them in the enclosure.
I had to give them up when I moved out of state to continue my college education. They are definitely a species I wouldn't mind working with again in the future.
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05-23-12, 12:22 PM
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Re: Giant Hogs
Cool. How big were they?
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05-23-12, 12:25 PM
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Re: Giant Hogs
Every show I go to there is a couple there trying to sell me one they have. I love the way they look. Their scales are like armor. They just don't have that Western Hoggie face. I love those puffy cheeks!
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05-23-12, 12:28 PM
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Re: Giant Hogs
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Cool. How big were they?
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Both were over 4 ft.
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05-23-12, 03:41 PM
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Re: Giant Hogs
giants hognose snakes are wonderful snakes
i wish to one day own one 
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05-24-12, 04:10 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Giant Hogs
I know somebody who has 2 of these and I could smell them as soon as I walked in her door - extremely unpleasant. She moved them to her snake room because her house keeper wouldn't come back because of the stench, but putting them in a smaller room only compounded the problem. Do you find that to be a problem with them or was she just neglect in her husbandry? They never seemed dirty when I looked at them, but man-o-man did they wreak.
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05-24-12, 06:02 AM
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Re: Giant Hogs
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Originally Posted by CDN_Blood
I know somebody who has 2 of these and I could smell them as soon as I walked in her door - extremely unpleasant. She moved them to her snake room because her house keeper wouldn't come back because of the stench, but putting them in a smaller room only compounded the problem. Do you find that to be a problem with them or was she just neglect in her husbandry? They never seemed dirty when I looked at them, but man-o-man did they wreak.
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Must have been neglect. I never found them to be any messier than any other large colubrid (of course, I have never kept Drymarchon sp!). I have a friend who has some, and she has never claimed that they are particularly smelly...and she's pretty sensitive about that kinda stuff.
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05-24-12, 06:07 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Giant Hogs
OK, thanks. That's good to know! She probably cleaned them right before I got there 'cause she'd knew I'd call her on dirty tanks and make her clean them while I was there, lol. I can be funny that way (and about 1000 other ways ) 
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05-25-12, 12:58 PM
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Re: Giant Hogs
This may sound strange, but Madagascar Giant Hognose just aren't that appealing to me. I'm in love with Westerns though!
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