Checking on a few of the Western Hognose Snakes that I had to relocate to the basement for their own safety. Surprisingly less cranky today despite the colder temperature.
Your snakes behavior is typically a reflection of your husbandry. As long as you are meeting the needs of the animal and handling them properly there is no reason for them to be defensive.
@@vitajcieMore often than not, they definitely are. Hognoses are certainly infamous for being dramatic and hissy, but 99.9% of the time it's just a silly little bluff and the moment you touch the hognose it calms down and is completely fine. I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a western/plains hognose that has legitimately had problems with being aggressive or "unfriendly". I've got a 6 year old niece and she absolutely loves our hognose, and our hognose loves to be held and be around other people. Now...eastern hognoses? Yeah, I'll concede those can be little bastards. Completely different temperament than the Westerns.
@@cwatson42785They’re in quarantine bins right now because of a deadly parasite. You shouldn’t assume someone is abusive without even asking first or doing a little bit of digging.
@@cwatson42785snakes can live like that and the owner have reasons to do that like the previous comment before me snakes dont need much spaces they can get stress cause in wild they like to hide in small places to prevent predators
Your lavender is very pretty! I have two baby lavenders and I love them sooo much 😍 I can't wait to see their colors change 💜 They have had their growth shed and are looking really pretty so far!
Just be confident and handle your snake regularly. Snake Diacovery made an awesome video on the topic called "How to tame a snake". It covers a few ways on how to make your snake more docile and feel more comfortable around you. Give it a watch!
I hate snakes , more or less I’m just terrified of them , but if I ever did own one , it would be a hognose . I’m all for snakes playing dead instead of attacking me 😂😂😂
Beautiful animal.❤ If only reptiles were emotional, sentient and connecting like mammals and my lovely birds. But I do even as a reptile owner that people throw a lot of anthropomorphism in the reptile world unfortunately
I have 4 hognose and 3 of them are chill. But 1 of my females things everything that is put in her encourage is food. She will bite anything. But she calms down after i get her out of her encourage.
@starriiakarii7529 that's disgusting behavior. I have only seen a few videos of hognose playing dead. I'd much rather see them acting normally and see the different morphs.
I doubt they like the paper more than their usual Aspen substrate. No ability to dig, less options to hide in, it doesn't insulate as well, but it's really the only option when dealing with sick snakes.
My only advice would be to do a lot of research on them and hold out for the one that really appeals to you if you only plan on having one. Familiarize yourself with the pitfalls of owning a hognose such as fasting for extended periods of time, what to do if one were to ever bite you, and the kinds of medical issues that can crop up and how to solve them. A lot of people help you gather the information you need if you ask, just don't let the others discourage you for not having all the information right away. In this day and age it would seem like it would be easy to find all the information you would ever need on the internet but far more useful information is left out than is explained.
That's a Lavender. They're not super common but more are available this year than previous years. They don't specifically come in Silver/blue but can be combinations of pink, blue, purple and red. This one, sold by Jeff Galewood, was blue/purple as a baby.
The price range of hognose snakes and ball pythons depends on their morph, which is just a fancy way of saying the genetics that make up their pattern and colors. If you're looking for a snake, ball python or western hognose snake, the cheapest one will always be the wild type or the ones that have no morph at all. For Ball pythons usually the wild types are between $25 - $50, and for Western hognose snakes wild types are more expensive between $100 - $200. Ball pythons cost slightly more to feed and require a larger space to live in as they grow older, while Western hognose snakes are a little cheaper on food and can live in more confined spaces. Ball pythons require a longer commitment, sometimes a lifetime of care since they can live up to 30 years or longer if they are well cared for. Western Hognose snakes have about the same lifespan as a dog, usually between 12 and 14 years, sometimes longer if they are especially well cared for. Ball pythons spend most of the day hiding away sleeping since they are nocturnal, although a few of mine do like to interact in the evening. Western hognose snakes are out during the day, making them a more visual animal. Whatever you decide to do, I would read or watch a lot on whatever animal you'd like to get so that you have all the information you can possibly get when it comes to caring for them.
Thank you for spending your time writing. Just for me. I think I will go for a ball python cus it is cheaper for me cus. I am 9 thanks for taking your time for me.❤❤😊
@@The_Art13 One other big difference between the two that might matter given your age (and presumably size). A hognose snake cannot really hurt you unless you are allergic to them. At your age though a adult ball python could certainly send you to the hospital for stitches. And the ball python is more likely to do it if you end up with a defensive snake. Hognose snakes because of their mouth/head design (for digging through the dirt) don't use biting as a defensive weapon. They will play dead, hood up and even mock strike, but they basically never bit defensively. So if you end up with a more defensive snake you will still be able to handle them without getting bit constantly. If you end up with a defensive ball python (rare but it does happen) they are far more likely to strike. Just some perspective and thoughts for you.
Well anyway he has a way to make ummm feel good 💯,, was a kid in Tennessee and I was riding my bike on this old trial and then boom boom bam 😮🎉 what the hell 😲 is that a cobra 🐍 I am a kid mind uuha and then boom it stood up with a cobra and I am talking about it was a cobra but yeah 💯 it was a black and yellow one who was the wiser of the t,,2,in the 80s ea to be ea to 90s I don't know but I still have a little bigger than the last time I think I told it LoL 😅😂😊
So I love your videos, but I have to ask: why do you keep them in such tiny enclosures with so few enrichments/decorations? Juvenile snakes, even hatchlings, need enrichments being the r-strategists that they are. I absolutely love your snakes but I feel SO bad that they get so little space or even any substrate to properly burrow in.
This video, in particular, shows the worst side of how I've been forced to keep my snakes for the better part of 2022 and most of 2023.. Thanks to a parasite outbreak in my snakes, I had to tear down/throw out all their enclosures/decorated bins and move them into easy to clean tubs. The parasite is incredibly difficult to get rid of and requires a completely sterile environment at all times. The good news is that in late spring, they all tested negative for the parasite, so I've been slowly reintroducing bedding, hides, humid hides and decorations. The next step is to redo the room they were originally kept in so that I can let them free roam again. After that, I can slowly move them back into enclosures. Not bioactive again though... after throwing away thousands of dollars worth of plants, dirt, wood and other decorations, I don't think I could trust something like this to not happen again and ruin it all over.
Yes, this is how I kept and still keep them at the moment. When this video was taken, I was in the middle of treating everyone for parasites. They needed to be 100% clean and sterile at all times. Plastic tubs and paper substrate are super easy to clean when you need to do it in a hurry and for 14+ animals. Now that they are all free of the parasites, they are back on Aspen substrate, have their normal hides back, and have humide hides for extra hydration. I haven't gotten around to giving their decorations back, but I'll do that when they've moved back into the main room, which is currently being remodeled. The final goal is to get back to a point where I can let them freeroam the room again while under supervision.
When this video was taken I was dealing with a parasite outbreak that requires 100% sanitation to treat effectively. The substrate needed to be changed every single day so it was not economically feasible to use Aspen or other substrates. Aspen also sheds a lot of dust when being removed so that could have potentially spread the parasite every time I cleaned. It was simply far easier to change the paper out each time, wash down the bins and then replace for 14 snakes. Before the outbreak, all of the females were housed in bioactive setups with a size of 4ft. x 2ft. x 15in. I had to throw out everything to be 100% certain the parasite wasn't going to hang around and re-infect my animals. A few months ago they were all given a clean bill of health. They'll hopefully be moved out of the basement by February of next year. Until then I have given them their aspen bedding back, hides and humid hides. More enrichment items will be added later like cork bark and fake plants after I've properly sourced and sanitized them.
@@Justin.HeterodonHome Chaz is gorgeous. I still haven't seen a lavender in person and everyone swears the colors don't show right on camera :(. Really wish someone in the community would invest in DSLRs without image processing as I'm pretty sure most of the "morph doesn't show on camera" issues are because cell phone cameras are great for resolution but terrible for color accuracy these days. Anyways, does Chaz look that silver in person like the video? Just stunning.
@@emilypierce5944 I do photography as a business and can tell you that DSLRs have the same problem when it comes to photographing Lavenders. We aren't sure what the reason is, but I suppose it's just how the majority of color filters interpret their hues. I have edited his photos to an approximate of what I think he looks like but it's always off in one way or another. Doesn't help that I'm colorblind, lol. Sometimes the straight out of camera shots are dead on though. The last pictures I put up on Instagram that feature him were taken with an iPhone and are exactly as I saw him. If you want to take a peak, just search heterodonhome.
They can if they think food is around. I have a few that lose their minds when they smell food so sometimes it's a fun game of tag for my fingers, lol. Most of mine are pretty laid back though and you can teach them when it's food time or touching time. Honestly though, it's more shocking than painful when they do get me. It feels like stapler just scratching the surface of the skin. Most of their teeth are to small to even do anything other than hold on.
The paper was to keep them sterile and to easily clean their waste back when all of my snakes were dealing with highly contagious parasites. Paper is also best for hospital care/quarantine setups when testing for problems.
She’s gorgeous, but why is she in a bin with just paper? They deserve more than a box void of light. 😢 I see so many breeders keep the adults in these bins, but never with no light and only paper.
This was during a time when the snakes were being treated for parasites, and a sterile environment was paramount for their recovery. The paper made it easy to quickly swap out a soiled medium and could also be crumpled up to make them feel more secure. It's difficult to add lightning to these snake rack setups while also controlling heat. There's also the problem with blinding your animals that don't have eyelids because the lights would literally be 3-4 inches above their heads. Snake racks are in development that are larger and have a greater overhead gap for lighting, but at the moment, they are prohibitively expensive and consume a lot more power than the traditional racks. I've been on the hut for super clear bins so that the snakes can at least see out and have a better photo period, but the sizes I want are too small. At the moment, I'm using a mixture of 4 foot enclosures and longer, clear bins to house the snakes and give them more space. They also don't sit inside these bins 24/7. I actively let them freeroam the snake room while supervised.
They have a mild venom that generally does not pose a threat to people. The worst case I heard about was a man who let a large wild female chew on him for over 5 minutes. His whole arm swelled up, and he went to the emergency room because he was afraid the swelling would reach his heart muscle. Most people's bodies do not react this way however, and no deaths have been reported from a hognose bite. I've been bit myself several times, usually because they mistake me for food or miss their food and get me instead. I've never had a reaction to the venom or experienced itching at the bite site. I've honestly received worse bites from cats and dogs that did swell up because of the bacteria in their mouths, but that doesn't keep me away from them either. The key thing to remember is to gently remove them if they bite. It's easy to do with that hard scale just in front of their nose. Press up gently with constant pressure and they usually just pop right off.
They only play dead when they're absolutely terrified. My snakes get a lot of interaction with people. I've never once seen them play dead. Even hissing, cobra hooding and bluff striking are very rare for most of my hognose snakes.
White paper works just as well as paper towel, doesn’t impede heat transfer as much as paper towel in a rack system, and is far easier to come by at the moment. It can also be shredded and crumpled up to make the snake feel more secure.
Your enclosure is wrong. You need aspen or aspen chips.. Why are you feeding it fish... They should be on rodents.. mice.. SHRIMP, FISH, TUNA n toads just for scenting. You need to fix that enclosure so they can dig like they are supposed to.
Normally they wouldn’t be on paper ever unless they had a physical problem with substrate. This is a quarantine setup. The paper is to monitor for parasites, other problems and to keep them away from the 3 snakes that were diagnosed with coccidia. They need to stay like this for 3 months until I’m certain they didn’t get infected as well. Their primary diet is mice of appropriate size. The fish is only ever fed as a treat and very rarely about once every 1-2 months. You might see more videos of me feeding them fish because RU-vid does not like videos of reptiles eating anything with a recognizable shape. Also, most of these shorts are backlogged videos from 1-2 years ago that I’m tossing up here because I don’t have time to record and edit current videos while treating them for disease. They have to be kept extremely clean to avoid reinfection so my time is shot for a while.
Wow, ur being super harsh without knowing any background info. Its super easy to judge but not very easy to be kind, so lets ask questions next time? 🥰🙏
Aggressive and wrong about everything you wrote. That's an unusual combo on the internet. /s Aspen is not good substrate for hognose snakes for a variety of reasons, not least of which is they are burrowing snakes. They are also small enough that if they eat a piece of aspen while eating their food it can cause real damage or death to them. Wild hognose snakes do not eat exclusively rodents, especially when they are young. It's not a coincidence their venom is effective against amphibians but not mammals. In fact the current prevailing theory is that during the summer hunger strike that is pretty common among hognose, it's because in the wild they move to the low wetlands to prey heavily on amphibians.
I hope your channel gets 0 subscribers. How can you keep snakes like a letter between paper in a shelf? Rethoric question, please don't give me an answer on that.
Well if you watched more of my videos you would know I don't ask for subscribers or likes. Comments though, I ask for those so thank you. As for why they are on paper you probably saw the other comments on the video and my answer to them? As per vet orders they must stay extremely clean while on their medication for the next several months. They have an extremely contagious parasite that somehow got into my house (I have theories how but I can't prove any of them) and must all test negative 3 months in a row before I can give them their old enclosures back. For some of them, paper is a choice though. Even before her parasite infection, Dixie (last in the video) would refuse to eat while on aspen or coconut fiber. She seems far happier on paper and has a great appetite normally.
