Hognose Snake Enclosure Setup On ANY Budget in 2022! 

Do you keep hognose snakes? What type of enclosure do you use? What morph?

I have an axthanic male hognose, almost 1.5 years old now. I have him in a 20 gallon tank and he does well… not sure he got the memo they aren’t climbers though. I added a plant with vines to the back of the tank more for decoration and he is constantly in the top of it or sitting on top of his cave like he’s freaking Simba looking out on his kingdom.

I would love to see you do two-part videos for each of the animals - one for setting up a budget friendly enclosure like this which breaks down all of the basic needs of the enclosure, and then a second part for upgrading to a bioactive setup

Really considering a hog nose next I am fairly new to the repticulture community and I am always so appreciative of your content. It’s engaging, fun, and most Importantly it’s easy to apply! Great work as always.

I'm seriously thinking of getting a hognose snake (the more I research them, the more I feel like they are the perfect reptile for me!) I thought that finding a hognose that was any other than a normal type in the country that I live in was pretty much impossible, and that my only option was pet store bought. But as it turns out, there is a breeder a 2 hour drive from me with all sorts of beautiful morphs! And I know they are captive breed (important to me). So my dream of a snow morph hognose might not be so impossible after all 😊

Thanks so much Adam! I'm on VA disability and I've been trying to figure out how to get a budget enclosure idea! This was perfect timing. Excellent video. Thanks again for this.💚🐍

Hognose's have the most adorable faces 😍 great video as always!

I had a hard time convincing my wife to let me get a snake, and I’m so happy I found out about hognoses from you because now she can’t stop talking about them! We’re currently doing our own research and will probably start buying supplies soon so we can be ready when we decide to pull the trigger and buy one!

Great video! I like that you’ve done videos for setups for different animals. I’d like to get a Western Hognose one day and have been researching their care. But videos like this are perfect!

Thank you so much I've watched all your videos for hognose snakes everything is very helpful!

ayyy thank you so much, I’m going to set one up in February again thanks

This video was awesome. I found it because I am thinking of getting a Western Hognose and this is really helping me plan out my set up and pricing stuff out and just generally knowing what I am getting into. So thanks!

I have been watching your videos and some of the other reptile videos and I have come to love these little hognose snakes and hope that one day I can get one so thank you for your videos I am learning a lot.

Hey Adam, love your content! It was thanks to you, Clint, and Emily that I finally got my first reptile. She's a baby Mexican black kingsnake, and she's so fascinating to watch and handle. I'll be moving her up to a larger enclosure as she grows, so I'd love to see your take on a kingsnake enclosure video!

I love watching these! Even though I'm not allowed to have reptiles, I have used some of your tips in the past for other animals. And these are just so enjoyable and encouraging to watch. You can set up an animal on a budget, and you have some really great ideas.

I get my first Hognose snake next week and I've had several bearded dragons in my time. So it feels like I'm brushing up on my reptile habitat knowledge here. You really helped me get my snakes enclosure ready!

You nailed it! I love your channel and thanks to you my appreciation and fascination with reptiles is growing!

The timing on this could not be any more perfect - Im just starting to get the equipment for my new hognose Im hoping to get mid-march! Thank you for the great video!!

Really enjoyed it. I found really helpful in regards to light and heat setup :)

This is literally my setup aside from I use a tub and rack system. You pull out a tub, it looks just like the inside of that enclosure. Loved this whole thing! And yes please do this more...I'm always trying to see how people keep the animals I keep. I just got a male dumerils boa and a tegu last year so I've got suggestions for a couple future vids haha

I have a 40 gallon terrarium needing an inhabit and I've been wanting a hoggie for YEARS. Your video just sold me 💗

Nice video, great explanation on why snakes won't be stressed if you provide cover fir them to feel secure. 👍

After watching your video on things that actually work for reptiles, I bought the Govee hydrometer and thermometer and I absolutely loovvveee it. I love that I don’t have to be in the room to see what the humidity and temp is. Thanks for the suggestion!!

just bought the thermostat for my heat mat! thanks adam! your videos are some of my favourite reptile videos on youtube

I want to get a western hognose snake so I enjoy your videos, there very helpful thank you

This is exactly the video I needed! Been slowly getting an enclosure set up for a hoggie as our first snake (due to space limits, had to get a small snake and GOD THEY’RE SO CUTE).

Another great video! Hognoses are wonderful pets and so easy to set up well as you showed!

Really loving the enclosure set up videos, they're my fave! I could binge watch these things all day and plus, i love that you do them on a budget so that practically anyone can get involved! :) I'd also love to see the corn snake setup video as i personally keep 2 of em and as they are a popular snake, i think the video would do well and be really useful to new keepers.

I love this!! It just helps with ideas in all different kinds of set ups. Let's all be better and learn together!

Thanks for the video! Considering getting a hognose and this was really helpful!

I absolutely love this video! Great job!

This guys is #1 thanks for another awesome video!

Thank you for this. My kids and I really want one, so we are doing lots of research on husbandry. This was very helpful and who doesn't love budget friendly options?

This video is exactly what I needed, thanks so much

Great video!

I have my Ballphython in a Wood enclosure to which inside I etached a pool cover plane(so it doesn't get moldy). And it's working great she explores the eclusure so much, somtimes she just lies around the eclusure and is taking a short break till she gets on her way again. And like I said she LOVES it

Another great video thanks never considered hognose but you have me doing some research

thank you!! im getting a hognose hatchling from a nearby breeder soon and i have been researching, but alot of different websites have different info. :]

Really cool! Can't wait to see the next species bro! :)))

Great video. I even got some ideas for my existing hognose enclosure

I’m new to reptile pets, and I really want a hog nose snake! Their so cute. This was very helpful, thank you! I will subscribe. :)

I'm a big believer in giving your snake a way to move from each end of the tank in a completely covered highway. In with you completely on that. Anything that reduces stress on your critters is never a bad idea.

I tried soft paper bedding for my hognose(normally used for rabbits n guinea pigs) and he loves it. It's lightweight, so won't bury him if a tunnel collapses, but holds tunnels amazingly well(I was a little surprised), easy for him to curl up in n make a "nest".

Thanks for the video . Good job 👍

Your care guides are always straight-forward, easy to understand, and very informative! I also love how you always mention cheap alternatives rather than only reptile branded things for substrate, water bowls, and clutter. :D I got my first snakes late 2021, and both are male hognoses (a normal and a superconda). I’ve got them in exoterra enclosures with lots of fake foliage, multiple hides of various sizes, and I even added branches and vines for them to climb (they both seem to enjoy climbing). I do provide UVB for both, too. :D

i'm getting my first place all to myself soon and want a pet to make me feel less alone and to care for. hognose snakes are really cute, thanks for the informative video.

this was so helpful!! thank you so much!!!

This is so timely! I'm hoping to get a hognose at the March Tinley show. I already got a tank...I went with an 36x18x18. I just need to set it up. Can't wait!!! Oh and it will be my first snake 💚🐍

No way! I seen your second video like ever? On hognose care and I commented asking for a new vid two about two weeks ago! Sick dude thanks. I appreciate you doing this only because I asked you if you need any more ideas I'll be in the comment section 😂

So excited for this video! I have 12 hoggies currently that range in morph from albino, mocha, axanthic, lavender, conda.

omg i been wanting this video since i joined the channel early summer

I got a hognose male and he is living his best life in playsand and in an 100cmx60cmx50cm tank with UVB light and one just for the heat. I had a sand clay mixture before I found it too tight in some places. So I really use just playsand for my future set ups - and he is digging like crazy and looks so happy with it :)

This video was very cool and it was very helpful for me to visualize how to set up an enclosure. I don’t know about everyone else but I would love to see more enclosure set up videos for different species.

Adam, I love this. I actually caught a hognose snake last summer. It was hung in the bird netting I had over my tomatoes. I couldn't see it's head at first and it had a lot of sand and dirt over it, so I didn't know what it was. But when it pulled its head from under the tub, I knew, that little upturned nose.....a dead giveaway. I wanted so bad to keep it. I didn't of course, but the thought did cross my mind. I did a photo opp with it and then set it free.

Great video, planning on getting my son a hognose at our next reptile expo in Montreal so he was excited to watch the video with me! So again really good video and keep up the great work!!

We just got our first hognose this weekend at a reptile expo near us. We have all pythons and boas besides that, so I was thrilled to discover you had this video to help with her set up. Shes only 2 months at the moment so she is in something small right now but i like to get adult enclosures for my reptiles as soon as possible.

Never raw dog your heat 💀💀💀 I don't plan on getting a hognose, but I'll be suggesting this video to anyone I know who thinks they might want one. Very thorough, easy to understand, well produced (duh, it's a WWR video), and enjoyable to watch and listen to. I use your RU-vid almost like a podcast sometimes cuz I like the way you breakdown info, so the video holds even without the visuals. Good stuff dude.

Woohoo! I'm planning on getting a hognose soon and this came out at the right time!

Thanks for including info for babies as well as adults! Breeders could do better with this… I was not informed on how to house my crested gecko and plus, she seems to have some trouble with finding her food and water (plus she’s been permanently stunted at juvenile size) so she’s in a 20 gallon where nothing ever gets moved too far. Doesn’t matter how informative a breeder is with caring for hatchlings, babies grow. Continue assisting the reptile community, you’re awesome ^^

you did awsome Adam

Been a minute since we've seen your hognoses. 😊 Great video as always. Would love to see a milksnake set up. Haven't seen her on the channel in a while either.

I love these set-up videos! The bioactive are goals, but sometimes you want/need something less intimidating. Thank you!

Hello Adam great to see you

A+ content, and just at the right time! We're moving cross country and I'll need to go "affordable" to replace the setup for my gal. Great note at the start about the sizing/gallons.

I have a BP and a corn snake. Hog nose was next on my list, perfect timing for this video 😁

Loved this! A hognose is on my eventual list, although I'm more into inverts at the moment. Love your collabs with Richard from the Tarantula Collective! I'd be interested to see what you observe with your UVB experiment. Maybe a corn snake setup soon?

This video came out at the perfect time! I am planning on getting a hognose in the near future, February or march maybe. Very excited as it will be my first snake!

They are all over my back yard. Cute lil things

Thank you Adam for the information. I don't have any snakes yet but the hognose I am looking to be my first.

Great video

After building a bioactive enclosure for my crested gecko I have been thinking about getting a hognose next! Definitely a great video! Haha

I love your videos and hognose are one of my favorites and for the other side maybe a rosy boa.

Hi, I love your channel!

This is such a good video! I want to get a hoggie soon, and this is very helpful! I love your channel, and hognoses are adorable 🥰 And I already have a corn snake so this will be a good second snake! 🐍

I'd love to see your take on a bioactive enclosure for hognose snakes!

Great video bro,it's pretty great

Got a hog and i love watching vids to make his life better ❤️

i just had two people on reddit try to tell me aspen was a bad substrate. i’ll always go back to wickens to make sure i’m doing the right thing.

These videos & your care guides videos are probably my favorites so far. I have learned SOOOO MUCH from you in the very short 4-5 weeks since I found your channel. During their awesome Black Friday Sale this past November, I purchased 2 female leopard geckos from Brian over at BHB. My family has almost always owned a wide variety of pets including multiple Ball Pythons, a Columbian Boa, a Pacman Frog, Rose Hair Tarantula etc. But these are my very first geckos ever, infact they are my first lizards ever. They arrived & as soon as I opened their containers & saw those little smiles...I was obsessed!!! There are almost too many different care guides, articles etc online with different information which made it a frustrating process when researching everything I needed to know & get for the geckos before the arrived. Of course I immediately pulled up all of Brian's videos about them & the care sheet on his website. But I like multiple opinions & while digging into it, I found out about your channel & after watching 1 of your videos about them, I was extremely impressed & am now going back through your videos & watching them all, whether it's an animal I will ever get or not, I still love the information & the way you present it. I fell in love with an almost all bright reddish orange Fancy Bearded Dragon baby at my local store yesterday. They have 30 of them, all are in quarantine till the owners are confident that they are healthy, good eaters, no mites etc. Which is good cause I would have left with 1 yesterday if they were for sale now lol. So, after this I will be pulling up all of your videos about beardies in preparation for the almost inevitable purchase I will be making in the next week or 2 lol thanks Adam!!!

I use the same setup for my garter snakes, and corn snakes. Aspen and dollar store plants.

Great video, really useful and interesting ☺ 👍

Great video sir

That trailer park boys clip made me feel both at home and called out. Thanks again for the confusing feels and good info♡

Would love to see more please

I put my snake where my desks use to be and my desk was pretty enclosed so he’s always been a happy camper

🔥🔥🔥"Raw Dawg" Your Heat...😂😂😂🙈 The Full House Dad Would Have Appreciated This... Crushing It!!!

Great information! Just got two neonate Solomon Island Ground Boas. Perfect snakes for fish keepers.

Just got my baby hognose and set up its quarantine tank, perfect timing :D

Yes! I would love to see a milk snake video!! 🥰

Great job 👏🏻 should definitely help any new hognose owners 🙋‍♂️✌️

I just got a female. Arctic conda triple het. She is in a 10 gallon glass tank. I would love the pvc, but I’m still on a budget. Great video.

Adam, Just so you know you will never saw anything more awesome in your youtube life then raw dogging your heat tape.

You’re the most undersubscribed reptile guy on here

I get so exited every Time he releases a new video I put my bearded dragon on my shoulder and binge watch them LOL😂❤️

my hoggy loves a base of coconut dirt with a huge pile of aspen on it. He also loves water for some reason, so I have upgraded him to a longer water bowl he can soak himself in. It's near the heat lamp so it stays nice and warm. he's a goofy little boy for sure and so much fun. I highly recommend hognosies. they make great little companions. except.........sometimes Hobi goes into the dirt and I won't see him for a week until he smells dinner (thawed pinky)

A good reference for people looking for digital hygrometers and thermometers: humidors (large, climate controlled cigar containers). Cigars apparently need specific humidity and temperature requirements for ideal storage, so you can find a lot of digital readers for WAY less than reptile-branded ones.

Good job Adam, can you do more species vivarium set ups? Thanks in advance

I love your videos! For this hoggie enclosure you are doing, will this be the forever home once he/she is full grown?

Great video! Could you also do one focused on corn snakes?

Would love to see a corn snake set up :) loved the video