I know I'm three years late, but this video was super helpful and reassuring. I just got my first baby in October, and he hasn't shown any interest in eating and I've been very concerned, so thanks for giving me an eta to work with so I know when I need to get help if this issue persists. Researching online was giving me hardcore anxiety because everyone seemed to have a different opinion on how they should be fed, so I'm glad to finally have some input from a professional.
I must say, this is the most informative video I've ever seen on hognoses. Literally covered everything I could think of. Wish I would've seen this when I first started getting into hogs. I will definitely recommend this video to others in the future!
I’ve wanted a hoggie ever since I found out they existed and I’ve been researching since. So for my birthday, I decided to finally get one. Thank you for the helpful vid!! I wanna make sure they have the best possible life journey with me 💗💗
@@unchartedwild2166 I love Western Hognose Snakes with all of my heart and soul! Thank you so much man for making a full in depth care video on western hogs. This is a rare video on youtube.
This video was very helpful for me as a complete beginner doing research before buying my first snake. Some of the stuff I've seen/read about hognose snakes before made me feel like I'd have to 1) do everything in my power to make the snake eat; 2) start handling the snake right away & often to ensure it's used to handling... I'm glad I kept looking for more information and found this video. I definitely feel like researching more before I buy my snake, but this vid gave me a sense of solid footing that I really needed, covering basically every question a newbie like me might have. You're very charismatic too, so it was a joy to watch! Thank you!
This is my third care guide just this morning 😂 I want to get a male western hognose but making sure I have everything correctly set up before I get one
Holy crap dude this has been so helpful. I’ve been on the fence whether or not I should get a baby or adult/slightly older hognose. There’s the “I grew up with this boy” attitude with getting a baby and taking care of it into adulthood, but it’ll also be my first snake so I’m not too sure if I would want to deal with the finicky part of a baby.
I got an 8mo off Morph Market in 2022 and I haven't had any issues with him. He does go off food for a month or 2 each year, and that scared me when I first got him, but I offer him food on a regular schedule and he's been growing fine. Probably should have gone up to fuzzies earlier, but no issues from him. He's a joy 🥰 also living near the ocean in SoCal so humidity is rarely below 40% (usually 40-50%, sometimes 60%) and he's never been sick, but I do run an air purifier 24/7 since I have a bunch of houseplants in my room too. Probably wouldn't try hognoses if I was in Louisiana or something tho.
We just bought one at a reptile show. Great video & looking for more to learn as much as we can! It is for my granddaughter's 12th birthday coming up & she loves this snake! I love that it won't get huge & try to kill us....lol. The breeder was very informative, but you can't learn too much. Thank you!
This video was one of the most helpful I’ve watched I’ve been planning on getting a hog nose for a while and I have a ball python but there care guides are very diffrent from what I’ve seen
I think paper bedding (the one for burrowing animals, it's usually in the rodent section) is best for holding burrows, and you can get different colors if you want.
Oh also wear gloves when feeding and recommend that you use tongs as well. Helps keep your baby from associating your hand with food. And yes they are dramatic asf when you try to pick them up 🤣
Absolutely amazing video and super interesting to hear the thing about putting them in a separate container to feed is a myth. I've had 2 ball pythons before and definitely agree they never confused me for food feeding them in the cage once.
I agree with some other comments here. Been really considering a hognose and this video has been the most thorough and informative about the snake. All summed up in this video.
im getting my hoggie next week and her enclosure is in my living room, giving her the perfect amount of light (shes having under tank heating) with aspen bedding and ive gotten her some really cute hides!! theres so many cute ones you can get
Thank you so much. I have been wanting and researching hognose snakes for a while. My husband and I used to have all kinds of snakes...some really BIG constrictors. I now live alone and really miss the snakes. I have recently received a few hundred dollars that I did not expect and is not budgeted for anything else. I believe I will invest in a hognose with a good setup 🙂
Just found an Eastern Hognose today while mowing my grass (In MD)! I’m not a snake guy, and I assure you neither is my Wife, but I don’t kill ANYTHING.....no worries there, so I relocated the hognose snake about three miles away into another wooded area. I am here just researching to learn more about the species should I come across more of them....
I do a mix of aspen , reptisoil , and sand. Jake loves it because he can tunnel and he can still use his hide cave. His tunnel actually has a hole that is under his cave..quick escape.. if needed lol..to run from me 😂
There’s this substrate by this company called biodude and he makes bioactive substrate for hognoses I love it! It also never smells and is easy to spot clean
Just got a Hognose yesterday... didnt do much research beforehand but we are getting all the info we can! have almost everything for his habitat. just waiting on amazon to ship the thermostat before we really use the heat pad. I am worried that his cage right now is too cold and we have a lamp but I dont think its enough so the next two days are going to be rough.. We were told our baby is not even 2 months old yet. so he's super tiny and im worried that the stress of moving from the store to us and then to my wife's classroom is going to be too much. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Include more pictures of what you are referring to if you happen to do any updates to this video. I enjoyed your video, very informative and I liked the organization of the timestamps. Convenient for skipping back and forth.
Wow, this is the absolutely best Hognose care video I've come across yet. So many questions Ive had from watching other videos have been answered in this video. I have only one question at this point... prolly a dumb question but I obviously leave the heat lamp on thru the night correct??
Awesome video. You talked about not getting them in a separate tank or container. Do you worry about substrate impaction when feeding them in their enclosure?
Can i use a regular heat bulb? Or do I have to use a heat mat? Should I use a UVB bulb? How long should I keep either on? can I turn off the light at night and turn it on in the morning? I Iive in a pretty warm house that doesn't get too cold so it shouldn't get really cold at night. I own a ten gallon glass tank, is it possible to use that for a male? How often should I feed a male? Feamal? Thank you! This is a really awesome video that has really great info!
I wanna get one as my first snake I have experience in lizards so I think I’m ready it’s this or corn or ball python but those guys get a bit to big for me
VERY informative! 👍🏻 Question: So your new snake is doing well on thawed pinkies, when you happen across a little frog 🐸 in the garden. Is it ok to offer him said frog for dinner? Thanks.
Definitely not, that frog could have hopped over from the neighbor's yard where they used pesticides, it could be sick with a nasty disease or fungus, never want to risk that
The only thing I have to say about this Is Under the tank heating works well in wooden viv’s this is how I heat my leopard gecko and hog nose snake You tape the heatmat inside of the viv at the bottom and place two probes over it one thermostat and one thermometer The put a thin layer of substrate Over top of it. I can stress this enough A thin layer of substrate also uk heating mats have no sticky side And it will work a charm 😇
Regarding UVB, it sure helps if you are going to breed hognoses, if you don't have UVB for them and breed the female will lay thin shelled eggs, windowed eggs so to say.
This happens because hognoses can lay very large clutches. The female simply doesn't have enough resources to calcify them all. This doesn't have anything to do with UVB. Smaller clutches don't have windows, larger clutches usually do. This doesn't hurt the egg or the baby. They hatch out just fine.
So if I just use a heating light during the day, and turn it off at night, it shouldn’t become too cold in the glass tank for the snake? Would it be beneficial to use a UTH at night and the heating light by day? I keep my home temperature between 68-70 but it’s an older home so different rooms tend to have rather dramatic temperature fluctuations
I know this comment's old but, reptile carpet has a reputation for being a breeding ground for bacteria. Also, in a snake like a hognose that has a burrowing instinct, it seems almost mean to give them something they can't burrow in.
What brand of heat pad do you recommend? I found a thermometer by jump start recommended by Emily from snake discovery. But unsure which pad to get for an 11L tub
For UTH I usually just use Zoomed ones, they come with the little nodes on each corner which is nice. I haven't tried too many other brands maybe zilla but they're all very similar from what I've seen
Why does google say garter snakes are not poisonous/venomous? If they have venom in them regardless of the mildness, they should be labeled as venomous
If you read through the item description it should say if it's 100% aspen or mixed, often times I've found many of the small mammal intended ones are mixed with a bit of pine but so long as it's 100% aspen shouldn't be a problem
Thanks for the video! Really enjoyed it! Was helpful to... as I was bit by my Hog Nose and it put me into the hospital. It's a bit of a story so if you don't mind I'd like to put a link to the video I took. All the way from it biting me on film, to the hospital and then my release. Had roughly 50% of the people saying, no it has 0 venom. While the other half was saying, no they are indeed venomous though a bit more mild. One "specialist" said "They're kin to the rattlesnake". My hand, arm and so on surely thought it was venom. Anyways here is that short video. (if the link will work) czcams.com/video/TkV5EuNxHok/video.html
I knoe it moght be hard. But reminder to dorect you videos to the rest of the world and not just america :) you could look up measurements for other countries and how easy it is to get one, or price in other countries for example :3
Is there anyone out there who is too scared to grab their pet snake? I don't mean like a dangerous snake but like a Hognose or Corn Snake... I mean why would someone who is that scared want a pet snake. I mean unless they are trying to overcome their fear...then I respect that.
I know I'm three years late, but this video was super helpful and reassuring. I just got my first baby in October, and he hasn't shown any interest in eating and I've been very concerned, so thanks for giving me an eta to work with so I know when I need to get help if this issue persists. Researching online was giving me hardcore anxiety because everyone seemed to have a different opinion on how they should be fed, so I'm glad to finally have some input from a professional.
Just got my boy 2 weeks ago and he still won't eat for me. It's pretty normal!!
Every hognose video i watch only encourages me more.
I must say, this is the most informative video I've ever seen on hognoses. Literally covered everything I could think of. Wish I would've seen this when I first started getting into hogs. I will definitely recommend this video to others in the future!
I’ve wanted a hoggie ever since I found out they existed and I’ve been researching since. So for my birthday, I decided to finally get one. Thank you for the helpful vid!! I wanna make sure they have the best possible life journey with me 💗💗
how has it been? Ive wanted a snake for years and im thinking about getting one when i move in to my college apartment in september
I ordered my first Hognose today!!!
Enjoy!
@@unchartedwild2166 thank you!!!
Here to check in , how are things going with your hognose , I’m looking to get my first in the next few weeks
@@unchartedwild2166 I love Western Hognose Snakes with all of my heart and soul! Thank you so much man for making a full in depth care video on western hogs. This is a rare video on youtube.
I love Western Hognose
This video was very helpful for me as a complete beginner doing research before buying my first snake. Some of the stuff I've seen/read about hognose snakes before made me feel like I'd have to 1) do everything in my power to make the snake eat; 2) start handling the snake right away & often to ensure it's used to handling... I'm glad I kept looking for more information and found this video. I definitely feel like researching more before I buy my snake, but this vid gave me a sense of solid footing that I really needed, covering basically every question a newbie like me might have. You're very charismatic too, so it was a joy to watch! Thank you!
This is my third care guide just this morning 😂 I want to get a male western hognose but making sure I have everything correctly set up before I get one
Holy crap dude this has been so helpful. I’ve been on the fence whether or not I should get a baby or adult/slightly older hognose. There’s the “I grew up with this boy” attitude with getting a baby and taking care of it into adulthood, but it’ll also be my first snake so I’m not too sure if I would want to deal with the finicky part of a baby.
I got an 8mo off Morph Market in 2022 and I haven't had any issues with him. He does go off food for a month or 2 each year, and that scared me when I first got him, but I offer him food on a regular schedule and he's been growing fine. Probably should have gone up to fuzzies earlier, but no issues from him. He's a joy 🥰 also living near the ocean in SoCal so humidity is rarely below 40% (usually 40-50%, sometimes 60%) and he's never been sick, but I do run an air purifier 24/7 since I have a bunch of houseplants in my room too. Probably wouldn't try hognoses if I was in Louisiana or something tho.
We just bought one at a reptile show. Great video & looking for more to learn as much as we can! It is for my granddaughter's 12th birthday coming up & she loves this snake! I love that it won't get huge & try to kill us....lol. The breeder was very informative, but you can't learn too much. Thank you!
this video is exactly what i needed. THANK YOU
This video was one of the most helpful I’ve watched I’ve been planning on getting a hog nose for a while and I have a ball python but there care guides are very diffrent from what I’ve seen
Thank you so much!
I've been looking for a hognose for my newly setup bioactive! Thank you for all your care tips!
You are awesome!! It will be my first time owning a snake/ hognose 🐍 and nobody ever explained the care like you! I feel so confident now, thank you!
I have a baby hognose snake 8 months before I got him I watch this video and I found it to be petty dead on with information provided thanks
Thank you so much! I’ve never had a snak and want to start with this and u have informed me so much !!
Thank you so much I am getting my first snake and this was the best care guide so far and definitely most in depth
I think paper bedding (the one for burrowing animals, it's usually in the rodent section) is best for holding burrows, and you can get different colors if you want.
Oh also wear gloves when feeding and recommend that you use tongs as well. Helps keep your baby from associating your hand with food. And yes they are dramatic asf when you try to pick them up 🤣
Absolutely amazing video and super interesting to hear the thing about putting them in a separate container to feed is a myth. I've had 2 ball pythons before and definitely agree they never confused me for food feeding them in the cage once.
I agree with some other comments here. Been really considering a hognose and this video has been the most thorough and informative about the snake. All summed up in this video.
im getting my hoggie next week and her enclosure is in my living room, giving her the perfect amount of light (shes having under tank heating) with aspen bedding and ive gotten her some really cute hides!!
theres so many cute ones you can get
Thank you so much. I have been wanting and researching hognose snakes for a while. My husband and I used to have all kinds of snakes...some really BIG constrictors. I now live alone and really miss the snakes. I have recently received a few hundred dollars that I did not expect and is not budgeted for anything else. I believe I will invest in a hognose with a good setup 🙂
Great video with a lot of good information. Looking forward to getting my first western hognose! :)
Thank you! Enjoy it!
Just found an Eastern Hognose today while mowing my grass (In MD)! I’m not a snake guy, and I assure you neither is my Wife, but I don’t kill ANYTHING.....no worries there, so I relocated the hognose snake about three miles away into another wooded area. I am here just researching to learn more about the species should I come across more of them....
I do a mix of aspen , reptisoil , and sand. Jake loves it because he can tunnel and he can still use his hide cave. His tunnel actually has a hole that is under his cave..quick escape.. if needed lol..to run from me 😂
There’s this substrate by this company called biodude and he makes bioactive substrate for hognoses I love it! It also never smells and is easy to spot clean
Really random but hognoses are the most adorable snakes in the entire world and you can't change my mind
Just got a Hognose yesterday... didnt do much research beforehand but we are getting all the info we can! have almost everything for his habitat. just waiting on amazon to ship the thermostat before we really use the heat pad. I am worried that his cage right now is too cold and we have a lamp but I dont think its enough so the next two days are going to be rough.. We were told our baby is not even 2 months old yet. so he's super tiny and im worried that the stress of moving from the store to us and then to my wife's classroom is going to be too much. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Good video with some great points!
Glad you think so!
Include more pictures of what you are referring to if you happen to do any updates to this video. I enjoyed your video, very informative and I liked the organization of the timestamps. Convenient for skipping back and forth.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm trying to do that more on newer care videos now
Ceramic heat emitter is fine and works well. Just get a dimmer to plug it into to turn it up and down to get the right temp u want and boom it’s set.
I just ordered my first one as well.
Kool!
Wow, this is the absolutely best Hognose care video I've come across yet. So many questions Ive had from watching other videos have been answered in this video. I have only one question at this point... prolly a dumb question but I obviously leave the heat lamp on thru the night correct??
Wonderful Video!
Can anyone tell me where I can find this radiant heat panel that mounts to the ceiling that he spoke of in this video?
Awesome video. You talked about not getting them in a separate tank or container. Do you worry about substrate impaction when feeding them in their enclosure?
I have been googling and googling and cannot find how hot should a heat mat be with a thermostat?
Can i use a regular heat bulb? Or do I have to use a heat mat? Should I use a UVB bulb? How long should I keep either on? can I turn off the light at night and turn it on in the morning? I Iive in a pretty warm house that doesn't get too cold so it shouldn't get really cold at night. I own a ten gallon glass tank, is it possible to use that for a male? How often should I feed a male? Feamal? Thank you! This is a really awesome video that has really great info!
I answer just about all of these in the video, but thank you!
great snake
I want to get one. Want a couple years of research in before I get one though.
So at night should I turn the heat lamp/pad off??
my life is not complete without a hognose snake
I wanna get one as my first snake I have experience in lizards so I think I’m ready it’s this or corn or ball python but those guys get a bit to big for me
VERY informative! 👍🏻 Question: So your new snake is doing well on thawed pinkies, when you happen across a little frog 🐸 in the garden. Is it ok to offer him said frog for dinner? Thanks.
Definitely not, that frog could have hopped over from the neighbor's yard where they used pesticides, it could be sick with a nasty disease or fungus, never want to risk that
@@unchartedwild2166 - Ok, good to know. What about ‘Frog Juice’, to encourage him to eat the pinkie?
Our young western hognose got Aspen stuck in his nostril. Tried to get it out. Didn't work. Time for dr. visit.
The only thing I have to say about this Is
Under the tank heating works well in wooden viv’s this is how I heat my leopard gecko and hog nose snake
You tape the heatmat inside of the viv at the bottom and place two probes over it one thermostat and one thermometer
The put a thin layer of substrate Over top of it. I can stress this enough A thin layer of substrate also uk heating mats have no sticky side
And it will work a charm 😇
I love hognese snake :D They are soo beautiful
awesome video :)
Thank you!
Regarding UVB, it sure helps if you are going to breed hognoses, if you don't have UVB for them and breed the female will lay thin shelled eggs, windowed eggs so to say.
Good to know!
This happens because hognoses can lay very large clutches. The female simply doesn't have enough resources to calcify them all. This doesn't have anything to do with UVB. Smaller clutches don't have windows, larger clutches usually do. This doesn't hurt the egg or the baby. They hatch out just fine.
So if I just use a heating light during the day, and turn it off at night, it shouldn’t become too cold in the glass tank for the snake? Would it be beneficial to use a UTH at night and the heating light by day? I keep my home temperature between 68-70 but it’s an older home so different rooms tend to have rather dramatic temperature fluctuations
For a situation like that I'd say a night time heat source wouldn't hurt!
Thank you!
Is a 32qt okay !? Mine are juveniles doe
I have a question where do you get your mice for you snakes
Online usually rodentpro
amazon works to
If I get a hog nose, would I be able to have the heat and uvb light on from about 7am - 10pm , and the other times the lights are off for night time?
7-10 is a little long, you could always just pick up a timer to take care of it for you
I use coco husk. My hognose seems to like it. Do u guys recommend a reptile carpet?
I know this comment's old but, reptile carpet has a reputation for being a breeding ground for bacteria.
Also, in a snake like a hognose that has a burrowing instinct, it seems almost mean to give them something they can't burrow in.
A lot of tap water contains chloramine, not chlorine, which does NOT evaporate out of the water. Just get a water filter!!
I give my hognose the same water that I drink 💫 (same with the dogs when I lived with my family)
What brand of heat pad do you recommend? I found a thermometer by jump start recommended by Emily from snake discovery. But unsure which pad to get for an 11L tub
For UTH I usually just use Zoomed ones, they come with the little nodes on each corner which is nice. I haven't tried too many other brands maybe zilla but they're all very similar from what I've seen
@@unchartedwild2166 perfect. I knew you’d know the answer! Thanks 🙏🏽
Why does google say garter snakes are not poisonous/venomous? If they have venom in them regardless of the mildness, they should be labeled as venomous
Just wondering would a hognose snake normally stay in one place when i take it out or do they wonder alot
Mine have always been non stop motoring when out but it could vary
Ok thanks
Is all Aspen the same? Reptile marked, vs rabbit, or bulk from Amazon?
If you read through the item description it should say if it's 100% aspen or mixed, often times I've found many of the small mammal intended ones are mixed with a bit of pine but so long as it's 100% aspen shouldn't be a problem
@@unchartedwild2166 ok! Thank u for your quick reply!!!
@@serenapudelski3958 No worries thanks for checking out the vid!
Can i keep a hognose in my bedroom? If so, could i breed hognose snakes in my bedroom?
If all the things they need are taken care of don't see why not!
Thanks for the video! Really enjoyed it! Was helpful to... as I was bit by my Hog Nose and it put me into the hospital. It's a bit of a story so if you don't mind I'd like to put a link to the video I took. All the way from it biting me on film, to the hospital and then my release.
Had roughly 50% of the people saying, no it has 0 venom. While the other half was saying, no they are indeed venomous though a bit more mild. One "specialist" said "They're kin to the rattlesnake". My hand, arm and so on surely thought it was venom. Anyways here is that short video. (if the link will work)
czcams.com/video/TkV5EuNxHok/video.html
I knoe it moght be hard. But reminder to dorect you videos to the rest of the world and not just america :) you could look up measurements for other countries and how easy it is to get one, or price in other countries for example :3
Thank you! Honestly when I was doing this video 99% of my viewership was in North America so I didn't think to look up things in Celsius or meters
@@unchartedwild2166 and now you have atleast one sub from sweden xD
Is there anyone out there who is too scared to grab their pet snake? I don't mean like a dangerous snake but like a Hognose or Corn Snake...
I mean why would someone who is that scared want a pet snake. I mean unless they are trying to overcome their fear...then I respect that.
I want a baby mexican hognose snake
Also if u microwave a rident the will explode at some point in the microwave !!! My friend lirned that the hard way ... DO NOT RECCO.END
I want to have a snake that eat bath play sleep with me
THROW IT INTO THE MOON