My H. Nasicus girl...*pics*

[Wolfchan]

I've got my little H. Nasicus over here tonight so that I can intorduce her to my zoology prof. tomorrow, and I took a few pictures...I'm not a fabulous photographer, but a few of them came out all right...

She's sure come a long way from the 5" hatchling I brought home two years ago! Hopefully in another two years I'll be in a place where I can get a male for her.

Hope you've enjoyed!!

-Cathy

 

[atavuss]

wow! sure looks like that girl is a good eater!

 

[Wolfchan]

She really is! Since she's only my second snake, I was worried initially that I would have trouble with her since they're notoriously poor feeders, but she hasn't given me any problems!!

 

[Phillip]

While some hogs are hard to get feeding Westerns as a general rule aren't. They tend to go after rodents from the start with relative ease. They also don't get too much larger than yours so you might want to find a male and start a breeding project with them. The cost of keeping a pair versus a single is not much and the babies still have a decent enough value on them to easily pay for the food bill.

Nice specimen by the way.

Phil

 

[Wolfchan]

I'll be getting a male as soon as I'm out of my parents' house and allowed to get another snake. My mother already doesn't care for Chubby, so right now it's just not do-able.

I've been working with reptiles for just under two years now (I was inspired when I got Chubby), and looking forward to many more. (I'm really hoping that the leucistic hogs come down in price over the next few years....I'm absolutely in love with the pictures I've seen so far!)

Thanks, I'm glad you like her!! ^_^

 

[GQ.]

Nice snake! I always like to see heterodon. If you ever have a chance to see one in the wild you will be even more enamored with them. Watching them go through their displays is amazing. Tracking them is even more fun. They tend to inhabit sandy areas, in my experience. Once you come across one of their tracks in the sand you can sometimes follow it to a snake. Their tracks are very distinctive compared to other snakes. When I lived in New Mexico we used to go walking at night with fluorescent lights in search of herps to photograph. A hognose find never failed to brighten our night. Very neat snakes.

 

[Phillip]

The leucistic and albino look awesome and I wouldn't mind some of those myself. Keep wishing on the price though as they have dropped over the last few years but not what I would call quickly. Perhaps when more folks get some breeder sized ones going but it may be a few years before they drop much.

Phil