Thw Western Hognose is a delightful little snake to keep. I've been keeping snakes for 25 years but got my first "hoggy" just last autumn. He's still a baby and has just taken his first three-pinkie meal. When I first got him he hissed and rattled his tail rather amusingly and headbutted every time I went to pick him up but once he adjusted to life with me and realised I was no threat that behaviour ceased and he now enjoys being picked up and handled. He likes curling up in my palm and being stroked on the back of the head. At this stage he's still in a shoe-box style vivarium, albeit a larger one now, and on kitchen paper. He has a ...  Read the complete review

Western hognose snakes are not one of the more common snakes to be kept as a pet although in my oppinion they are great as a pet. They only grow to about 30 inches which is less than 3 foot, they originally come from arizona, mexico and texas so are very happy to live on a sand base in there tank. I find a glass tank is best with mine, you need quite a lot of sand in the bottom as these snakes like to burrow. We have a wooden hide box which he likes to hide under when he sleeps. You will ned to keep your tank warm, it needs to be 85'f in the day and 75'f at night. I find a heat bulb is best to achieve this. There ...  Read the complete review

My boyfriend and I have four snakes, one of which is a Western Hognose Snake, or Heterodon Nasicus to give her her proper title! Aurora (as we called her) first caught our attention because of her extremely cute face and little upturned nose. In the wild, Hognose Snakes use their noses to burrow and to dig up toads; toads make up about 50% of a wild Hognose's diet, the rest consisting of lizards, mice and small eggs. A chat to the reptile shop owner quickly made us decide that a hognose would be a great addition to our collection, and it just so happened that we had a spare viv, so money was ...  Read the complete review