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Post by BPkid on Oct 30, 2004 17:11:27 GMT -5
I had a question about hognoses are they easy to keep and easy to handle??
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Post by joe on Oct 30, 2004 18:02:45 GMT -5
Some say they are easy to maintain and others disagree. I would say a western hognose is a good started hognose because they can eat mice as a regular diet. OTher hognoses need a diet of mainly toads and frogs in there diet like the eastern and southern hognose. Hognose are a venomous snake so i would not handle one but some say that there venom is not very potent and can be compared to a bee sting or something like that. The HOgnoses you can handle though and will only bite if you are being carless. Hope this helps. ;D
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Post by BPkid on Oct 30, 2004 23:34:16 GMT -5
It does! thanks ;D!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Gary Orner on Nov 9, 2004 11:39:39 GMT -5
You got ahold of some wrong info bro. Your american species of Hognose are not venomous. They have toxins in there saliva but they are not venonous. They do not have the glands............
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Post by Will on Nov 15, 2004 13:53:43 GMT -5
I know this answer but.........here is the question for you all........a little quiz.......Yes Gary I know you know this.
Question:
What makes the E. hognose have toxin in their salvia??
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Post by Will on Nov 15, 2004 16:18:18 GMT -5
my bro acts like he knows everything,lol.ill get his facts strait.hes not gonna be mouthing you off gary.sorry What ever that meant?!?!?! |
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Post by Gary Orner on Nov 15, 2004 18:05:04 GMT -5
That is a good question Will. I will wait to answer though lol
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Post by Will on Nov 15, 2004 18:24:22 GMT -5
LOL!! i thought you might like this one. I will wait until later tonight to give the answer.  |
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Post by Will on Nov 16, 2004 21:17:23 GMT -5
OK....here is the answer. E. hognoses eat frogs and toads right?? Well the toxins that are in the frogs stay in there mouth. This is a non-techinical answer by the way! OK Gary are you going to add anything?? Your post might be better then mine!!! LOL |
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Post by JEFFREH on Dec 1, 2004 20:15:27 GMT -5
Ahh I should ahve gotten here sooner! Darn I actually knew that one!
That's the reason the eastern hognose isnt readily available (if at all) around here. Cause mot if not all refuse to eat anything but toads correct.
could be wrong though
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Post by Gary Orner on Dec 1, 2004 21:24:09 GMT -5
Yeah the eastern is hard to switch but the western is pretty easy. but once you get them switched they ussually stay switched.
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Post by haroldo359 on Jan 2, 2005 22:16:18 GMT -5
i have heard that easterns don't live long on a rodent diet. i dunno personally. but i have been told this over and over.
westerns are pretty easy to care for. one of mine eats unscented rodents good. the other won't eat mice unless they are scented with toad or lizard. but they are a very rewarding species to keep. nothing like the musk.
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Post by Will on Jan 2, 2005 22:22:00 GMT -5
i have heard that easterns don't live long on a rodent diet. i dunno personally. but i have been told this over and over. westerns are pretty easy to care for. one of mine eats unscented rodents good. the other won't eat mice unless they are scented with toad or lizard. but they are a very rewarding species to keep. nothing like the musk. You are right!!! It actually destroys there liver. Amphibians do not contain a lot of fat like rats do. |
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Post by haroldo359 on Jan 2, 2005 23:14:31 GMT -5
yeah. i wanted to get one... but not if i have to feed it amphibians exclusively.
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Post by haroldo359 on Jan 2, 2005 23:21:13 GMT -5
my westerns... here is my male...  and the female...  |
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