Recent content by LouiseB

Hi all, My Western hognose, who is about 16 months old, has not shed for about three months. He has been eating on and off, although currently he's "off" and hasn't eaten for four weeks. He does seem happy and healthy enough, but he's quite small and he doesn't seem to be growing at any...

My hoggy Baldrick is just over a year old, and I've had him since he was 3 months. He hissed a lot when I first got him, and I thought he'd just grow out of it, but he still seems to have an attitude problem! He hisses at me when I open his viv to change his water or clean up his poo, but...

This is my 10-month old hognose, Baldrick, looking as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. He has just got his appetite back after a long hunger strike and is back to his usual feisty self! Anyone have any other hoggy pics...?

OK, I posted this in the Husbandry section, but I'm moving it here because it's about a hoggy instead of a Corn. I'm trying to deal with a non-eating hognose, and the first thing I have to do is get the temperatures in his viv right. The warm end is on a thermostat at 85F so there's no problem...

I'm having problems keeping the cold end of my snake's viv from getting too cold. It's sitting at about 65F at the moment, and I want to get it up to the right level, but I don't want it to overheat either. Does anybody have any suggestions? It's only a plastic viv so I don't think i could use...

My male hoggy goes off his food on a fairly regular basis. He'll have a month where he'll eat and then one where he won't, although it's not very predictable when he's going to switch from one to the other. I know this is supposed to be normal for a hognose, but I'm finding it difficult to work...

My 6 month old male hognose seems to always be trying to get out of his viv. He keeps sort of standing up and pressing himself against the sides as if he's trying to find a way out. The viv is the right size and temperature and he has plenty of hides, so I'm just wondering if there's anything...

Hello, I've had my four-month old hognose for a week, and so far he hasn't eaten. I wasn't too worried about this, although he does appear to be losing wieght, but now I've noticed that his belly and eyes have gone cloudy, but not the rest of him. I don't know whether or not he's about to shed...

Hello everyone, I've just bought a new Western Hognose, and I just wondered if anyone else here has one? He is only about 2 months old, and he's still hissing at me when I go to pick him up although as soon as he's actually in my hands he stops doing it. Is it better to keep on handling him...

Hello, I recently had a problem with my female corn regurging. She seems to be on the road to recovery now, but my vet told me to check to see if she was carrying (infertile) eggs just to be on the safe side. The problem being, I have no idea how to tell if she's carrying eggs or not. I had a...

My corn has just done something a bit weird. Yesterday she was due to be fed, so I took her out of her viv and put her in her feeding box with the fuzzie. As soon as she was in there, she started making retching motions with her mouth, and then she brought up a blob of skin and fur, with a load...

My corn is not usually very active during the day, but this morning when I got up I found her slithering round her tank as if she was trying to find a way out. She was craning her head into the corners and pushing herself against the glass at the front. She isn't hungry, as she didn't eat the...

Hello everyone, this is Cornflake, my one and only snake. When I got her, I was told she was an amel bloodred, but I've never heard of that before or since, and I don't know enough to be able to tell. What do you think? This is quite an old picture, she's bigger than this now...

Just wondering how the seasoned corn snake professionals amongst you handle your snakes? Do you keep hold of them or do you let them roam around the house? I don't do that because my corn is still small and there are too many places she could vanish to, but I've heard of people who just let...

What does everyone think of just keeping corns as pets and not breeding from them at all? I got the impression when I was buying my corn that it was frowned upon, but I do find the idea of breeding from her quite daunting. If I am going to do it, I will have to get her a boyfriend pretty soon!