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WHAT A HOG!

hartsock

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Couldn't pass up this litte guy!

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He's in his temp home for tonight (actually it was his home at the pet store, but they threw it in for a couple more bucks. I needed another little critter carrier anyway for culling the mice.)

He is real laid back and is only about 8 inches long, maybe 10. I will be working on a display viv tonight for him. I am currently working on a tub/rack system using 96qt tubs for the corns and sand boas, and may temporarily set the blood python and ball in them too till they get a little bigger...everything I have is so small except boaz and the russian rat snake and a couple of corns. I used the bigger tubs so I can add climbing stuff and plants, hides, etc. They'll have everything they would have in a decked out viv, just with more privacy, I'll post pics when I get it done. But then I want to take this hog, the ribbon, and possibly the milk and make them natural like display vivs (European style) and have them as the "look at snakes".

Here he was when I first brought him home....for awhile only the tail stuck out, then about 15 minutes his head popped up and looked at me and since then he has been fine being out but he is curious as to what I am, lol. Please excuse my dusty paper shredder I put him on to take the pic. It is usually hidden under the computer and never comes out. Gotta get me a maid (or a wife, lol ;) )

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oh BTW, he's a western hognose .... so these guys are actually mildly venomous??? Bee sting level? saw pics of a guy who got bit on hand and took about 5 minutes to get it off and over the next couple of days his hand and arm swelled up to his elbow!! I knew that when I got him, but I never heard of the swellling like that unless some was allergic.
 
congrats on the new puechase!

as for the venom, the swelling is true as far as I know. This one guy I know has one and when it bit him (it was the owners fault he was bitten) his hand swelled to two or three times its size, but went away in about 2 times its normal size, no actuall injury though.
 
The pics I've seen of a hognose bite were done intentionally. They are rear fanged, which makes it more difficult to inject the venom (they really have to chew on you). But it is one of the reasons that I sold mine. I never had an issue with him, but being that I'm allergic to bees, my husband and I thought it best not to take the chance.
 
The pics I've seen of a hognose bite were done intentionally. They are rear fanged, which makes it more difficult to inject the venom (they really have to chew on you). But it is one of the reasons that I sold mine. I never had an issue with him, but being that I'm allergic to bees, my husband and I thought it best not to take the chance.

well, i never said the guy i know is very bright, lmao

when his hognose bit him, he kinda stood there watchin it cause he was shocked :crazy02:
 
What a sweetie! I love hoggies, have had a pair for over a year and neither have ever made a move to bite me. They hiss and jump, but never strike.

Congrats!!

-Tonya
 
Very cute! I don't have a Western, but both my Eastern and my Tri are avid climbers- in their vivs, not in real life. And both are swimmers, too. They like big water bowls.
 
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