Baby Hognose Snake For Sale - Male
Details
The Western Hognose snake is a small, popular pet snake species named after their cute upturned noses which they use to bury themselves and create tunnel networks in the wild!
Photos taken September 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24 baby
Sex: Male
Morph: Normal, wild type
Adult size range: 24” - 36” (Females larger than males)
Handling: Will calm down once used to their new owner, currently a great age to start working with
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Western Hognose snakes are mildly rear-fanged venomous as a hunting adaptation. If a person is bitten, this can act similarly to a bee sting, with some people being more prone to a reaction (swelling and itching) than others. That being said, this species do not tend to bite unless provoked and feeling threatened, and are more likely to give a warning heat butt.
Enclosure recommendations
Baby Western Hognose snakes can be housed in hatchling snake setups (usually a plastic faunarium with an under-tank heat mat connected to a thermostat) until this it outgrown.
Adult males should be housed in 2ft long enclosures as a minimum size, and adult females should be housed in 3ft long enclosures as a minimum size. Thermostatically controlled and guarded overhead heating should be provided. Temperatures should be measured with a digital thermometer or heat gun.
The Western Hognose snake is a small, popular pet snake species named after their cute upturned noses which they use to bury themselves and create tunnel networks in the wild!
Photos taken September 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24 baby
Sex: Male
Morph: Normal, wild type
Adult size range: 24” - 36” (Females larger than males)
Handling: Will calm down once used to their new owner, currently a great age to start working with
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Western Hognose snakes are mildly rear-fanged venomous as a hunting adaptation. If a person is bitten, this can act similarly to a bee sting, with some people being more prone to a reaction (swelling and itching) than others. That being said, this species do not tend to bite unless provoked and feeling threatened, and are more likely to give a warning heat butt.
Enclosure recommendations
Baby Western Hognose snakes can be housed in hatchling snake setups (usually a plastic faunarium with an under-tank heat mat connected to a thermostat) until this it outgrown.
Adult males should be housed in 2ft long enclosures as a minimum size, and adult females should be housed in 3ft long enclosures as a minimum size. Thermostatically controlled and guarded overhead heating should be provided. Temperatures should be measured with a digital thermometer or heat gun.
The Western Hognose snake is a small, popular pet snake species named after their cute upturned noses which they use to bury themselves and create tunnel networks in the wild!
Photos taken September 2024
For sale in our Bracknell reptile shop
Age: CB24 baby
Sex: Male
Morph: Normal, wild type
Adult size range: 24” - 36” (Females larger than males)
Handling: Will calm down once used to their new owner, currently a great age to start working with
Suitability: Well-researched Beginner
Western Hognose snakes are mildly rear-fanged venomous as a hunting adaptation. If a person is bitten, this can act similarly to a bee sting, with some people being more prone to a reaction (swelling and itching) than others. That being said, this species do not tend to bite unless provoked and feeling threatened, and are more likely to give a warning heat butt.
Enclosure recommendations
Baby Western Hognose snakes can be housed in hatchling snake setups (usually a plastic faunarium with an under-tank heat mat connected to a thermostat) until this it outgrown.
Adult males should be housed in 2ft long enclosures as a minimum size, and adult females should be housed in 3ft long enclosures as a minimum size. Thermostatically controlled and guarded overhead heating should be provided. Temperatures should be measured with a digital thermometer or heat gun.
