Notices |
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please note that the information requested during registration will be used to determine your legitimacy as a participant of this site. As such, any information you provide that is determined to be false, inaccurate, misleading, or highly suspicious will result in your registration being rejected. This is designed to try to discourage as much as possible those spammers and scammers that tend to plague sites of this nature, to the detriment of all the legitimate members trying to enjoy the features this site provides for them.
Of particular importance is the REQUIREMENT that you provide your REAL full name upon registering. Sorry, but this is not like other sites where anonymity is more the rule.
Also your TRUE location is important. If the location you enter in your profile field does not match the location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected. As such, I strongly urge registrants to avoid using a VPN service to register, as they are often used by spammers and scammers, and as such will be blocked when discovered when auditing new registrations.
Sorry about all these hoops to jump through, but I am quite serious about blocking spammers and scammers at the gate on this site and am doing the very best that I can to that effect. Trust me, I would rather be doing more interesting things with my time, and wouldn't be making this effort if I didn't think it was worthwhile.
|
|
|
10-05-2012, 03:47 PM
|
#11
|
|
That's good info to know! And I have looked up some hognose and found a few other species, why would they not be a good choice? And that's a good way to describe house snakes, and you would be the secOnd person to compare them to pythons. Maybe that's why I haven't really gotten into colubrids much, cause I love my boids, it's just not the same when I handle certain colubrids ya know?
|
|
|
10-05-2012, 04:23 PM
|
#12
|
|
All hognose snakes are naturally amphibian eaters. The other species are notoriously difficult to convert to a rodent diet. Its not impossible, but it takes a lot of patience, perseverance...and there's no guarantee every specimen will convert. And few hobbyists have access to feeder toads year-round.
A good example is the eastern hognose snake. Fairly common throughout its range; most of us have probably seen one in the wild once or twice. But it takes a dedicated keeper to maintain them longterm in captivity. Lots of people catch them, feed them toads as they find them, but they're SOL come winter. The southern hognose is about the same.
Other species aren't quite as difficult, but still not easy compared to western hognoses and other more popular colubrids. These would include the tri-color hognoses of South America, and the Madagascar hognose species. If you think trying to get a finicky python or boa to eat F/T from live prey, try converting a hognose from eating amphibians!
|
|
|
10-05-2012, 05:44 PM
|
#13
|
|
Lol ok yea that does sound excruciating! Point taken, avoid other hognose species, thanks! See this is the kind of info that I couldnt find on my own, glad I posted on here!
|
|
|
Join
now to reply to this thread or open new ones
for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com
is the largest online community about Reptile
& Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one
classifieds service with thousands of ads to look
for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE.
Click Here to Register!
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
Convince Me
|
Katie.Shinkle |
Ball Pythons Discussion Forum |
40 |
06-24-2011 04:13 PM |
I need to convince my parents
|
demonmagus |
Hognose Snakes Discussion Forum |
7 |
08-28-2006 08:19 AM |
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:53 AM.
|
|