Pickups from the Herp World Expo: pair of hognose snakes!

[AkTomboy]

What a couple of cuties!

 

[Kanchii]

Thanks!

 

[Epona142]

Awesome pickup!

My first snake ever, when I was just a wee girl, was a hoggie named Lira. We used to pay the neighborhood kids to catch toads for us.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

I was so happy to find this late '08 pair I had to snap them up at $50 a piece.

I often find them crawling around the farm. I found one just a couple of days ago, about 8-10 inches long.

The biggest I've caught was about 14-16 inches.

I didnt know they were worth that much, but I suspect it's illegal to catch and sell them​

 

[Kanchii]

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I often find them crawling around the farm. I found one just a couple of days ago, about 8-10 inches long.

The biggest I've caught was about 14-16 inches.

I didnt know they were worth that much, but I suspect it's illegal to catch and sell them

It's more the fact that they are difficult to keep alive if they are wild caught, since they like to feed on toads. Generally if people catch them in the wild they wont sell them, but instead breed them and once you know that the babies are healthy and stuff and feeding well on mice, then they'll sell those. But wild caught ones can have too many internal problems or something, plus won't be as friendly as captive bred.

 

[eggJOHNYOGA]

I love it when they play dead rolling over on their backs, and then, when turned right side up again, roll over again! Had a wild caught one years ago and she never did become friendly. But I like toads too and became less and less happy sacrificing them to her. Finially released her back to where I caught her. But she wasn't nearly as cute as yours are!