#Hognoses

[scoriarose]

A Dose of Cute!

[prismaticsaltedink]

Me: Gives Sakura a hide she can curl up in underground and peek out of

Sakura:

Well. It's hers. I suppose she can relax in it however she wants.

[defilerwyrm]

Astarion has grown a lot since I got him! He's still just a tiny sassy baby though. But this morning, after his usual tantrum of hiss-and-lunge posturing was done, he let me scoop him up without complaint and was a dream to handle. We're breaking through!

[akirameta84]

i got a new baby today! this is Mars! he's a tri-color hognose <3

i adore him sm. even if he's already long since disappeared in the substrate lol

[raivaryn]

can't stop thinking about hognoses help 🐍

[mynam3wastaken]

Lil dudes new setup with his underground basking spot because he keeps moving his stuff to make them for some reason????

Like he’s not burrowing he’s fully redecorating????

[herptilesandher]

She peak

Not my animal, just my video :)

[feenyxblue]

Reasons tumblr should give me polls:

1. Poll everyone on their favorite snake

[cryoverkiltmilk]

these critters are so cute

befitting of snakes that will play dead so hard they'll flip themselves back to 'dead' if you turn them over

i made my hognose tiny glasses and it's the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life

Edit: Btw if any of yall wanted to know, her name is Rosie and she is, as the tags say, a western hognose.

[squishyfauna]

Hognoses are truly the most relatable snakes

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[scoriarose]

It's difficult to know what our beloved pets want; doubly so when they have no facial expressions and can't make many sounds.

Here's a quick and easy way to communicate with your snake! Specifically, finding out where they'd like to go! I start out by playing a game I call "airplane" where they are the pilot and my hand flies them around. At first they usually don't realize they are in control, and I usually end up slowly flying them into a wall. When they look away from the wall I'll fly in that direction. Some catch on faster than others, but at a certain point your pet will realize, "Hey, I go whatever direction I'm looking in!" and instead of being a helpless passenger being carried, they actively decide what they'd like to explore!

Learning this is great as it not only gives them a way to communicate with you and feel empowered, but it will also encourage them to try to communicate even even not being held. It's a great way to let your snake explore if you can't let them go on the ground and free roam.

In this video you can see a very simple example of how this helped me know where Scoria wanted to be put in her enclosure. She directed me where she wanted to go, and once I had her in the correct place, off she went!

Once your pet realizes they can communicate with you, it's important to pay attention and reward their behavior (so long as it will not put them in danger) to reinforce that this action works. They might even try other actions to communicate specific things- Scoria made up her own gesture for "I'm tired and want to go to bed for the night." She'll dig with her nose at the palm of my hand- and only does it then! I'm curious if anyone else's snake created their own "words".

(This is different than even Scoria burrows between my fingers. Maybe times she will sweetly nuzzle them too. That's play and affection! Palm digging is only for when she's done for the day, I think she was trying to communicate she wanted to burrow to her den to sleep, and me putting her to bed enforced this, so we both know her doing this action results in her being put back.)

[herpsandbirds]

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[hogteeth]

dig mandate

[akirameta84]

gasp

a snoot has been spotted. there is a snoot in the ground

[raivaryn]

puppies this, kittens that, but have you ever seen a baby hognose

the absolute picture of innocence

look at that face. they don't know a damn thing (and never will). 💕

[sody-toast]

Look who I found in my backyard! Cute little Eastern Hognose

Cute little feller he was. I love how snake can look scary from up top but the second you get a front view, he’s just a wittle goofy guy.