what should i do for my hognose (spreading adden) snake?

Question

Hi i just found it at my fathers house, and it is a very very nice sanke.

I usto own a nother one a while ago but it died because i didnt know what to feed it even though i was trying new things daily. I was just wondering what inviorment i should keep it in right now i have it in a case with a screen over it so it cant get out, with white sand and little peices of stuff that u would regularly finde on the ground, as well as a little covering thing for it to hang out under.

I found a lizard for it to eat and its not that big of a lizard, the snake is about a foot and a half to 2 feet.

What else will it eat?

If you own one or know of some one what does it like to have in its tank?

Thank You Very Very Much!

it is an eastern and it eat the lizard i got it yesterday, when will it be ready to eat again?

Answer 1

Wild hognoses are difficult to keep in captivity, and you don't mention if it's an eastern, southern or western hognose. I'd suggest letting it go and finding a captive raised specimen that has been raised on mice to make your life easier. Otherwise, the main item on hognose's menu is toads. Toads, toads, and more toads. It's a bloody, screaming mess, trust me.

Again, my suggestion is let it go, find a book on care and maintenance of hognoses (they're around), figure out what you need, gather up what you need, and get one that's captive bred. I haven't seen a wild hognose in years, and they really should be out there doing what they're supposed to do (eating toads and making more hognose snakes), so if you do do the right thing and let it go, try to release it as close to where you caught it as possible.

I thank you, and it thanks you.

Answer 2

Agreed, if you're interested in keeping reptiles, start with a corn snake - again, captive bred.

Please release the poor thing, do not subject him to starvation.