Hognose snake question

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With hognoses smaller is better, here are some useful posts that have enclosure information.

Hognose snake information

The size of the enclosure will depend on the size of the animal you are getting, if you get an animal under 25 grams a 6 quarts tub or 5 gallons tank will be ideal along with proper temperatures, thick layer of bedding allowing your snake to bury itself in. The main mistake new keeper do is that they do not feed enough, hognose have a fast metabolism and because at first the prey fed is meaningless (pinkie mice) the animal need to be fed more often, at least every 3 to a days. If is best to fe…

Species advice

Well there are some info missing here, like what are the dimension of your terrarium, not all species of all age will thrive in a large terrarium for example. If you are getting a hatchling hognose anything under 50 grams need to be in 14 x 9 inches footprint max, might need to be even smaller and really this will do until they are about 100/150 grams.