Collection Growth. When to say when.

[MassExodus]

I love hognose snakes, btw, they have a serious attitude problem..lol

 

[Enn49]

house snake?

African house snakes are lovely.

I love hognose snakes, btw, they have a serious attitude problem..lol

I used to breed hoggies and there is nothing as funny as a tiny 6" hatchling in strike pose huffing at you. They are very good at playing dead too.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

When to say when?

When caring for them becomes a chore instead of a delight. Thats when you cut back and maintain.

This is great advice. I have gotten to that point before and I sold about half of what I had.

Right now I'm trying to decide what direction I want to go with my tarantulas, like do I want to focus on collecting one genus...do I want to only buy adults right now and no slings and just focus on having an awesome show case of beautiful adults...agh, decisions decisions!

 

[MassExodus]

African house snakes are lovely.




I used to breed hoggies and there is nothing as funny as a tiny 6" hatchling in strike pose huffing at you. They are very good at playing dead too.

Lol, every time I come back and look at this I start laughing..

 

[MassExodus]

rofl, look at him..head thrown back, mouth open..lol..if he had arms he'd be clutching his chest. And the Oscar goes to..

 

[Enn49]

rofl, look at him..head thrown back, mouth open..lol..if he had arms he'd be clutching his chest. And the Oscar goes to..

Haha. They even give off a smell of dead snake too.

 

[kormath]

Haha. They even give off a smell of dead snake too.

Serious? they can emit that ungodly odor?

I did a summer job picking up dead livestock in high school, even that didn't smell as bad as the dead 4 ft Northern Pacific rattler we pulled out of a barn.

 

[Enn49]

Serious? they can emit that ungodly odor?

I did a summer job picking up dead livestock in high school, even that didn't smell as bad as the dead 4 ft Northern Pacific rattler we pulled out of a barn.

They can indeed. Some snakes musk and that smells foul too. I had some Northern Water snakes, as soon as you opened their viv they'd let rip and if you got it on you it was the very devil to get rid of.

 

[kormath]

They can indeed. Some snakes musk and that smells foul too. I had some Northern Water snakes, as soon as you opened their viv they'd let rip and if you got it on you it was the very devil to get rid of.

Scratch the hog nose of the list lol. But the playing dead was so cool!

 

[Enn49]

Scratch the hog nose of the list lol. But the playing dead was so cool!

Don't let it put you off Hoggies, the playing dead is a very last resort and it was only ever tiny hatchlings that did it with me. They are the most adorable little snakes.

 

[kormath]

i've been looking at snakes, but i think with the Ts i have, my dog and my boy another pet would be too much right now. Hognose are cool though, i've always liked them when i've seen them in the lps.

 

[Enn49]

i've been looking at snakes, but i think with the Ts i have, my dog and my boy another pet would be too much right now. Hognose are cool though, i've always liked them when i've seen them in the lps.

One snake would only take about 10 minutes a week of your time including feeding.

 

[kormath]

One snake would only take about 10 minutes a week of your time including feeding.

Enabler!!

but it would also take up room that i'm out of and money for feeding after it outgrows my roaches, plus the enclosure setup, Might have to buy pieces at a time...

 

[Enn49]

Enabler!!

but it would also take up room that i'm out of and money for feeding after it outgrows my roaches, plus the enclosure setup, Might have to buy pieces at a time...

Ahh! One problem - they don't eat roaches. A hoggie only needs a 2' viv as an adult and 1 mouse a week.

 

[kormath]

Enabler!!

but it would also take up room that i'm out of and money for feeding after it outgrows my roaches, plus the enclosure setup, Might have to buy pieces at a time...

shows how much i know about snakes

so i'll need an enclosure, 5gal to start, then 20-60 gal for adult. light, heat pad, substrate, dish, hide, thermometers, decor, albino corn snake, and feeder to eat once or twice a week. have to price it out and see what i can do for a setup

 

[kormath]

Ahh! One problem - they don't eat roaches. A hoggie only needs a 2' viv as an adult and 1 mouse a week.

I'll have to look around for hoggies. i see tons of corn and king snakes for sale

 

[kormath]

hmmm scratch hoggies, babies here are selling for $90, juvies up to 16" $100 male, $130 female for the Western Hognose, Madagascar adult $150

think i'll go back to the albino corn snake for $30 lol

 

[Enn49]

hmmm scratch hoggies, babies here are selling for $90, juvies up to 16" $100 male, $130 female for the Western Hognose, Madagascar adult $150

think i'll go back to the albino corn snake for $30 lol

Over here you'd get a normal hatchling hoggie for around £40 ($56), females are often more than males.

 

[kormath]

Over here you'd get a normal hatchling hoggie for around £40 ($56), females are often more than males.

Darn greedy Americans

 

[MassExodus]

Darn greedy Americans

That's a fact.