What Snake is This?

[Big Green]

 

[Dash Riprock]

Hognose?

 

[Hoji]

Looks like a baby hognose

 

[Big Green]

Thank you gentlemen. Not one I’ve had any experience with. I’ll let the wife know what she captured.

She wants to capture a frog next so the kids can see nature at work. In the name of science she says. We do homeschool and she tries to make everything hands on as much as possible in addition to their courseware.

 

[Hoji]

Thank you gentlemen. Not one I’ve had any experience with. I’ll let the wife know what she captured.

She wants to capture a frog next so the kids can see nature at work. In the name of science she says. We do homeschool and she tries to make everything hands on as much as possible in addition to their courseware.

This time of year I would suggest just letting it go. Eastern hognose snakes pretty much just eat toads. Makes them kind of a pain to keep in captivity and you need to either ;

1) keep toads on hand to feed them through the winter or;

2) set up for hibernating

3) get a captive bred rodent eating snake and keep frozen rodents ( thaw before feeding)

 

[ZX9RCAM]

3) get a captive bred rodent eating snake and keep frozen rodents ( thaw before feeding)

This reminded me of this...

"The US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun that launches a dead chicken at a plane’s windshield at approximately the speed the plane flies.

The theory is that if the windshield doesn’t crack from the carcass impact, it’ll survive a real collision with a bird during flight.

It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to test a windshield on a brand new, speedy locomotive they’re developing.

They borrowed FAA’s chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.

The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer’s chair and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine’s cab. The British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly.

The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:

“Use a thawed chicken" "

 

[Big Green]

This time of year I would suggest just letting it go. Eastern hognose snakes pretty much just eat toads. Makes them kind of a pain to keep in captivity and you need to either ;

1) keep toads on hand to feed them through the winter or;

2) set up for hibernating

3) get a captive bred rodent eating snake and keep frozen rodents ( thaw before feeding)

We’ll let it go soon. If she finds a frog tonight or tomorrow she’ll try to feed it. She just wants the kids to watch it happen.

 

[Hoji]

We’ll let it go soon. If she finds a frog tonight or tomorrow she’ll try to feed it. She just wants the kids to watch it happen.

Toad. Look around your hose bib after dark or before sunrise early in the morning. Around any bird feeder/water as well

 

[Big Green]

Toad. Look around your hose bib after dark or before sunrise early in the morning. Around any bird feeder/water as well

No tree frogs? How about the pink Mediterranean lizard?

 

[Hoji]

No tree frogs? How about the pink Mediterranean lizard?

Toads. They will eat other stuff but you will get an almost instant feeding reaction with their #1 preferred prey

 

[Big Green]

Toads. They will eat other stuff but you will get an almost instant feeding reaction with their #1 preferred prey

Thank you. That’s the specific kind of information I needed. I’ll pass it along to the wife and see what she can make happen.

 

[Inspector43]

Thank you gentlemen. Not one I’ve had any experience with. I’ll let the wife know what she captured.

She wants to capture a frog next so the kids can see nature at work. In the name of science she says. We do homeschool and she tries to make everything hands on as much as possible in addition to their courseware.

Don't touch.

 

[Inspector43]

Hognose?

Isn't the hognose a rattle snake? Poisonous?

 

[satx78247]

Isn't the hognose a rattle snake? Poisonous?

Inspector43,

NOT venomous BUT they have a whole mouth FULL of SHARP teeth. - Ask me how I know about that.

yours, satx

 

[Big Green]

Isn't the hognose a rattle snake? Poisonous?

Highly poisonous. It actually secretes a very effective neurotoxin.

 

[BRD@66]

Hognose is nonvenomous. They have fangs - used to puncture swelled up toad frogs. If you aggravate them a little, they'll spread their head/neck to look like a cobra. If you aggravate them a lot, they'll play dead - most notably, while they're lying on their back "dead", if you roll them back over onto their belly, they will roll right back onto their back.

 

[birddog]

Yep, baby hog.

Where did she find it?

 

[birddog]

Highly poisonous. It actually secretes a very effective neurotoxin.

I’ve handled juveniles up to 3 foot specimens since I was a kid. I’ve never been bit, never heard of a bite. fwiw, Their toxin is secreted in extremely small amounts.

I wish we had the snake around our place like you do. I’d have a blast snake hunting (and keeping a few

 

[Big Green]

Yep, baby hog.

Where did she find it?

Middle daughter found it right outside back door on patio. Already playing possum.

I was kidding about secreting a neurotoxin, BTW. Should have been more over the top.

 

[birddog]

Middle daughter found it right outside back door on patio. Already playing possum.

I was kidding about secreting a neurotoxin, BTW. Should have been more over the top.

I need to take a trip and hang out on your back porch

Baby hogs make really good pets. If you find a toad that’s road kill put it in a ziplock and rub thawed frozen pinkie mice on it and leave it in its enclosure. It will feed eventually, probably at night.