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 New/first hoggie + a couple questions.
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Scimmy
Snake Mite

Netherlands
5 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2011 :  14:24:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey everyone. :)

I've got my first hognose today and although I'd had the enclosure set up for a while, I am having some doubts/questions about it.

She's quite smaller than I envisioned, and the enclosure is a 20x35x15 cm (about 7x13x5 inches, or something) faunarium. It's not big, by any means, but compared to her, it is quite bit! It has a hide on both warm and cold ends, along with a heatmat covering 1/3 of it.

She's chilling in it at the moment, but my question is, is it too big? I have a couple hatchling tubs from my baby corns and they're much, much smaller. Should I transfer her to one of these?

Thanks a lot everyone <3

MrsA82
Hatchling Hoggie

144 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2011 :  14:56:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How big roughly is she? If you pack it out really well with extra hides and lots of fake plants she might live quite happily in there. If she seems stressed, unab,e to settle and won't eat you may have to think of finding a smaller home for here


1.1 Extreme Red Albino Hognose
0.1.0 normal 100% het orange albino hognose
0.1.0 Normal hognose
3.5 Royal Python
0.1.0 Cornsnake
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Scimmy
Snake Mite

Netherlands
5 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2011 :  15:25:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
She's about 15cm long or so.

I actually have an extra 4x7x5 inches faunarium (slightly smaller, maybe, since these are just rough measuring), do you reckon that it would be better?

It has about 1/3 of the floor space the other one has, but it's the same height.
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andi
Egg

United Kingdom
62 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2011 :  21:23:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
we put our wee boy in a 9l rub when we first got him and he was tiny about 4 inches and the floor space of a 9l rub is about a 12 x 8 inch approx and he has been fine, i may be lucky but he has never had an issue in it, feeding very well, handling very well, doing everything id expect him to do but i am a new hoggy keeper too so dont take my word for it
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Scimmy
Snake Mite

Netherlands
5 Posts

Posted - 09/10/2011 :  21:43:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Due to the helpful suggestions of some other hoggy keeper, I moved her to the smaller rub (about 20x10cm floor space) and she's running mad through it, moving all the hides, etc.

Is this normal?
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Mamma
Hatchling Hoggie

United Kingdom
192 Posts

Posted - 10/10/2011 :  16:10:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yeah this is normal. What are you keeping it on? Have you ensure plenty of burrowing depth aspen wise for it?

Mamma. Location: Dundee

2.0.0 cornsnakes 1.1.0 kingsnakes 0.1.0 western hognose 0.1.0 hog island boa


wishlist: Arizona mountain kingsnake. Tricoloured, western hognose, Thayers kingsnake...pretty much MOAR kingsnakes



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Scimmy
Snake Mite

Netherlands
5 Posts

Posted - 12/10/2011 :  16:36:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
She's in paper + shredded paper + a mess of paper all around. Anyway, just fed her today. :P She took the pinkie without any problem.
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andi
Egg

United Kingdom
62 Posts

Posted - 12/10/2011 :  20:57:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yay go baby hoggy, i dont have my wee boy on aspen yet either wait till he gets bigger :o) dont want him ingesting it with his pinkies :o)
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Toki
Hatchling Hoggie

United Kingdom
166 Posts

Posted - 18/10/2011 :  09:56:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you don't want him ingesting it, put him in a separate tub to feed. He can still ingest it when he's bigger, on bigger food. Or put it on a paper towel to minimise that happening if he's on aspen, although if he's anything like Mia, she drags it around lol.


Albino Cali King - Mort
Normal Cornsnake - Red
High Contrast Albino Hognose - Mia
Red Het Hognose - Freddie
Bearded Dragon - Remi
Cats - Jack and Nola
German Shepherd Dog - Kane. R.I.P. Old man, miss you loads xxx


R.I.P. Jango (Yemem Cham) and Toki (Western Hognose) xxxxx
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