TO my point hopefully, nesting and permanent shelters(ones they use for long periods) seem to be very similar in all hognose. It appears that nesting is a behavior that's not as fluid aa prey type. They tend to nest is sandy draining soils and tend to spend long periods of time in sandy draining soils. Something you should think about as a newbie field guy, where are the snakes that you do not see? An example is, a guess to the number of hogs per acre, on my site, evidence points to between 50 and 100. in the "good
(nesting)" habitat. Yet, when you hunting your area, how many do you see? one or two, wheres the rest. Consider, the east normally has higher numbers, more water you know. The rest are the majority and are what is important when you try to understand the snakes. The major division of snake and lizard species is, water table. Wet or high water table areas, drive reptiles up into trees(old dead trees are homes for many snake species. If you take milksnakes, they normally occur in draining soils like your sandy pine areas, yet utilize dead tree hollows in wetlands. Ratsnakes utilize tree hollows, wetlands or not. etc. You have an incredible opportunity to discover how hogs utilize harder wetter soils. I am going back to bed I am tired now. hahahahahahahahahahaha I hope I opened your eyes a bit. Have a great day, Oh, I use both natural materials and aspen, pine shavings etc. Lastly caresheets, its not that they are wrong, they are simplistic, naïve, mostly unnatural, and not about the animals, and often misleading. they are about minimalistic keeping of natural undomesticated animals. If your interested in the animals and it appears you are, look to nature. again have a great day

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