Actually that is completely wrong, we are not mimicking anything. Look at the average cage, there is nothing in or about most cages that mimic nature.
What is do is supply/support, for the animals basic needs and mostly in an average support type of way.
Hognose use a range of temps, from the low fifties to 106f. they live a live normally in the ground, They move from one underground suitable area to another over the surface.
Most cages are mostly air space with the floor covered with some manner of substrate, not related to what they use in nature. If you mimicked nature, you cage would be 3/4's or more substrate with very little air space.
In nature these snakes have a complex social system, and relate to other individuals, and other species. We do not pay any attention to that in the least.
They have areas to breed and lay eggs, other places to feed, places to go with its hot, or dry, or too wet, etc. They do sit and watch, yet, we give them, hmmmmmmmmmmmm none of that.

So help me out here, how do we mimic nature?

And no we do not agree and that is a very good thing. We don't have to. what is good is we talk about it. Maybe I will learn something or you will or someone else. So thanks

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