If I am an old man. that makes you a child. Stop acting like one.
We have totally different experiences, which means there is no way on earth we should "think" alike. And we shouldn't.
You are judging your snakes on your way of keeping, in that its accurate. But that really has nothing to do with how or why they choose nests. In nature, their(hognose) nests, are normally about 6 to 8 inches deep. And thus change temps daily. While you and I(and others) concentrate on hatching eggs, as if its the most important thing. That's not what's important for snakes. They choose conditions based on neonates surviving. hatching eggs is a middle step. If the neonates do not survive, hatching is meaningless.
So behaviorally, they seek conditions that include, hatching eggs and supporting neonates. To understand that is important to them, is why I do this differently then you. Your doing fine, but your setup has little to do with hognose and hognose nesting behavior. And it doesn't have. The snakes do not know, your going to take the neonates and set them up.
Its not complicated, they repeat what works. If they survive to adulthood, then repeat what that took and where. Then repeat over generations. Which is not much different then what you do. You repeat what works for you, then repeat.
please understand this and take no offense. I am not interested in what you do, or what Gregg does. I said that from the start. The reason is, I am working with hogs from a, understanding them in nature, point of view. Not from a, lets make a egg machine to produce morphs. So please, stop with the attempts to make me think like you. That's not my interest. I don't care if your the greatest hog breeder in the world. Its not what interests me. And I have explained that about a million times. pt1

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