Another trick, that works with other diurnal colubrid hatchlings, and is perfectly compatible with this trick: get some cheap wicker picnic plates at a dollar store. Look for ones that let a lot of light through the weave. Upside down, they make great partial-hide areas for snakes that want to be hidden without being in actual darkness. And if they get pooped on, you just throw them out. Keep one in the tank, even though I doubt the hognose will actually use it to hide under very much because they spend so much time burrowing. The main thing is, just have it in there so it looks and smells familiar and isn't scary.

Then, when feeding, put the basket upside down over both the food and the snake.
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0.1 1987 Coastal Carpet (Boots)

0.1 2006 Western Hognose (Bebe)

0.1 age unknown Cane Toad (Hengo)

0.1 2005 White-Banded Sheen Skink (Minerva)

1.0 2006 Northern Diamondback (Queequeg)

1.0 2006 Madagascan Speckled (Sigmund)

1.0 2008 Bull (Winkle)

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