Behavior, so far in my work, hognose are indeed very very sensitive animals. They are watchers that take in everything(watch their eyes) but have little ability to react, to fat to fly. They tend to go cryptic, which means blend in and wait until danger passes. Slow moving snakes often do this. While they appear to be tame, not run, etc, they are totally the opposite.

In nature a common result from intrusion is, that playing dead thing. Some do it as soon as you look at them(hot males) others don't bother even if you pick them up(big females) So far, males are much more reactive to interference then females.

Ok, enough to think about, try offering other type caging. As small boxes is not about individual animals that refuse to conform to the insanity of small boxes(Insanity is defined as, outside of normal) and boxes where they can touch all sides is completely insane(to the animals).

Again, if you care about the animal, try offering more instead of less. After all, they are individuals. Best wishes

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