This reminds me of my Giant Hog bite though nothing like the swelling and duration of the swelling in those photos but it did hurt really bad at first and then no feeling in the affected area. It is still somewhat visible on my finger that got bitten some weeks later now. In the time since then I have been bitten by a 5ft Guyana Redtail and a 7 foot Colombian Boa on my hands and those are gone. I couldn't even find the exact location but I can with the Hognose bite. Maybe it just left a lasting impression in me,literally. The snake that bit me is about 5 feet and it was a feeding response. I was offering a dead rat and the snake seemed interested but reluctant as well, pushing and trying to pin the rat but not getting his face too close to the rat. Then all of a sudden POW I was bitten!!! The snake let go and panicked but it still took the rat once it got oriented. These Hognose are not like the North American Hognose that we are discussing with respect to handling from my experience. My North American Hogs are as docile as the other people's in these posts, but the Madagascar's seem to be unpredictabe at times. I did get bitten once by a Western Hog with a feeding response but I was pulling away from it just in time to get a small nick from it as it was flung out of it's cage by me. I put it back in the cage, fed it and it was fine. Tame as could be the next time I got it out,which was at a pet store that I work at part time to show to a family that wanted a good kid's pet,typical requirements were size and temperment etc.I told them about the "incident" and they were fine with it as well as grateful for all the info on the "fangs" etc. The snake now has a good home, with kids I might add, and is doing great. North American Hogs make great pets for kids and I believe them to be at the top of the list with other snakes that fall into that category for children: Nice Rosys,Balls,most Kings and Corns etc. are great for kids as well. Hogs are right up there too.Maybe I should have done 2 post on this,1 for the person who wants to keep their kids away from Hognose and 1 for the bite posting but

I just got carried away with my responses at one time.

Thanks for reading.

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