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As I sit at my computer in the evenings, my little male Tricolor likes to be a peeping tom and watch. LOL!! This is a common sight, but only in the evenings. I just wondered if anybody else has noticed some amusing quirks in their Hoggies?

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Jenea

1:1 Tricolor Hognose
0:0:1 Florida Redbelly Snake
0:1 Gulf Coast Box Turtle
1:1 Red-eared Slider
2:0 Cats
1:1 Kids
1:0 Spouse

I have actually seen this on a regular basis. There is an Eastern and a Western hognose that are housed beside each other at the museum I used to work at. They are routinely perched out in front of their boxes so they can get clear views of the room. This is contrary to all of the other snakes that are usually completely hidden. The Western hognose, in fact, seems to favor one side as if he has a good eye he prefers to see out of! I am glad you posted this, because I was beginning to wonder if it was purely an environmental phenomenon. I would imagine that since the snakes are diurnal and have (relatively) good vision, they may enjoy the visual stimulation more than other snakes.
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Virginia Herping
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Susan Sontag

My '05 W. hognose male tries to ditch me. He wakes up and cruises around his tank after I've left for work (I leave @ 6:30 am, he's up around 7:30) and he's back in his hide before I get home (around 4:30 pm). I I'm @ work @ this time how do I know he does this? I caught him on my off day dduring the week. He saw me too and had this "Oh, crap, he's gonna take me out and handle me" look on his little face.

reako45

>>As I sit at my computer in the evenings, my little male Tricolor likes to be a peeping tom and watch. LOL!! This is a common sight, but only in the evenings. I just wondered if anybody else has noticed some amusing quirks in their Hoggies?
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My eastern hog has her cage sitting up high on my desk at work. She likes to watch things occasionally but does not like being seen doing this...makes a fuss then. When she's a bit hungry, she does make her presence known by hissing some to get my attention. When she's really hungry, she'll be curled up in the feeding tray I have in her cage, rather than just peering out of the hide or just being curled around the hide.

Now I do have 11 black rat snake hatchlings from last fall that enjoy watching tv sometimes or just me working on the computer at night when I am at home.... 1 in particular likes to plaster his face against the air vents on the front side of the cage like he's trying to get a better view than just through the plastic.
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PHWyvern

One of my yearling Trans-Pecos rats does this. Whenever he notices me looking at him, he hides. As soon as my head is turned for a few minutes, he will peep his head out from hiding again...just watching me.
It's pretty cute, actually.
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