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I have 23 ball pythons and 30 days ago I had my first clutch it was pastel x normal...anyways I want to get into hognoses and start to breed them..I had a hognose that I bought from BHB but had to sell it to make room for more balls...I would like to know what are good morphs to start off with and all the breeding temps,weights,and days it takes to hatch them. please help!!

Todd&Kyle at Poggiali Reptiles

As far as morphs to start out with, there are plenty to chose from.
The cheaper animals to start with would be albinos and hypos. They will range from about $250 and up for albinos and around $800 for hypos.

The higher end animals will range from around $1500 and up and include anerys, anacondas, toffeebellies, spiders, and caramels.

Check out my web site for a pretty complete list of morphs and also read my care sheet while your there. It should answer most of your other questions.

Jon
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Ultimate Hognose

What would be a good morph to breed??? Why ask a question like that??? Are you worried about the potential kick back from a clutch or are you worried about health and strength of the blood line??? That is just an odd question to me... Any hognose snakes are good to keep and breed... They are a great and rewarding species to work with provided you offer them the correct husbandry and care they need... You can pick what YOU like and try to reproduce it...

You should be more worried about their full captive care and husbandry first before you get into breeding them... This is a species that anyone can keep but not anyone can breed... They are not typical for North American colubrids in a lot of ways...

Thanks for being honest..I ment what are good morphs as in what are cheap morphs that I can learn with. A mutation as nothing to do with its health. I used to have a hognose snake and loved it! But back to the point..I would like to know what hognoses have to weight in order to breed and the temps they have to be kept at and also temp to incubate the eggs..I was told 80-82 to for incubation?

Thanks Todd&Kyle

Todd I brumate my hogs in my attic which in the winter runs around 50 degrees. First I stop feeding them and only remove them from the heat after 2-3 weeks from their last meal. I then put them in a cooler area for a week and then finally put them in my attic for 6 weeks, checking their water every week. After that I bring them into a warmer area for a week then put them back on heat tape and offer them a meal a week later. As far as weight personally I never really weight my snakes I go by their age and visual size. I have heard others say between 150-300 grams but truthfully I cant tell you what mine weight. As far as incubation goes I dont use an incubator, I keep mine on vermiculite in a rubber maid container with no holes and open the lid occasionally. The temp usually runs about 84 degrees and I have had eggs hatch out anywhere between 46-62 days with the average around 56 days. I hope this helps you out. I dont claim to be an expert but IMO I have had pretty good success rates with this year at about 98 percent.

Thank you this helps us a lot!! I appreciate your help and info this will helkp us deside if we want to get into hognoses!!

Thanks, Kyle&Todd