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Just purchased a hatchling tri color hognose at a reptile expo. I was planning on getting a western, but the tri-colors caught my eye, and when the vendor let me hold one, I had to have it. I had read some about them when researching the westerns, but i can't find a complete care sheet for the tri-color species specifically.

Currently he is housed in a 10 gallon glass viv with about 2 inches of aspen bedding as substrate. A UTH on one half is set to a constant 85 degrees F.

Is this temperature acceptable?

Also what do they eat other than amphibians and rodents? I've seen snake owners feed their animals boiled eggs as a supplement; is this acceptable? Also can you feed them feeder fish? He is tiny and looks like he can barely handle a pinkie mouse. Perhaps minnows would be a smaller alternative until he puts some weight on?

If anyone has a link to a good care sheet, please send it my way. Any other advice would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all. =]

All I can say from this post is.
What a responsible breeder to put a pulcher into a newbees hands.
Some people have a serious reaction to a tri'co bite.
Add me and another well known breeder to that list.
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**Joe Schmidt-
3rdroomreptiles.com

Aren't most bites a feeding response?

>>Aren't most bites a feeding response?

Usually. Tri's have some serious feeding responses. I only have 1 Tri female and she can be very insane when it comes feeding day.
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Greg Bennett - Western Hognose Morphs
520.Hognose (520.464.6673) - www.hognose.com

Tricolor hogs are gorgeous and hard to resist . I would add a humid hide to the cool end of the enclosure. My tricolors uses it frequently.

Regards,
Kenny

Thanks, will do. =]