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The Many Moods of the Western Hognose

Hilbert Feb 09, 2003 06:39 PM

My baby male Western Hognose is not a happy snake when I let him out of his feeding container. I never thought a snake could be so moody! The following posts show his transition from ill-tempered to friendly...

Replies (5)

Hilbert Feb 09, 2003 06:41 PM

Here is Roscoe when he is first let out: coiled, hissing, puffing and striking at everything that moves.

colby Feb 09, 2003 08:42 PM

n/p

Colchicine Feb 09, 2003 09:11 PM

>>Here is Roscoe when he is first let out: coiled, hissing, puffing and striking at everything that moves.
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*Humans aren't the only species on earth... we just act like it.

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spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

Hilbert Feb 09, 2003 06:43 PM

After a couple minutes he settles down a bit but is still cautious, suspicious, and does not like to be handled quite yet.

Hilbert Feb 09, 2003 06:45 PM

Another few minutes pass and he returns to the friendly, easily-handled, angel-of-a-snake that I know him to be.

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