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Went herping today to see if I could find some Kingsnakes, BUT: found these three today in the Sandhills of North Carolina. The two larger ones (a male & female) where found coiled together under the same board! Its November - not April I thought!
The "uglier", smaller one was found at a different site under a tin sheet! (The male is the large black & orange one) The pic is kinda' bad and does NOT show the orange colors very well, because that male is orange & black all the way down!

Zee

Forgot to mention: The smaller hognose is in the "Blue" (which makes her look rather ugly & gray). . .

Zee

That male is absolutly georgious!! How big is big? I have a 24 inch male that is truly a "hog" He was also WC, well wild rescue, fertilizer guy was gonna stomp him. had him 3 years now and he is spoiled!! Waits for me to put the food in his mouth now!! lost my 2 females this fall, so I am looking for some more girls. Not sure where to look when walking around. All I seem to find are HUGE cottonmouths (4 to 5 feet with heads the size of a large mans fist), or big ole black racers. Much prefer the hoggies.

The female is pretty also, very similar to one I lost. Thought I had nursed her back to health, but evidently she had more problems than I knew about.

Glad you had such good luck.
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Jenea

1:3 Eastern 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

Thanks . . . The female in the pic looks like she's had a "Oh-my gosh-look-it's-a-cobra-lets-club-it-to-death-injury" on her lower half on her body in two spots. Luckily she somehow escaped and it looks like an old injury but with some ugly calcification bumps on her spine and a few missing ribs. But she does seem healthy enough to breed. I have a female okeetee corn that was nearly cut in half a long time ago and survived. She bred and laid 22 eggs this year and they ALL hatched!!! Snakes are SURVIVORS!!!
But I agree: (Been herping for over 25 years) Hognoses ARE a rare find for me too and I usually find Cornsnakes, copperheads, racers, kingsnakes, watersnakes, etc. for many months before I find just ONE hoggie!!!

Zee

>>But I agree: (Been herping for over 25 years) Hognoses ARE a rare find for me too and I usually find Cornsnakes, copperheads, racers, kingsnakes, watersnakes, etc. for many months before I find just ONE hoggie!!!

I haven't heard anything about releasing the hogs, so I am assuming you are keeping them. I find some irony in that you post about how rare the hognoses are, but yet don't have any problems with collecting 3 at a time. I hope that releasing them is still an option.
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And the other female (the one in blue) is about 18" long.

Here is a pic of him, he is not near as pretty.

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Jenea

1:3 Eastern 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

those are some beautiful hogs!would you be interested in a trade for the male? jeff

Good job Zee. They are some colorful, robust beauties.

Steve

Thanks, Steve! That big male is the first one I ever found that has orange coloring all the way down to his tail. Most of the others I have found usually only have orange around the neck area.

Ze

Very awesome Zee. Hope you saved me the halloween one.
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Mike
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Check it out ^ Loss for loss for my year.

Hey! What's up! Sure wish I had the room for these guys! I would love to breed them, but you know that "Golden corn snake" project is taking up too much of my time & space already. . . So I don't know. . .

Zee

I have several spare tanks laying around!! Plenty of room at my house! Not mention Eastern Hoggies are my project.....

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Jenea

1:3 Eastern 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