I used to breed these years ago and still own a pair, actually the last two that I ever produced.

They are neat snakes and used to be a lot more common in the hobby about 5-6 years ago but fell out of favor due to the extreme difficulty of getting them switched over to mice.

They are also completely different than the North American species with the exception of the upturned nose. They are smooth scaled, don't seem to get near as big, like to dig and stay buried more (they are ambush predators) and have very different defensive behaviors (they don't play dead or hood like a cobra, instead, they coil up and jump around, they also don't hiss). For all intent, they are really just a completely different kind of snake than Westerns and if it wasn't for the fact that they are called hognose snakes, there would probably be less interest in them now (which is almost zero nowadays).

They are interesting but if you are looking for something that will basically be like a Western in a tri-colored skin, you might be disappointed.

Good luck on your quest finding a pair, they seem to be super rare these days here in the States but there are a couple different people in Europe that do work with them consistently.
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