Evidence leads to hogs being sand nesters, but that does not mean they are obligate sand nesters. In fact, in captivity, they will lay eggs on the ground in their cages, under the water bowl, in tissue paper, in sphagnum moss. Or where ever they can. This exercise is not about possibilities. This is to see if there may be a material known to hognose females, that tells them, this is a nesting site.
In nature, hogs or other snakes do not lay eggs willy nilly, They are very specific as to where they lay them, and in what material they lay them in. Also, very specific about conditions they lay their eggs in.
What we are questioning here is, is there a material that will help, work better, benefit the female and us. That is the question. Not proving some scientific fact. The fact here is, the results of testing.
As I have said(1mt's=one million times) when investigated hogs in captivity, egg binding was commonplace and often resulted in death. With other species, this was eliminated by supporting the species with nestings choices that suited their species. I will start with materials like sphagnum. pt2

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