Are you in Canada? I'm just interested for now but I would really like to have one.

I'm suprised to hear that. I see a good amount of them in shows around here.

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We don't have shows here

Joeking, check out this site it has different show listed and there are a few in Canada. Don't really know what side of the county Newfoudland is in sorry, I just know that I'm across from Sarnia. LOL

http://kingsnake.ca/events.html

I'm off in an island on the ocean on the right lol

There's no wild reptiles here...and there's never expos..

The problem with hognoses is that they are illegal to keep in quite a few states for two reasons.

1. They are a native species and therefore illegal to keep in certain states
2. They are technically rear fanged and alot of states don't allow the keeping of any venemous snakes.

Also if you really consider getting one, you should know they are picky eaters and may eat nothing but toads and other small amphibians.
Because they are a rear fanged snake, you can't guarantee someone won't react to a bite severely, though ive never heard of anyone being bitten by a hognose as they like false bite and bang their head into you.

Otherwise its my favorite north american species of snake, i tried keeping one as a pet for a while but it was wild caught and I couldn't get it to eat.

The only way ive seen thus far to acquire them is through reptile shows and expos.

here's some pics of the one I had for a spell

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obsoleta lindheimeri(texas ratsnake)
varanus nilocticus(nile monitor)
Sternotherus odoratus(musk turtle)
pagona minor(2)(bearded dragons breeding pair)

Gorgious pics! Yeah I'm aware of the anphibian thing which is the main reason I am just 'looking into' buying one right now. But you can buy things to rub on the mice that smell like it right? And I heard lizard skins also work. And I heard that they cannot digest hair very will but there's such things as hairless mice? We're aloud to have native species because...there's no species of reptiles on Newfoundland...we can bring in anything and hognoses I believe is one of the few 'venomous' snake aloud.

We have never had the prob of amphibs with the westerns, I think it is the easterns that are fussy.....our westerns eat rodents and always have done

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Yeah I believe your right Westerns seem to do ok from my research...I really have to stop researching or I'll end up with one:S

I've heard of plenty that have been bit. Here is the most sevwere case of heard. Photodocumented too! Only some swelling. http://www.herpnet.net/bite/

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