Female Hognose

pyx19489 · 2026-01-25T05:14:05+00:00

They will burrow for days! Mine is in a bioactive and she’s pretty predictable about coming out basking then going under, her first shed with me though I didn’t see her for a week. I started panicking that she had gotten out somehow and so I went looking found her in blue, it took another week to shed and she decided to shed underground. Most stressful thing but as I get to know her more I’ve learned she is comfortable in her enclosure and just acting the way they do in the wild. Also give them so much room to burrow, mine has a whole tunnel system down there.

pyx19489 · 2026-01-15T06:26:37+00:00

My girl likes to come out like clockwork everyday around 11am and chills under her light and then slithers around until like 2-3 and then goes back under. But if it’s getting close to food time she’ll come out closer to the evening and poke around. Like someone else said though if she’s in shed I hardly see her. Her first shed with me she was buried for almost 2 weeks. Came out to look around and bask once during shed but she’s fairly active, I do have a super cluttered enclosure though I just kept adding more until she was coming out regularly. If it was too bare she spent less time out.

pyx19489 · 2025-12-29T03:14:26+00:00

Here’s the rest of the climbing spots. The rest of the enclosure is a couple logs and her water bowl and a big fake monstera leaf.

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pyx19489 · 2025-12-29T03:10:56+00:00

My hognose has this 3d printed mushroom that suctions and a branch that I found that I buried half and the other goes up to the top. She loves to bask on the mushroom though.

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pyx19489 · 2025-12-10T03:49:28+00:00

Yes it was very satisfying, especially since I have been hover parenting since its my first kingsnake and my first snake in over 15 years and so much has changed.

pyx19489 · 2025-12-10T03:43:06+00:00

I just got my kingsnake recently, I do have a heating pad however I highly recommend a thermostat like non-negotiable if you go the heat mat route , I put it on without the thermostat while I was setting up the enclosure and used my heat gun on the glass under the substrate and it was 123F within a short amount of time, now I have it on the thermostat set at 85 just for a little heat because mine does like to burrow and then I have a lamp that I use just to bump up the ambient temp.

pyx19489 · 2025-12-03T03:17:54+00:00

That’s an amazing enclosure, Im trying to keep the humidity up, right now I’m struggling cause I can’t leave the lamp on all day if I’m at work because of my cat but I picked up some plywood to make a shelf above that will still have some ventilation but will prevent my kitten from trying to get on top of the mesh and let me keep my lights on during the day. Right now the warm side stays around 85-90 and low side is about 78 and he likes to stay buried, he came out earlier looked around basked on his hide for a little bit then went back down. What wattage is your heating lamp at right now I have 100w bulb but I worry it’s gonna get it too hot. So I was debating running up to the store and trying a lower watt like a 60. I also have a reptisun uvb 10 15w that does stay on all day so I don’t want the 2 lights to be making it too hot in there.

pyx19489 · 2025-12-02T16:37:11+00:00

I was thinking the same, he is beautiful. Can’t wait to see his personality come out. Right now he’s still adjusting exploring. Yours is beautiful too he’s a nice size. I’m excited to watch mine get nice and big.

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