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Caresheet · Jun 4, 2026 · Citadel Culebra Faculty

Western Hognose: The Complete Caresheet

Small, charming, dramatic bluffers — and notorious fasters. The full care picture on the hobby's favorite 'puff adder.'

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Western Hognose: The Complete Caresheet
HusbandryNutritionWestern HognoseBeginner Basics

Western hognose snakes are pure personality: upturned snouts, theatrical death-feigning, and a manageable size that's made them a favorite. They come with quirks too — picky feeding and a mild rear-fanged saliva — that every keeper should understand.

What this resource covers — enclosure and substrate for a digger, temperatures, the feeding quirks and refusals, the rear-fang reality, and handling.

This is a free entry in the Citadel Culebra Library, expanded continuously by our faculty. The complete write-up is on the way — and members get every new entry first inside Culebra Connect.

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