You are one of the reasons I’m getting a Western Hognose. I love your videos so much!!! Please never stop posting! You are so much fun to watch and I have learned a lot from you :)

"Excuse me, I'm full of t o a d p o i s o n" -Snake Reynolds

I'm annoyed how reptile channels like yours are so underrated. Heck snakes as a whole are one of the most misunderstood animals.

When I need some wisdom I remember your words "Don't eat toads"

This is like fate. I went to my local reptile specialty shop today to pick up some crickets and some other feeders. While I was waiting for the owner to go and get my feeders packed up, I saw the derpiest little Western Hognose that was crawling up to the top of the tank, and slowly falling down, over and over again. I was laughing so hard at the derp of the little guy. I personally and secretly named him, Henry. If my parents weren't afraid of snakes, I would have taken him home in a heart beat honestly. He was so cute and active.

Of all the many snakes I've ever owned my Western Hoggie is by far the sassiest. So easy to care for, and the attitude is so funny to observe. He loves to hiss and make mock strikes, but once you pick him up he's totally chill. I love these vids.

Whoa, hognose could be both venomous AND poisonous? That's awesome. Obviously they wouldn't be poisonous in captivity since they aren't eating toads, similar to how dart frogs aren't poisonous since they don't eat beetles or whatever.

This is probably the cutest and most innocent face I've ever seen on a snake.

"5/5 For handleability" "Now they are venomous..." Lol

'and if you bite it and then you die it was poisonous' xD i love you

*5/5 for adorableness and 5/5 for the easiest nose for booping*

This video is what convinced me to get a western hognose. I’ve wanted a snake for years and recently fell in love with western hognoses. I was worried at first that they might be hard to take care of, but my little guy is so relaxed and handleable. He snarfs down pinky mice like a boss and only puffs up his cute little stupid face when I move very quickly right above him. I think I could have been lucky with the breeder I ordered from, but I can’t tell you how much I love my goofy looking shovelfaced worm-XL. It’s so fun to watch him dig and explore. The way he pushes aspen chips around with his snout makes me smile just thinking about it. He’s even adorable when he’s gobbling down baby mice! My girlfriend, who had no interest in snakes before I showed her pictures and videos of western hognoses (this video included) has fallen in love with our little guy and cannot get enough of him. As a first-time snake owner, their characteristic hissing and bluff strikes initially startled me and made me reluctant to approach or pick my guy up, but after having him for a few weeks, we have completely adjusted to each other. Now, if I approach from the side, I can grab him from his enclosure without him even puffing up his cute little squishy shovel face. He hasn’t tried to bite anyone yet, but I wear a pair of wool mittens whenever I pick him up to move him to his feeding tub and use hemostats-while still wearing those wool mittens-to feed him, so I think he has no association between human hands and food. Just in case, I have a eye drop bottle filled with vodka on hand, mounted in a little pocket I attached to his enclosure. Reptiles are weird, and I know there is always still a chance that he will choose to do a *BIG MONCHY* on me. I read that the smell of booze startles them, making them realize they are not currently doing that big munch on food, causing them to release almost immediately after you put a drop of booze in front of their nose. If there are any other prospective first-time reptile owners out there, I can’t tell you how much I recommend this species. Make sure you do your research, buy proper equipment to keep them at a comfortable temperature, and get them from a breeder who you deem trustworthy. With that out of the way, you will experience the greatest and most adorable low-maintenance pet in the world! Another benefit of getting a western hognose that I should mention is that tons of people who were previously afraid of or creeped out by snakes fall in love with western hognoses! I can’t even tell you how many of my friends, family and acquaintances have seen pictures of my goofy little drama noodle and have said something along the lines of, “holy cow, I didn’t know that snakes could be so adorable!” (No one has actually said the phrase, “holy cow,” but I figured I would paraphrase them in a KZfaq friendly manner.) Thank you Clint and crew for leading me to purchase my adorable little guy. Thanks to you, I have what I consider the best possible adorable and playful low-maintenance pet. Plus, now lots of people I know who were previously afraid of or disinterested in snakes are seriously considering following my lead and getting their first pet reptile. I’ll probably get more reptiles and other types of pets in the future, but for now, my adorable, scaly cuteness-tube has filled the pet-shaped hole in my life.

Ur the biology teacher we wish we all had🥺❤️

Freaking cutest snake on the planet. "Imma boop your hand cuz i angry!" Mine is in the hissy phase, so he's got a bit of an atitude, but i still love him. The cute little face kills me.

Great video, Hoggies are awesome snakes, we've got one named Jefferson Snakespear, he's pretty dramatic with his fake deaths and pretend attitude.

After seeing a certain youtubers western hognose named “pissy”. It makes me like these little guys more.

4:36 idk if you guys will know this but PISSY!!!

I figured out that my hognose was not a morning person. His hissy fits are generally in the morning when he does his morning patrol around his enclosure. After that, he levels out and is much easier to handle. I'll admit that the false strikes make me jump, so I just try to avoid them. 😂

I don't care for morphs, I just want a scaly buddy! Who also scares away people I don't like

I am indirectly getting over some of my aversion to snakes through just watching these and your sheer enthusiasm, so I appreciate it

You might want to consider reevaluating the Hognose Snake. In recent times these have become incredibly popular, and in response there's been a huge increase in the number of breeders. Practically every exotic or reptile specialist pet store has these now.

Hey reptile fans! Thank you so much for supporting us, you are so spectacular :) We are looking for fans who speak German. If you do and are willing to help us out, message us! Thanks!

One of the funnest and cutest animals to ever exist. I had a baby western and every second is filled with joy around them, I cannot express enough how much I recommend these fellas to anyone.

“During that adolescent phase it drops to a 3/5 for about 10 minutes” 😂😂😂

You deserve WAY more subs.

"The only negativity is that a child or sth could squeeze them and hurt them so badly" :) love that

When I was 8 I watched this video, and ever since I was 4 i've wanted a snake and this video (now that i'm 10) i've got a very healthy hognose who is just going into shed. So thank you so much for helping me learn and understand hognose snakes.

Its funny how they constantly push there head into the ground like they are trying to find a hole or something

As someone who is hoping to get a hognose in the next few months to get back into the herping hobby, I cant tell you how many times ive watched this video. Always love your stuff Clint! Stay stinkin' rad! ❤️🇨🇦❤️

This video helped me convince my boyfriend who isn't into reptiles to allow me to get one of these cuties next breeding season! I love your videos, thank you! 😁

In IL, my state you need a permit, the permit is easy to get and as of this year free (might go up to 50 dollars per year), not because of the venom, which isn't "medically significant", but because of the fact they are native here, I find that fascinating that they could survive the extreme winters here :)

my wallet hides everytime i see your videos. Amazing video

“If you eat a toad… you might die… so don’t eat toads.” I just love him so much 🥺

I've always wanted one of these guys. that face is just so unique and I think it makes them look like they are always smiling, kinda like the joker.

Clint I just want to say I love your channel and its stop me from making stupid impulsive buys when i was younger.

I've had a Hog for years now and she's the sweetest thing, and I got lucky getting a female for $50. Females in my area usually exceed $120 for a normal "wild type", and males are pretty close in price too. They're known for being rather theatric when it comes to bluff striking though, so that was initially why I'd thought you'd lowered their score, and obviously I have a few disagreements with your score, but Hognoses are my favorite type of snake hands down

It's interesting to see how Clint's scoring has changed. The hognose (ranked in 2018) got the same availability score as the gaboon viper (ranked in 2020)

“ITS NOT A PHASE, OWNER!” -angry western hognose snek which definitely isn’t in a phase

I went to your reptile room tonight and Shovel Face stole my heart. I never imagined myself owning a snake, but now I really want a Western hognose!

Thank you Clint. After doing my research, including watching and rewatching your videos I now have a Toffeebelly Western Hognose and he is the most well-mannered, amiable guy. His head markings look like the Klingon symbol, so he's named Worf.

Clint, I wanted to say thank you. This video, paired with your "Best Small Pets" segment on them, were what helped me sell my wife on picking up our new little male western hognose, Samwise. She named him (a sure sign that she's already a bit in love), which is good, because I've owned a gargoyle gecko for 9 years whose name is still Gecko... Anyway, thanks for the information, and especially for your enthusiasm!

Yay. Because of you and your amazing videos, we brought home a sweet little male hognose snake yesterday.

I got my first snake a few weeks ago primarily thanks to you and your videos! He's a hognose, and despite still being a tiny bit spooked of me, he's an absolute sweetheart. I absolutely love him, and I'm incredibly glad I've gotten him. Thank you, Clint. You're an absolute gem here on KZfaq. You genuinely make my life brighter. :)

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this information! I saw a hognose snake at a local petshop for the first time a couple months ago and it was so friggin cute I'm still thinking about it! But I've never owned a snake before so I'm going to do a lot of research before I make a decision. This was very useful! And you have such a great personality!

We get wild hognoses where I live. They are amazing and they are super hilarious when they play dead. They are drama queens! I don't harass them to make them do this. They usually puff up and play dead when I try to relocate them if they are in the way.

SHE'S TRYING TO DIG INTO THE DESK OMG

My local reptile shop sells Hognoses. In fact, I think they do a few different morphs. I remember them telling me a few years ago that they had started breeding them themselves, I don't know if they're still going on that. I love snakes, but my mum hates them so I can't get one until I move out. I occasionally go to the reptile shop to buy some mealworms to treat our pet quail.

When I saw this video, I fell in love with this snake. Now this year I will get my first reptile and it will be a hognose. Thank you for your great videos.

I was heavily considering a western hognose for my next snake and then I saw this video, my mind is completely made up.They are so cute, I can't wait!

;w; this seems like a really cute snake, and a good one for beginners. I was originally going to try a ball python, but I think I might get one of these cuties instead

I got my hognose yesterday at our biggest annual expo in SA. I've spent so much time just admiring how wonderful and cute they are. I had a king snake at one point - which left after my 'ex-orcism'. As a tarantula enthusiast, it is such a wonderful snake to have, so happy to be back again!!!!! Thanks for the great and informative video!!! Subbed!

Hi Clint! Wanted to thank you so much for this video!! It was this video in particular that led me to wanting a hognose and I began searching for breeders on social media. I came across Jeff from JMG Reptile on Instagram and now not only do I have 7 wonderful hoggies but we've been dating for about 8 months and spend every day working with them together!! So thank you for leading me to these wonderful critters and a wonderful person. It has completely changed my life!!:)

I consider them the best colubrids. All colubrids are cool, but some are just too fast to really interact with. These guys are nice and slow, and you don't have to worry about them darting away from your hand and escaping. Since they're somewhat fossorial you don't need to worry about them escaping nearly as much as other snakes. They're like tiny reticulated Pythons, but cuter

Love how the hognoes is just trying to dig into the table the entire time

I just love this guy so much. His enthusiasm and silliness make his videos so fun!

I got a western hognose a few weeks ago. He's the love of my life

You should mention boopability too.. I can book my Kenyan sand boa and korn snake but not milk snake

4:35 it is called puberty.

I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!!!! Your enthusiasm is awesome and your videos are really interesting

I don't intend to ever own a snake, just looking up hognose but I love your enthusiasm, it's actually quite wholesome to see someone be some enthusiast about something they love

Looking into getting a hog nose especially after seeing this vid, thanks for the info!

I teared up from how cute that snake looks

We just got our first baby Hognose snake this past weekend and we couldn't be happier with him! Awesome little snake!

I just have to say Clint is my go to guy for any questions I have about snake care. He's very informative and you can tell that he really cares about these amazing animals. We appreciate your content Clint.🐍🐢🐊

I have been waiting for this video!!! See, a lot of people post on here that they can't convince their moms to let them get a snake. My problem is convincing my husband to let me get ANOTHER reptile. This is what I want next!!!! I want a western hognose. They are so cute!!! I love their adorable little noses. *sigh* One day I will convince him. In the meantime, I'm sending him this video. haha!!! :)

Just needed to say your videos are great man just got a new subscriber even though I bought a Savannah monitor before watching your video on them I'm doing the best I can with him and he is doing great and has tamed down very well been taking it very slow but anyways thanks again for the vids never stop making them very informative! 👍👍

Wonderful video. Thanks for the info. As a kid, I had a Western Hog and she was wonderful. (I might have tricked a few of my friends by telling them she was a Rattlesnake, because they were somewhat common where we lived. They did not know enough about snakes to tell she wasn't. The coloring and markings were enough to convince them she was a Rattler. The Trick??? I would casually reach in and grab her while they nearly lost their minds. The best was when my snake was grumpy and she would hiss and strike at me, like she was playing along. An adult friend of my father ran screaming from my room! I still miss that wonderful girl)

I just saw this snake a couple videos ago and I cant stop thinking about how cute it looks every time you zoom in. Ive been really thinking about getting a small reptile and I think this will be the one, it looks so calm and friendly.

"5 out of 5 for handling" Sounds great! "They have a venomous bite though" I'M SORRY WHAT?!

Good vid love you're channel

I love you videos Clint, your KZfaq deserves to be so much bigger. Keep doing what ur doing!

Just found your channel and I love your enthusiasm for the animals. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, you're one of the best reptile channels I've found. Looking forward to features on chameleons...Jackson's please!

Please talk about Ackies soon Clint, there's so little information about them out there! Love your vids!

Hey Clint! Awesome video! When are you going to do an Ackie Monitor video? One of my all time favorites.

Your videos are so amazing! They always make me smile and are so informative!

You inspired me to get a hognose, I called the pet store and asked if they had any hoggies for sale, they did. Forgot to put a down payment, went to get hoggie... Sold out. Found a gorgeous high white morph king snake, took him home. King snake has been amazing! Named him set, he loves cuddles and climbing and eating. I have a hognose on the way now after like a year or so of being without one. Got a beautiful anaconda morph hoggie by the name of Quill coming early or mid February ❤️🎉🎆🎇

Clint: "...is way to dark to be a jedi." Mace Windu: "Come again?!"

"Don't eat toads" That's a good advice.

Excellent tie knot. The effort that went into that knot also noticeably went into the whole video. Great job.

Another great video Clint! I have a het toffee hognose and I just love her to pieces. This summer I have arrangements with a breeder to get a pastel toffeeconda male as well as a pair of Pulcher/Tri-color hognoses. I'd love to see a video on some of the more obscure subspecies of hognoses sometime.

Will you make a video on setting up a crested gecko tank? I got one from an expo and he is now doing great, but I would like to see how you would do it. Thank you for all that you do for the community and thanks for showing me the great animal that is the crested gecko.

Clint I love your channel and you deserve more subs

I just found your channel and I'm so happy I did. I have wanted a snake for the longest time and I just bought a corn snake and a ball python from your reviews! So excited 😊 🤗

Absolutely fell in love with hognoses from this video and got my own little hognose a couple of days ago. I absolutely love him already! Thanks for showing me how amazing they are!!!

Great video! I always thought Hognose snakes were so funky and awesome looking. When I first saw them I was like WOAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

“So don’t eat a toad” idk why but that was so funny to me😂😂

Clint dead serious here buddy....your videos are probably the best I have ever watched. I look forward to them. Their informative. Accurate. Are you going to Tinley in October this year? I would like to meet you.

I keep seeing these guys in herp groups and they are so cute and so filled with character! I love them!

I visited our local reptile shop (in uk) just on a whim trying to hint to my mum that I REALLY WANT A SNAKE. of course she freaked out and was more interested in the turtles there 🙃 but they had hognose babies there 😱 im bouncing between ball pythons, hognoses or a sand boa (last choice because I can’t find them anywhere). I’m still trying to convince my mum because she hates snakes.... she hated bikes too and I bought one anyways (and she helped me buy it) soooooo 😂😂😂

So now that you've covered both, which would you recommend for a totally newbie? Corn or Hognose?

I love the passion and excitement you express

This video caused me to buy a Female Western Hognose, and a Male Albino Western Hognose. Favorite pets I ever owned. The female just got out of her "grumpy" stage... she refused to eat for around 6 months, but is healthy and doing fine today.

Who else came after watching Pissy the snake

Awesome video can you do an eastern hognose? Or maybe a comparison between the two.

I like how happy this guy was reviewing the snake and it was really helpful great job 🙂

I loved this video 💕 I’ve never considered a snake as a pet but you’re video was done so well you’ve got me thinking about it ☺️ keep up the great content

Remember 3 years ago when a wild type was $50? Good times 😂

You need a permit for one in Missouri because they are considered a native species... The more I see then though the more I think the $50 a year is worth it. I love these guys.

I’m ready to get one of these, or a sand boa! Thank you for the amazing videos! You’ve really helped me make the right choice to not get in over my head.

Your videos are fantastic Clint. I watch them with my small kids and they love it! We just got a Uromastyx Thomasi that I use to teach them about reptile care and I am working hard on mom to get a green light for a snake as well (probably start with a Banana Ball if she gives in). Would love to see a Uro video in future if possible and thanks so much for the great content you've already produced!