Hello, I am pretty new to the community, but I live in Europe and am planning to get a tricolour hognose this September after the Hamm expo. I've already found a breeder that will be there and has a well started male at a reasonable price, and have already done a bunch of research on the species and its care. The only thing I haven't found definitively is a humidity range. I know they have similar care to their western hoggie cousins, but they live in South America so they prefer a slightly higher humidity. I considered a moisture-retaining substrate like cypress mulch/eco earth, but I've seen some people that have found their tricolours to show some signs of scale rot in it. Instead, I was thinking of giving him a shaved aspen substrate with a humidity hide so he can decide if he wants to be more humid or more dry. However, I've read that some snakes just refuse to leave their humidity hides and end up developing scale rot as well, so maybe they should only be given access to them when shedding/in blue.
So I was wondering, what are your opinions on humidity hides for snakes in general? Would you recommend keeping them in there all the time or only when the snake is in shed?
Thank you!
So I was wondering, what are your opinions on humidity hides for snakes in general? Would you recommend keeping them in there all the time or only when the snake is in shed?
Thank you!