The Western Hognose snake lives on prairies, farmland, and wooded flood
plains . They also live in sandy ground or fertile soil. If you want to
keep them in a classroom you will need a temperature of 75-80 F. For bedding
you would want shredded bark, garden mulch, gravel, or sand. The Western
Hognose eats small mice in the classroom. The things that eat it are humans,
hawks, and some other kinds of animal that are bigger than it. The Western
Hognose can live to be 15-20 years old. The snake lives on it's own.
The Western Hognose lays it's eggs, and whenever they hatch they leave.
If they get scared they might play dead. They might also spread their neck
and hiss loudly. It is often called the False Fer de Lance.
