Western Hognose Snake Bioactive Enclosure Setup // Trying Bio Dude Substrate

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @davewarrender2056
    @davewarrender2056 2 роки тому +1

    I've fallen head over heels in luv with hoggies ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @GraysReptiles
    @GraysReptiles 4 роки тому +22

    Beautiful enclosure for the hognose. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @jadelouise4202
    @jadelouise4202 2 роки тому +13

    I love this!! Thinking of going bioactive for my hoggy. My concern is the clean up crew. They breed rapidly and I don’t want to ruin the visual by having hundreds of isopods running around 😭

    • @sstevo4066
      @sstevo4066 2 роки тому +11

      They stay hidden pretty well if you have leaf litter and some cork bark down. Plus you might end up like me and really loving the isopods...Now I keep 10 different isopods separately as pets lol

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  2 роки тому +6

      Exactly what the other commenter said! You really don’t notice them :)

    • @fly_amanita2945
      @fly_amanita2945 14 днів тому

      @@sstevo4066literally lol part of the reason I want a bio active enclosure is the isopods!

  • @genevieveescalante5236
    @genevieveescalante5236 3 роки тому +1

    Hog nose snakes have a shovel nose because they burrow so I would highly recommend adding 2-3 more inches of substrate for them to be able to be completely covered if they want to

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      I thought I put it in a pinned comment but maybe not - though it might not look it, this was more than enough substrate for her to burry in because shes so small, however I did add more substrate a couple days later since I had to order more. :)

  • @kylamulvanity7706
    @kylamulvanity7706 4 роки тому +4

    I love the Tara Sahara substrate I use it for my leopard geckos. I’m thinking about using it for my corn snake when I upgrade her enclosure ❤️

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому +1

      It seemed pretty good! I know there’s a lot of mixed opinions on the biodude, and I figured you can’t form your own opinion until you try it yourself! 😁 I would have used it for my leo, but it wasn’t on sale at the time and the shipping is what gets me 😂

    • @kylamulvanity7706
      @kylamulvanity7706 4 роки тому

      ZA Reptiles yea it’s expensive I was like did I really just spend all that on dirt😂 🤦‍♀️

  • @christenmiller5174
    @christenmiller5174 3 роки тому +10

    This looks great! I’m planning on getting a hognose soon and want to set up a bio active terrarium to keep him happy, but my main concern is the isopods 😂 do they ever escape?

    • @6strings735
      @6strings735 3 роки тому +5

      Take a look online for Western hognose habitat. It is not very "woodland" like this setup. The snake will do fine in this setup of course, but honestly a very sparse cage with a water bowl is more like hoggie habitat I think. Not all snakes need bioactive. Idk, I think bioactive has its place, but not so sure hognose are the best species for it. Anyway, check out habitat pics and decide for yourself. I have been to W. hognose habitat in Colorado only, and it was sandy/loamy soil, sparse grass, some scattered rocks - that is it. Did not look like a forest floor. One guy's opinion here.

    • @Barakon
      @Barakon 2 роки тому +1

      @@6strings735 I’d get a prairie plants in that enclosure like the false indigo

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  2 роки тому +9

      No escaping isopods! And in regards to the other commenter - no bio activity is not a must, nor is going for a naturalistic style enclosure. And I certainly could keep it bare and boring, but by providing more inside I am giving Penelope more to do and explore - the more enrichment the better!

    • @KD-tu7lo
      @KD-tu7lo Рік тому

      Mine did

  • @WhoTheHellIsHarvy
    @WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 роки тому +10

    Nice job! Looking to get a bioactive set up done for my hognose too. I just wish these exo terras had a door on the side instead of in the front. Kind of ruins the aesthetic for me. With the square tanks my mourning geckos are in, I have the side panels as the front view and it looks so much better.

  • @LoganMcCue-d2t
    @LoganMcCue-d2t 4 роки тому +9

    I love what you did it looks amazing

  • @chersgear7202
    @chersgear7202 5 місяців тому

    What substrate would you suggest for a non bioactive hognose setup?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  5 місяців тому

      Just a simple organic topsoil and play sand mix! (More topsoil than play sand). This is what makes up almost all of my enclosures because you can get the supplies very inexpensive right at Home Depot. Reptisoil is another great option if you don’t feel like mixing your own substrate!

  • @eriquita3027
    @eriquita3027 2 роки тому

    Great video!! Do you have a video update on this setup? Have you made any added anything or taken anything out? How has she seemed to like it? How are the plants doing? I'm slowly gathering everything I need to turn my hoggie's forever home enclosure bioactive and I'm trying to absorb all the info I can! Thank you so much for sharing!

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  2 роки тому

      Ive posted it recently here and there on tiktok, but not in here! She love burrowing and climbing the background like a maze ! Some plants are still doing well and others have died because im bad at keeping them alive lol!

  • @claudiahenk8048
    @claudiahenk8048 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful enclosure setup. How long did it take her to get behind the background?
    Mine would have gone behind the same day.

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      thank you! She actually hasnt gone behind it! Its a decent enough fit that she either didnt want to take the extra effort, or shes just content with everything going on in there! I did the same set up for my sand boa but the background wasn’t as good of a fit and she literally lives back there🤦🏻‍♀️😂

  • @FeebsTarantulas
    @FeebsTarantulas 3 роки тому

    Hi!! Thanks for this! Is the substrate in the bottom ok without a false bottom? I know you could put it with a snake that burrows like thread but I wonder if it means you have to change the soil more often? I have no idea. How is yours? 😆

  • @LeslieServin
    @LeslieServin 4 роки тому +4

    I loved this enclosure so much!!

  • @chanhuang614
    @chanhuang614 3 роки тому

    A great video! Thank you for sharing.
    Can you do an update after a couple months of the hognose being in it? I wonder if the hognose will unroot the plants as it digs.

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +1

      We are almost to a year, and I can confirm that she hasnt done any damage to her plants😁 ( Now them dying from my lack of a green thumb on the other hand..)😂 I did a room tour in January if you wanted to see a more recent update!

    • @chanhuang614
      @chanhuang614 3 роки тому

      @@zareptiles thank you for your reply. How often do you have to spray water for plants and to keep the isopods alive. I used to have isopods and lost them when i was out of town as the soil got dried.

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +1

      @@chanhuang614 I spray plants roughly once a week and a trick ive found works great for isopods in more arid environments is sticking moss under the water dish, and overflowing the dish when I fill it. Doing that has also given my snakes a humid spot to go to when they are going into shed. its worked great!

  • @hogsusa4344
    @hogsusa4344 3 роки тому

    Awesome enclosure! Sorry if this is a dumb question... with bio active- do you just need to spot clean. What’s the maintenance like?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +2

      Ideally minimal cleaning as your cleaning up crew is on it! But I still spot clean if I see something just to make sure its taken care of :)

  • @byashbutera
    @byashbutera 3 роки тому +2

    I really love this video! Love the beautiful viv you have given your western hognose...goals

  • @catsareawesome449
    @catsareawesome449 2 роки тому

    okay so this is just a quick question you might not know, its fine if not, but do u maybe know if biodude ships to the netherlands??

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  2 роки тому

      Im not sure! You’d have to check his site to see if they say!😁

  • @alexanew9289
    @alexanew9289 3 роки тому

    How many gallons is the tank that you used? Great video!

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      I believe its roughly 22-23 gallons! perfect for her current size, but depending how how much she grows theres a possibility of a 3’ enclosure in the future :)

  • @Hex22
    @Hex22 3 роки тому

    How is this working out? I’m not sure if the humidity for a hog nose is enough for springtails

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      My first attempt flopped lol! But you learn as you go! I have since added more substrate and I found a hack in a fb group that I have started implementing - put a layer of moss under the water dish and then over flow the dish when ever you change the water, this gives a guaranteed damp area for the clean up crew :)

  • @saoriernst
    @saoriernst 3 роки тому

    Do you have to do full substrate changes while having a bio active? What do you do for cleaning? I’m considering a bio active

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +1

      nope! Once in a great while it wouldnt hurt to do a full clean out, but you are essentially creating a self sustaining ecosystem. Your cleanup crew will do alot for you, but you’ll still want to spot clean any feces :)

    • @saoriernst
      @saoriernst 3 роки тому

      @@zareptiles ok then I’m definitely going to do a bio active!! I love plants so I’ve always wanted to incorporate live ones to an enclosure. Thank you :)

  • @TheWackoGreenAlien
    @TheWackoGreenAlien 3 роки тому

    Are they orange or giant orange isopods? I have the giant orange ones and was thinking of making my hoggies setups more naturalistic, as I've done that with a few of my other pets

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      They are just your typical powder orange :)

  • @jasonmcquillen6073
    @jasonmcquillen6073 4 роки тому +2

    I’m in the middle of making a bioctive tank for my Kenyan and I love a lot of the stuff you did in this video 👍🏻

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому +1

      My sand boa bioactive Is my next video 😁

    • @jasonmcquillen6073
      @jasonmcquillen6073 4 роки тому

      ZA Reptiles I’ll be on the look out for it then!

  • @trishabeatty6283
    @trishabeatty6283 3 роки тому

    i like the second time with the sticks but both look good :) beutiful snake too

  • @abbispires4829
    @abbispires4829 4 роки тому +1

    Can you do more videos with arcadius

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      If you haven’t seen it already, I have a whole playlist of Arcadius videos :) but yes, I do have many more Arcadius videos planned :)

    • @abbispires4829
      @abbispires4829 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you and i love the background its so pretty

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      Thank you!

  • @t_sevy
    @t_sevy 3 роки тому +1

    That's awesome!! I'm getting a hognose soon and I was wondering how to make a basking spot? Because that's one of my main concerns is that if I don't have a basking spot it will die

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      you can put a heat lamp ontop of the screen! I originally had a heat mat on this enclosure since they will burrow, but once I was able to get my hands on another dimmer, I switched her to overhead heating :)

    • @t_sevy
      @t_sevy 3 роки тому

      @@zareptiles ok thank you sooo much!

  • @MagsPearl
    @MagsPearl 4 роки тому

    Really great video! Where did you get the shelving unit you use, and what size is it? I need a new one for my snakes. Thank you!

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      Thank you! Home depot carries these shelves in lots of different sizes! This one is like 4’ long, 6’ tall and something like 18-20” deep

  • @DavisGlasss
    @DavisGlasss 4 роки тому +1

    Looks amazing!!!

  • @luvlost03
    @luvlost03 4 роки тому

    I have the same enclosure for my male Kenyan sand boa, do you think that will be an ok size for the rest of his life? I was considering upgrading him in the future to the 36×18×12 but im not sure. Btw the tank came out great!

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      Depends on how big your sand boa gets! I got the same one for my sand boa upgrade, which will be the next bioactive video! I think for a male it should be just fine :) But ultimately it just depends on what you would like to do! 😁

  • @WhoTheHellIsHarvy
    @WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 роки тому

    What lighting and heat source do you have for this set up?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      she has a heat pad for heating and an aquarium LED meant for plant growth for lighting. Im considering switching her to overhead heating though since its more natural

    • @WhoTheHellIsHarvy
      @WhoTheHellIsHarvy 4 роки тому

      @@zareptiles Yeah I stopped using heatmats for all of my snakes, the ceramic heat bulbs or better yet halogen bulbs seem to be the best in providing them the deep heat they need. (I don't know if you've come across it already but check out the Animals at Home channel or his website, loads of great info on heating and lighting).
      For lighting I would definitely recommend getting an arcadia mini T5 7%. They benefit massively from UV and the light is more natural looking :)
      I'm planning to move mine into a bioactive set up this month and this definitely gave me some good ideas!

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      Mine are all progressively switching to overhead heat and UVB. its all in the future plans :)
      also I love animals at home, Dylan is great! and for sure, Arcadia is my favorite uvb to use! its what almost all my lizards have

  • @arieannag.7981
    @arieannag.7981 4 роки тому

    Do you water you enclosure often? Or at all?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому +1

      I soak it down once a week :)

    • @arieannag.7981
      @arieannag.7981 4 роки тому

      ZA Reptiles ahhh okay thank you I’m looking into doing a bioactive set up but am nervous it will be too humid but I feel like once a week is good and I would feel better doing that.

    • @HandleUnclear
      @HandleUnclear 3 роки тому

      @@arieannag.7981 The bio-dude substrate she uses actually dries up pretty quickly (since its the Sahara one for more desert dwelling species).
      I mixed mine with some coco coir, because it wasn't enough to cover the bottom of a 10 gallon tank. I've used it before alone, but I didn't think it held her tunnels well, so mixing in the coco coir helped it dry out less (for the plants), and keeps her tunnels much better.

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +1

      I didnt use just biodude - I mentioned that it wasnt enough substrate, so I added my own mix (topsoil/playsand) as well 😁

  • @zoemyers9715
    @zoemyers9715 4 роки тому

    where do you get your cork bark?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      lots of places! etsy, pangea, glassbox tropicals, etc :)

    • @zoemyers9715
      @zoemyers9715 4 роки тому

      @@zareptiles thank you so much!!

  • @DanePA
    @DanePA 2 роки тому

    This enclosure is amazing!!

  • @kell8034
    @kell8034 Рік тому

    Looks absolutely amazing! Would love to see how it looks now (if it's still the same)

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  Рік тому

      Thank you! I actually just moved her to a new enclosure! It’s one of my newest videos!

  • @breedloveblooms
    @breedloveblooms 3 роки тому

    where is your tank from?

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      its an exo terra! you can typically find them at any petstore or in amazon :)

  • @jerrypaulwhite
    @jerrypaulwhite 2 роки тому

    perfect! well done! 🐍

  • @ckreptileroom9183
    @ckreptileroom9183 4 роки тому +1

    Great setup👍 hope Penelope loves it😁

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому

      Thank you! She seems to be loving it so far!

  • @nicolascwtchycreatures2504
    @nicolascwtchycreatures2504 4 роки тому

    I LOVE your hognose videos 🥰

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you! I’ll have two more hognose videos coming soon, but they won’t be Penelope 😉

    • @nicolascwtchycreatures2504
      @nicolascwtchycreatures2504 4 роки тому

      ZA Reptiles oh very exciting, I have a hognose too called Spooky.
      I’ll be looking forward to your new videos ❤️

  • @kated3165
    @kated3165 3 роки тому +1

    Snake keeping like it should be done! Great setup!

  • @anonsillybear
    @anonsillybear 3 роки тому +3

    Not enough substrate for a "burrowing snake"

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      For her size it was actually quite a bit, but I also was short on substrate and was working with what I had on hand. I did go back in after and add much more once I had a chance to go to the store and buy more :)

    • @rookkolm4246
      @rookkolm4246 3 роки тому

      @@zareptiles do i have to use a special dirt or can i just buy some at walmart?

  • @utcrxtsts
    @utcrxtsts 4 роки тому +1

    thank you, I'll know how to make a terrarium, maybe soon there will be a snake 😊💗

  • @ziggythegecko1447
    @ziggythegecko1447 4 роки тому

    Noice

  • @mrkery9235
    @mrkery9235 3 роки тому

    if shes a year and ahalf shes underfed you can tell

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +2

      Ive addressed this before in other videos, but she was not a good eater when I first got her. I did track her weight to insure she was consistently gaining and not showing any underweight physical characteristics, but no she did not grow at a rapid pace. Shes become more consistent this past year and has grown exponentially though and is definitely showing an increase in thickness and size :)

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому

      and actually looking at my files, when this video came out she actually was about a year old

  • @paolomoretti9291
    @paolomoretti9291 3 роки тому

    Beautiful but...what about humidity? Hognoses want it pretty low: glass, bioactive and all those plants surely don't help. This is more suited for a ball python, hope that snake is doin' fine after all this time in there.

    • @zareptiles
      @zareptiles  3 роки тому +1

      It is an arid set up with arid plants. The set up is meant for low humidity species. Thanks for the concern though