So I have a 3 year old female hognose snake and whenever I slide my tub out she bolts towards me wondering if I will feed her I guess. I pick her up and she has never bit. Yesterday I noticed a snake I got from someone had mites so I treated everyone for mites and my hognose has no mites but the point is when I reached in to take her she started biting herself really hard then would let go. I was sorta caught off by this and was a bit paranoid lol since I don't know if im allergic to their venom and she's a fair size for a hognose so I used my snake hook but she tried to swallow it. So um what gives here? PS 8 years ago I had a tiny hognose snake baby that everytime I put him on my bed he'd try to eat and chew on my pillow!! what is it with hognose snakes lol