Hognose snake gone wild

[Philminator]

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

[kibakiba]

I think she was biting herself as a self defense. I know they start playing dead, biting and pooping themselves. But, maybe I'm wrong... I've never owned one

[Philminator]

ya not sure it was pretty crazy lol I've only ever seen 2 snakes in my life do something like that and both times its been a hognose snake!

[RedSidedSPR]

They're crazy little things!

...but not that crazy...

[katach]

This is what I could find a quick glance
Hognose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I thought is was interesting that a diet of only rodent can cause liver problems.

[RedSidedSPR]

Theyre toad lovers, that's all the eat in the wild... Although, most people feed only pinkies...

[Philminator]

hmmm that's weird, man she was swallowing the snake hook really fast too had that been my finger it would of been down there pretty good lol and I would of had venom, I hear if you're sensitive to it you can be hospitalized over it

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, I've never worried about it, cause supposedly they don't bite....

[katach]

Maybe she is having a reaction to the mite treatment.

[Philminator]

Maybe she is having a reaction to the mite treatment.

she started this behavior right before the treatment lol