Anyone ever heard these?

[RZL36]

No, they are native to the Southern United States. Pretty cool snakes. Rear fanged, but pretty harmless.

I like Eastern Hogs like the Jersey ones, but do not keep them b/c their food source (basically just frogs and they are pretty expensive in my area.). They actually have been known to get sick when fed rodents. Kinda the opposite of what talk about in regards to garters.

[sschind]

They actually have been known to get sick when fed rodents.

Do you have a link to the source of this information? I'm just curious as I have had several eastern hogs, some for quite a few years and they seemed to be fine on a rodent diet.