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RE: Western Hognose temps?

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Posted by: FR at Tue Nov 5 07:27:08 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

I just read your response to Austin.

There are some major differences between hogs and kings. Hogs are extremely diurnal. And use very high body temps when compared to kings(when on the move). In a cage like you described, I would also use a small heat lite to keep the temps up from your room temps in the 70's.

We kept an albino female, much like you described, hatchling in the glass tank. A 10 gallon I believe. With a heat lite, UTH in the winter and deep substrate and hiding structures in both the warm end and the cool end. She grew from that hatchling size, more like 6 1/2 inches, to over 20 in 11 months.

Hogs are not pure rodent feeders, most will without major problems. But some require some scenting as neonates and even at times as growing juveniles. Not so much because they will not eat rodents. Its not about this or that, its about both. Sometimes, an individual will not take a rodent and will by rubbing it on a toad(scenting) Then will return to eating rodents with no problem. I do not feed on some manmade schedule. I normally feed every other day to daily, then miss a few days here and there, etc. In most cases its small meals daily. In other words, if its hungry, feed it. And if they are hot, they are hungry. Good luck with your new little pink thing. Oh, I would get a female, as males do not get as large and are goofy. Goofy means, once sexually mature(11 to 12 inches) all they want to do is breed, 24/7, 365.


   

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