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RE: Hognose moving on its side?

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Posted by: imjustheather at Tue Dec 3 13:51:49 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by imjustheather ]  
   

I held him for about 40 minutes earlier today and he did it almost every time he moved. It's kind of like he tips over, or loses his balance and ends up scooting around on his side instead of his belly. He was a tough eater but I've managed to feed him twice now. The store I bought him from told me he was eating f/t mouse pinks but when I brought him home he would eat. I went back and asked and they said that they had been force feeding him, so it might be a nutritional issue if he wasn't eating properly before, I guess.

I would want to agree with the playing dead thing, but he does it in his tank too. He just roams around on his side sometimes. I don't know if the fact that he only does it sometimes is good or not, though it seems better than if he were doing it all the time.


   

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