If you are required to supply drinking water in a cage, then the animal is dehydrated. The vast majority of western and Mexican hognose in nature do not have access to drinking water. With the exception of a few times a year. Drinking water is a rare luxury in nature, So far, I have not seen any trend that wild hogs, seek open water to drink.
So Dan, I am sure you take great care of your animals, But before you say things, maybe try testing. My bet is, within five days, yours(and most others) will stop feeding due to hydration problems. Test it, it will not hurt them if after then stop feeding you water them. Consider, five days is a base, the number of days indicates the level of dehydration.
This test was put on my be a field biologist, bless his wicked heart. He asked If I could raise neonate pyros(we were in the field looking at pyros) without drinking water. Of I could not, but I did experiment until I did raise them to adulthood without ever drinking. About peer review, there is reason I do not go there. My field work is do understand how our snakes work in captivity. I have a different purpose. If you research my work in the captive area, you may find I had some influence, In fact, much of what you doing now, and how your doing it is a result that that work. Thanks

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