The animals I use to base my methods on, are not yours, or any other keepers, they are wild natural free ranging hognose.
For instance. your captives are babied, pampered and coddled. hahahahahaha, All the food they can eat, water at all times etc.
Lets look at wild hogs here. It rained once this winter, Oct. to the end of May. A lite rain. The hogs lived, bred, nested, all without water and food for that long. They are not just finishing the nesting season. The adult females that laid, are healthy strong and its very difficult to tell they laid. This is a recently emerged female, she recently laid.

Remember, no water since sept. would yours look like that. Also remember, she consumes parasites with every meal. Toads and lizards are full of parasites. How would yours look?
Whats interesting is, with wild snakes, reproduction is a normal natural occurrence. It doe not effect their health or causes weight loss. They appear the same before and after reproduction. Again, without the advantage of a steady food source. Or any food source for long periods of time. So yes, these are my questions.

Or this healthy young female, no water for how long?
Or why is this one so skinny? having a hard time. Interesting is, I found this individual 6 days apart, and it traveled almost a mile. And I did not touch it. So yes, its these successes and failures that drive me. What you do is great. The harshness of nature, brings up my questions. Have a great day.

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