return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
Click to visit Hell Creek Reptiles
This Space Available
Contact Sales!
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Galapagos Tortoises return to Seychelles . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday! . . . . . . . . . .  California Academy of Sciences bids farewell to Claude . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Dec 06, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Kentucky Reptile Expo - Dec. 06, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Dec 14, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Dec 16, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Dec 20, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Dec 20, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 21, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Bay Area Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 26, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Dec 27, 2025 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Dec 27, 2025 . . . . . . . . . . 
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
Click here for Dragon Serpents
pool banner - $50 year

RE: Hognose question

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Hognose Snakes ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: FR at Thu Nov 26 08:26:59 2015  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

There is no such thing as 2 this or that is enough. If a snake seeks food, its hungry. For a comparison, I watched a wild kennerlyi, eating toads, until they would hang out of its mouth, and it was so full, it was crapping them out at the same time.
Captive conditions normally do not support that ability but its not about the snake or what the snake wants. They want to feed.
Feeding, digesting etc, is without question based on conditions, temps, humidity etc. Wild snakes, feed when very cool, then seek heat to digest what they consumed. The larger the bolus the higher the temps, until the bolus breaks down, then they move to lower temps.
If a snake is hungry, feed it, then observe what happens and go from there. This two items stuff is like following instructions on making a toy plane from a cheap kit. The snakes are more then simple instructions.
About eating non food items, there is a difference between accidentaly getting a tooth caught on a blanket, and attempting to eat a blanket. Its the keepers task to determine which is which.


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Hide Replies ]


>> Next topic:  Hognose brumation question - simus343, Sun Dec 13 14:56:16 2015
<< Previous topic:  Frank - Jonrice, Mon Nov 16 16:13:07 2015


kingsnake.com | NRAAC.ORG | ReptileBusinessGuide.com | ReptileShowGuide.com | ReptileShows.mobi | Connected By Cars | DesertRunner.org
AprilFirstBioEngineering | GunHobbyist.com | GunShowGuide.com | GunShows.mobi | GunBusinessGuide.com | club kingsnake | live stage magazine


powered by kingsnake.com
Click to visit Classifieds
pool banner - advertise here
Click here for Hornworms from Pioneer Feeders
advertise here
Click to visit LLL Reptile
advertise here
kingsnake.com® is a registered trademark© 1997-
    - this site optimized for 1024x768 resolution -