There are lots of rumors...no hardcore evidence. It seems like most people say Westerns can take the mice, yet easterns can't. I have yet to see HARD proof that mice have an ill effect on hognose. Colchicine actually has a pair that have been maintained on mice for years (EASTERNS at that). I personally would not worry about it. A lot of what I hear is "I got my hognose a week ago, fed it a mouse yesterday, and it died today. Therefore, it must have been the mouse." I personally will feed mice to every eastern I get. I kept one a while back that did fine on them. And those are easterns...Westerns reportedly even take rodents in the wild. So it should not be a huge jump in captivity. Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

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• All mice and no toads - Justin Stricklin, Mon Aug 4 00:00:50 2003
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