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dlstockton
at Wed Sep 24 12:44:46 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dlstockton ]
Hognose are different than any other snake/reptile ive kept. They are rewarding and easy to care for, yet at times I found mysef wondering about my husbandry methods.
Now that I have about 3 years of under my belt keeping this awesome species I have learnt that they will eat when they want to eat. Most of the time you can feed them everything other day for until they get to the point when they are bigger. This time of year they tend to like to slow down, but having said that ....
If you keep them in a suitable size cage(if its a hatchling) I would reccomend something smaller than 10 gal.... more like a 6.5 qt sterlite with aspen, hide and small water bowl at the most. You might even want to try a small deli cup if its a smaller hatchling. If it was eating from the person you got the snake from it should still be eating if heathly, but sometimes they are just weird like that.
The best advice is to just be patient.
Good luck,
Derek
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RE: new hog...but first one wont eat! - dlstockton, Wed Sep 24 12:44:46 2008