So I got a snake back in 2010. I bought it as a normal female Hognose. After getting a green phase hog, I noticed a lot of similarity and believe the snake may be that (it has no red pigment at all).



Anyway, the snake would never much over 120g. It would reach that point and stop eating. And when it would eat it was always super picky and often refused. After being outgrown by my other younger female hogs I began to consider that the snake was maybe a male. I showed it to some herpetologist friends and we all came to the conclusion that the snake was a male.



Before that, due to my own suspicions on the snake's gender, and being in the process of moving, all the males were housed in the same tub, this snake included.



Anywhere from a couple of days ago to a week ago the snake proved itself to be female by laying fertile eggs in its water dish. The eggs were recovered and seem to be okay (there was a lot of aspen bedding in the water dish).



Here is my main concern though. This snake bred (unintentionally) at 120g. And it just won't get far above that in weight. Should I keep the female and breed her even with the risk of breeding her below what is considered normal weight? Should I sell her as a pet? Or try to see if someone will take her on any maybe get her to eat more?



I'm not really sure what to do. She dropped a clutch of five large eggs, and 4 were good. Much better odds for a first than my other female (2 clutches, only one good egg). I'm worried that breeding her at such a low weight could cause serious harm or stress to the snake.
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