troy,

great post! i very much agree with all that you wrote. thanks for sharing.

with my experience with raising other colubrids over the last couple of decades as a hobbyist, i have had a few problem feeders and a few that had serious health issues for whatever reason. i have also had lots that thrived. i think that is just nature. i very much agree that some might require special attention and techniques. i believe others are born with physical issues that can not be fixed with tweaking husbandry. not all animals are born perfect.

while gregg stated that he has never had a problem feeder, i have had another hognose breeder besides yourself tell me that they have otherwise. i try to listen to everyone and draw my own conclusions

i have been and will continue to try different techniques with this girl. the frustrating part is she eats, just not very frequently. maybe she will take off one of these days and thrive.

jonathan

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• maintenance feeders? - geckoejon, Wed Jul 24 06:47:45 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - FR, Wed Jul 24 10:38:07 2013
• RE: part 2 - FR, Wed Jul 24 10:43:39 2013
• RE: part 3 - FR, Wed Jul 24 11:04:22 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - GoHogWild, Wed Jul 24 11:49:26 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - kenmckayii, Wed Jul 24 12:09:50 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - FR, Wed Jul 24 14:24:03 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - geckoejon, Wed Jul 24 15:29:46 2013
• Hey Geckoejon... - Gregg_M_Madden, Wed Jul 24 16:37:08 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - geckoejon, Wed Jul 24 18:00:07 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - Gregg_M_Madden, Wed Jul 24 18:41:18 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - geckoejon, Thu Jul 25 09:15:37 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - Gregg_M_Madden, Thu Jul 25 20:59:37 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - geckoejon, Fri Jul 26 09:40:48 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - FR, Thu Jul 25 22:01:14 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - FR, Thu Jul 25 09:39:11 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - DISCERN, Thu Jul 25 20:45:05 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - Austin12, Fri Jul 26 00:41:46 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - DISCERN, Fri Jul 26 00:52:23 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - Austin12, Fri Jul 26 02:10:33 2013
• RE: Got to stop the misinformation.. - Gregg_M_Madden, Fri Jul 26 06:47:44 2013
• RE: Got to stop the misinformation.. - FR, Fri Jul 26 07:59:18 2013
• RE: Got to stop the misinformation.. - GoHogWild, Fri Jul 26 12:11:21 2013
• RE: Got to stop the misinformation.. - DISCERN, Fri Jul 26 10:13:36 2013
• RE: Got to stop the misinformation.. - FR, Sat Jul 27 18:16:44 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - DISCERN, Fri Jul 26 19:59:38 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - geckoejon, Sat Jul 27 07:39:35 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - Gregg_M_Madden, Sat Jul 27 08:58:04 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - geckoejon, Sat Jul 27 09:38:30 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - DISCERN, Sat Jul 27 12:59:06 2013
• RE: DISCERN.... - Gregg_M_Madden, Sat Jul 27 14:06:39 2013
• RE: DISCERN.... - DISCERN, Sat Jul 27 15:30:20 2013
• We all love our snakes, right? - GoHogWild, Sat Jul 27 14:18:58 2013
• RE: Hey Geckoejon... - FR, Sat Jul 27 22:01:14 2013
• discern - geckoejon, Fri Jul 26 05:19:09 2013
• RE: discern - DISCERN, Fri Jul 26 20:19:04 2013
• RE: discern - FR, Sun Jul 28 10:30:22 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - FR, Wed Jul 24 18:51:26 2013
• RE: maintenance feeders? - FR, Wed Jul 24 14:03:00 2013
• RE: part 2 - FR, Wed Jul 24 14:15:00 2013
• RE: part 2 - vanperry, Thu Jul 25 16:32:27 2013
• RE: part 2 - geckoejon, Thu Jul 25 18:20:00 2013
• RE: part 2 - FR, Thu Jul 25 18:42:23 2013
• No such thing as a problem snake? - Rextiles, Sat Jul 27 22:03:30 2013
• RE: No such thing as a problem snake? - DISCERN, Sat Jul 27 22:40:06 2013
• RE: No such thing as a problem snake? - FR, Sat Jul 27 23:57:21 2013
• RE: Part 2, husbandry - FR, Sun Jul 28 00:04:11 2013
• RE: No such thing as a problem snake? - geckoejon, Sun Jul 28 05:58:51 2013
• RE: No such thing as a problem snake? - geckoejon, Sun Jul 28 06:19:11 2013
• RE: No such thing as a problem snake? - FR, Sun Jul 28 08:49:03 2013