"How often do you think hognose eat in the wild? I can tell you from experience, it really is not that often."
---Are you a snake??? Then I can’t give your experience any credibility. I do not know of any scientific studies that have followed around a hognose snake.

"It is always better to have a snake that is a bit on the skinny side as compared to a fat snake."
---Partially true; but what about between skinny and fat? Wouldn’t that be ideal?

"And besides, in captivity snakes do not have to look for their food. This allows them to become obese much more easily."
---My snakes are nowhere near being obese. I try to do what is in the best interest of the snakes. If they were obese I would change my feeding habits and their eating habits.

"I always fed my adult hogs every 10 days or so usually."
---Are you trying to breed your snakes? I am. I have found I can not keep a healthy weight feeding every 10 days if the snakes are actively breeding. It also depends on what you feed your snakes.


I know that it is not natural to feed a snake this often. But is natural really in the snake’s best interest? Nature doesn’t always have the healthiest animal. Hognose perish in the wild from disease and starvation much more often then in captivity. Nature is not built around hognose snakes. If it were things would be different.

I didn’t want to start an argument. I don’t know why you do. I am very tired of this subject.
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James
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• How often? - SlipKorn, Wed Jun 9 03:00:23 2004
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• RE: How often? - snakeguy88, Fri Jun 11 00:15:38 2004
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• RE: How often? - sapphire_snake, Fri Jun 11 15:08:48 2004