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For substrate for Eastern Hogs? I aquired a WC a little bit ago and am temporarily using topsoil. What's the best way to go?
Thanks.

Quig

Paper towels for newbies with lots of hides until they are established feeders and thru with quarintine. WC stay in quar. until they are finished with their deworming treatments and get a clean fecal.

I do not use topsoil because it molds and normally is not sterile so it has little buggies in it.

Also, in response to your fatty liver question several post down, easterns live just fine on a rodent diet, though I prefer to feed them as little hair as possible, so rat pinks work well. Any snake that is over fed can develop fatty liver. Hoggies are just prone to being overfed more since they process rodents differently then a rodent feeding snake.
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

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WC stay in quar. until they are finished with their deworming treatments and get a clean fecal.

I need to get it to the vets then, yes?

Also, in response to your fatty liver question several post down, easterns live just fine on a rodent diet, though I prefer to feed them as little hair as possible, so rat pinks work well. Any snake that is over fed can develop fatty liver. Hoggies are just prone to being overfed more since they process rodents differently then a rodent feeding snake.

I knew that reptiles in general are prone to fatty liver if over fed. Just assumed this was specific to Hogs.

Thanks for the response.

Quig

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>>I knew that reptiles in general are prone to fatty liver if over fed. Just assumed this was specific to Hogs.
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I have an adult female that will be 4 years old next July. She has been fed nothing but mice/rats since day 1. They seem to get a lot more out of the rodents, so once they are past their active growing period (where they can really use all that energy), you do have to cut back or they will likely develop problems. She is about as big as my corn snake but eats half as much as the corn does lol. The corn gets weaned rats or jumbo mice whereas the hog gets half grown mice or a rat fuzzy.
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DP

Thanks much

Quig

What substrate do you switch to after they become accliminated? Or do you stay with paper towels? Thanks again.

Quig

Aspen because they love to burrow. I just make sure they do not ingest any when feeding them.
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

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>>For substrate for Eastern Hogs? I aquired a WC a little bit ago and am temporarily using topsoil. What's the best way to go?
>>Thanks.
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>>Quig

I use kaytee aspen or papertowels..if on aspen, must move to another container to feed.
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DP

But find that there is no problem feeding on it (this conclusion is based on two decades' experience and literally hundreds of animals kept on aspen from hatching-old age)....use the finely shredded stuff (e.g. L/M) if you can get it.
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Brad Chambers
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Cell-sorb...stuff works great! No smells anymore, and it can be scooped like cat litter. Safe to feed on.

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Thanks all

I use Aspen then i put a chunck of news paper in there for a feeding try and hide out.This has worked for years.
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Jodi L Aherns
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