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Hello everyone,
Some of you may remeber my post about a month ago about my new baby eastern hog. My hog had the same additude towards food as my kingsnakes up untill last week. I know I shouldnt be concerned yet, but if she continues not to eat, should i cool her down for the winter? or should i wait the food fast out? Most of my other colubrids have slowed down for the winter and i lower their temps slightly, should i do the same for the hog? Any feedback will be apprecaited.
Thanks

>>Hello everyone,
>>Some of you may remeber my post about a month ago about my new baby eastern hog. My hog had the same additude towards food as my kingsnakes up untill last week. I know I shouldnt be concerned yet, but if she continues not to eat, should i cool her down for the winter? or should i wait the food fast out? Most of my other colubrids have slowed down for the winter and i lower their temps slightly, should i do the same for the hog? Any feedback will be apprecaited.
>>Thanks

Not so sure on easterns , but my western female did the same thing , got a bit colder here in cali and shorter light cycle, so i uped the heat a bit and she started feeding after a 1 month fast .Just hand fed her with a little patience and she ate . hope yours starts too soon.

Are you sure she isn't just in pre-shed? If not, she gave you the perfect opportunity to cool her down with the colubrids. Let her clear out her system for another week and cool her down. I'm not sure what temps you consider brumation, but I usually keep my hognose at 55 degrees.

Speaking of Easterns, I saw the largest Eastern I've ever seen in my life a few years ago. I was coming out of the chicken coop with an arm load of eggs, and a huge female reared up like a cobra. I actually jumped and dropped the eggs. LOL. She was obviously gravid, and was almost 5 feet long, and thick as my forearm. What a magnificent specimen. My first instinct, after jumping, was to catch her, but then I realized I had no cage big enough to hold her. So I let her go about her business.

Wendell

I think a 48" Hognose would be a sight to see!
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Thanks, I was wondering if she was going into shed, she hatched out in mid sept, i got her early october, got her to eat scented pinks. she ate them like crazy untill last week. She is probably due for a shed soon but I will give it another two weeks or so to see if she is just going into shed. if not then i will brumate her.
When i brumate my snakes i put them in the coolest closet in my basement... most of my snakes are native to my area, and it would be approxamatly the same temp as 5-6 feet below the ground.
I find some pretty big hogs in my area as well. The biggest I have found was around 3.5 feet and as thick as a tennis ball. She ate bull frogs when i had her. I let her go after a few weeks.