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I am having trouble locating feeder toads for my hog-nose, any suggestions. I don't want to try to get it on mice. i read on the net that there is a place that has toads for .58 cents each but they didn't specify where. My eastern is abut 10, 11 inches long and fat as can be. i caught it in southern maryland with a full belly and that was about a week ago. Also, any captive habitat recomendations would be helpful. And how does one go about sexing the snake? Thnxs

Read below. If you don't it on mice, it will starve for the winter. The chances of you getting it on mice are slim to none. The chanes of it dying are extremely high. Eastern hogs are a species better left in the wild unless you have years of experience with them. A CB eastern hog is a good way to start. The mortality rate even in CB eastern hogs is pretty high. I have been keeping hognose for the better part of my life and am pretty good with them. I still have hognose die on me. Wildcaught ones are the worst...some will refuse all food, even toads, and most die after a year or so max. I would let it go and invest in a snake that you will enjoy for longer than the possible month the snake will stay alive, such as a quality CB western hognose or a CB eastern hognose that has been switched to mice. Because even those people selling toads for 58 cents now will be really having a hard time getting them in November-Feb/March when the toads go subterranean. So the best option is to let the little guy go. They sure are fun to have and are pretty, but it in all liklihood will not make it if you keep it (no offense to you! As I said, even I have trouble keeping some WC's alive). Good luck and please let the little guy go on his way. Andy
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Andy Maddox
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Southern Reptiles sells them, they advertise here on K.S., their toads are a little more than $.58.

Are you the guy who boight my 1.1 pair of hognose snakes from reptibid?