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I'm having trouble feeding my new hognose snakes. I put together a nice little collection of 2.1 100% 0.1 66% het for albino but I'm trouble getting them to eat. They are all supposed to be eating f/t pinks and that's what I've been trying to feed them and they won't eat. I thaw them out to about room temp and wave them in front of the snake. What else should I be doing or what am I doing wrong?

How long have you had them? It is normal for herps to not feed while adjusting to their new surroundings. Hogs especially can be tricky sometimes.
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Instead of waving the pinkies in front of them, put each snake in a seperate small container (deli cup, plasitic shoe box, etc.) with a pinkie and leave them alone for a while. It can also help if you put them someplace dark. If you are using f/t pinkies, you don't want to leave them in there for more than a couple hours because they might decompose too much. Just remember that hognoses often go off feed and it is no reason to worry too much.

Jim
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1.2 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Malagasy Speckled Hognose Snake
1.1.1 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Green Iguana
1.1 Cats
0.1 Dog
1.0 Rat

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I've tried that already. Two of them I've had for about a month and the other two I just received about 2-3 days ago. should I just be a little more patient.

time is the best thing. they can go for a couple months before you need to be concerned. just try every 4 to 5 days . good luck.

JIM

try using live pinkys