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Hi there:

Recently I ordered a western hognose snake. He/she is a captive-bred baby. I had seen baby hognoses in pet stores before, but when this one arrived the next day at my door, I was really surprised at how small this individual was. It was REALLY tiny, and all of my pinkies were too large for it.
I put it in it's setup, which it seems to be enjoyng, and gave it a drink of water. Well, today, the very day after I got it, it ate. The hognose ate 3 feeder guppies that were scented with my Western green toad, and placed in a cup with the snake.
It ate very well, but for reasons I cannot understand, several times, it bit its tail, started to swallow itself, and let go. Then it kept trying to swallow the floor of the cup, and the lid.
I am glad that it is acclimating so quickly. Hognoses rule!
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DAVE

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I think I would have been more inclined to wait a few days to find a pinkie that was small enough.

Getting some individual hogs to take pinkies can be tough, and if you got one that was eating pinkies, I would have been very reluctant to offer it anything else, just in case it forgot it liked pinkies and got fixated on toad scented fish.

It would have been fine for a couple of weeks without anything, if necessary, if it took that long to find some small pinks.
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Chris Harrison

I ended up on what I believe is your sand boa care page. Do you know if they still sell those shelves at Lowes you made the racks out of? Seemed like a really good way to go for us on a budget. Thanks.

EP
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Occupants not paying rent:
7 balls
2.1.10 corns(candy cane, creamsicle, ghost, 6 normal, 4 anery )
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
1 fish
1 mouse
3.3 cats

I don't know if they do or not. I have had several people tell me they couldn't find them there anymore. It is a pity, because they were a great way to make a quick rack.

I actually have moved all my snakes over to Freedom Breeder racks now (one level at a time) and much prefer them to homemade racks.
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Chris Harrison

np
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Occupants not paying rent:
7 balls
2.1.10 corns(candy cane, creamsicle, ghost, 6 normal, 4 anery )
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
1 fish
1 mouse
3.3 cats

of and just feed the heads...they can swollow those with no problem...until they get large enough to eat a whole one
Nancy
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