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I'm so excited!

I purchased a baby western hog in early August this year. Up until now, she has refused to eat anything. I tried simply thawing the pink, braining it, dipping it in chicken broth, dipping it in tuna juice, dipping in egg whites, scenting with a real lizard, and scenting with T-Rex's Lizard Maker.

Just yesterday, however, she ate a pinky head with a few drops of Lizard Maker. I'm so happy! Maybe now she'll start eating a bit more. When is a good time to switch them off pinky heads and seeing if they'll take a full pink?

Thanks so much for reading this, I'm so happy!

~ Laura

congrats! for everyone who worries about whether to force feed after 3 weeks of not eating, proof that they can survive long periods without food. I'm assuming that pic in your message is your snake? When I got mine she was about the size of a pencil with a slightly larger head, and I just picked out the smallest pinkies I could find for her, which she managed quite well and now she can eat larger ones. Yours is probably big enough for full pinkies, just start with the smallest you can find (the pet stores love it when you pick through their stash of 'mousicles'!), and see how she does with it, and work up in number and size from there. here's hoping for continued good appetite.
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Sue Barnett

0.1 Western hognose (Sola)
1.0 Crested gecko (Gator)
0.1 Egyptian spiny mouse (Mia)
4.2 mini rex rabbits (Basil, Pippin, Reggie, Hayden, Jackie and Peek-a-boo)
0.1 Plott hound (Molly)
1.0 half Arab (Zarr)
0.1 'found in someone's garage' kitten (Terra)

1.0 Betta (Flash) and 1.0 FL kingsnake (Vega) currently living with 1.0 boyfriend (Ethan)