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I know many breeders on here scent with toads in order to get hatchlings to feed. When I have a baby snake that wont eat, I dip the pinky in egg yolk and then try feeding. I have actually seen this to work with many snake species. I recently tried offering my baby hog a pinky and it refused, I then dipped it in egg and she gulped it right down. She is now taking unscented frozen thawed from my hands. One snake is far too small a sample to say this actually works with hogs. Has anyone else tried this, or are any hog breeders willing to test this for me with more than one picky baby? If this actually yields good results then I expect it is much easier than keeping toads around, as much fun as they are. Thanks. Tyler.

My pair of toads are more fun and far cuter then hogs, thank you!!!! Also, your giving away my hog finding method, you know, finding them at the chicken ranch. I think theres a joke there, but its too early to tell, off to the chicken ranch to find hogs. That don't sound so good!

Thanks. I'm going to try this today! I was using tuna oil/water. I offered food to a pair of babies w/ no success so far. Hope the egg yolk works. Will let you know.

reako45

tyler,
i have heard of people using boiled eggs to scent. i even saw a pics a couple of years ago of a hog biting into a piece of boiled egg. lol thanks for the reminder.
jonathan

I just saw an older video on youtube of exactly that. There was a hardboiled egg cut in half, and a hognose was going for it like gangbusters. The snake even pulled off a piece and swallowed it - very un-snake-like.