I use a switch method. Either I pinch both a small american toad (live/dead/or in parts) and a pinky mouse with feeding tongs, then kind of jig them around the cage, then when the snake chases it (usually with its mouth open) I turn the tongs so that it actually grabs the pinky mouse instead of the toad.

Sometimes you can get them chasing a toad so aggressively that you can actually put the toad down, then pick up the pinky mouse, and they chase and eat the pinky mouse.

FYI I would never scent a pinky mouse with an amphibian that is non-native to a hognose snake's natural environment, such as firebelly toads.

Adam

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• how to scent a pinky with toad - Synn, Mon Jul 27 00:02:22 2009
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