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#1507924
Cooperthepython
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Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED 
I have a Western Hognose that I just bought 2 weeks ago. When I bought him the pet store told me that he feed for them on a regular basis. I brought Him home and tryed to feed in a small hopper and he wasnt even interested. Then i went out and bought him a pinky, due to the size diffrence, and he didnt go for that eigther. I then I split the brains on the pinky and he just wont eat for me. I am just really worried because it has been almost 3 weeks and I dont want him to die or anything cause he is awsome. I dont know if it matters but he did shed for me last week. I will also try to get some pictures of him on here. PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP PLEASE. Thank you all have I hope your snakes, lizzards, turtles, ext. are doing well. Best of luck.
~~~Cooperthepython~~~~
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11/09/07 09:50pm
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#1508170
JackAsp
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Message To: Cooperthepython In reference to Message Id: 1507924
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
Describe everything you can think of about his housing. Temperatures, heating method, substrate type and depth, light cycle, what the cage is near, and also anything that just seems different from his previous caging. Different isn’t necessarily worse, in fact it’s often much better, but the more info we have the better we can troubleshoot. Also, if he’s used to live or dead, if he’s used to eating in or out of the cage, and what his usual meal size and schedule was. Somebody at the pet shop ought to still remember, even if you have to annoy half a dozen employees to get answers.
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11/10/07 04:11am
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#1508331
Cooperthepython
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1508170
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
Thanks for all the tips. The pet shop told me that they had him eating live hoppers, but I have had no luck. I have been looking around on diffrent sites about his feeding problem and I have found that hogs can go for a while between feedings. I do know that he appers very healthy and is very allert. He is in a 10 gallon tank with aspen bedding and moss on the top layer. I do have a 60 watt light on 9 hours a day and it stays around 80 to 85 durring the day and 73 to 75 in the night. I love my new hoggie but I am just in a rutt with him. Thanks alot for your info I will try anything that I can get. Hopefully I get him to eat pretty soon so that I can see the he eats for myself. Anymore info, pics, facts, ect. on your hogs are very much welcome. Thanks again.
~~cooperthepython~~
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11/10/07 10:34am
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JackAsp
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Message To: Cooperthepython In reference to Message Id: 1508331
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
I’d add an undertank heater. I know a lot of sites suggest a night time cooldown, but you’ll get better results if they always have a warm corner they can sleep in. Keep doing what you’re doing with the lighting, but get a small heat mat and turn the heat down on it. That means either a pet shop rheostat, which can run you thirty bucks easy, or a plug-in lamp dimmer from Home Depot, which can take a little digging to find because they’re usually buried among a lot of more comlicated dimmers that have to be actually installed, but it’ll cost under ten bucks and allow you to put the heat mat at a mild enough level that the snake can even sleep on it if he wants to.
Also, if he’s eating live, stick with live for now, but I’d go with live fuzzies. Still recognizeable, but easy to catch. You can play around with presentation later, once he accepts the new place as a feeding location.
Were they feeding him in his cage or elsewhere? if they use a feeding container, ask to see what it looks like so you can imitate it. In the cage, try to set it up so he can find the mouse while exploring, rather than having the mouse come to him. Hognoses are searchers more than ambushers. Try serving it to him in a dish or small box or something, since he isn’t responding to them moving around freely.
I think the biggest thing, though, is the heat mat. And the dimmer switch. If you can’t find or afford a dimmer right away, put the mat on the side of the end of the tank instead of underneath it.
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11/12/07 05:27am
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#1520722
Cooperthepython
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1510736
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
I just got him to eat this weekend. I guess he was just being lazy, because I put a small mouse in his feeding cup and he went right at it. He is alot more active now, and he even comes out to see whatr is going on. I did make the humidity in his cage a bit more but that was it. All i know is I am very happy that he is eating now. Thanks JackAsp for your info it was very helpful.
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11/20/07 04:40am
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#1520896
Miguelm
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Message To: Cooperthepython In reference to Message Id: 1520722
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
was it a live mouse or frozen/thawed
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11/20/07 11:12am
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#1522252
Cooperthepython
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Message To: Miguelm In reference to Message Id: 1520896
Feeding problems with my Hoggie, KINDA SCARED
I feed it a fuzzy mouse that was killed before I gave it to him. I had no luck with giving him a live one, he just ignored it, but went right after the dead one. He eats like a king now.
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11/21/07 05:17pm
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