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    Hognose not eating. I'm not sure why.

    Hey. I have a male hognose snake that I've had for 1/2 years now. He was always an "on and off" feeder. He would eat for a full month, then stop for a week or two. I realized that tubs work a lot better and would help with finicky eaters.(he was originally in a 20 gallon long with slightly incorrect temps) So I put him into a nice tub with a good quality thermostat. Temps stay at 89F on the warm end, and 80-79 on the cool end.
    He now hasn't eaten for 2 months now and I'm a little worried.

    But what surprised me is that he hasn't lost any weight within those 2 months, and is still very strong and active. Why isn't he eating?!
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    It's weird that he hasn't lost weight. You could try dropping the temps for several weeks as a sort of mock brumation. I've heard of folks getting males back on feed this way.

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    No advice here... But wanted to let you know that you aren't alone. I've had my male hog for just over 1 year now and he has been doing similar things to yours. He just started eating again over the summer, and then abruptly decided to stop about a month ago. I even setup a fluorescent light over his tank just in case lack of light exposure was causing it... Still no dice.

    Good luck with your guy. Mine went about 3 months without eating in one stretch and did get very skinny. It can be very frustrating when you have all the parameters correct and they still won't eat.
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