Kova Progression Thread

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I recently added a female conda hognose to my little collection (recently as in 12 days ago), and she has been so cool to have! Being completely honest, I did impulse buy her. I mean, I was ready and all I just feel like I wasn't mentally? Idk but she stressed me out the first couple days lol, I would've posted this thread sooner. It's gotten much much better now and she's definitely part of the family now!
Kova (guess her name reference)'s on a 5-day food schedule and eats pinkys like a champ! ..Well I've only fed her twice, but she ate great both times :)) Here's her eating last night: https://youtu.be/iL2etwzWr8s
I didn't know she was going to strike sideways :rofl:But she ended up getting it down just fine.
She's in qt right now, the only times we've interacted with her were when we received her (to check her over and weigh before putting her in her tank), and I also dug her out once (didn't actually pick her up), just because it was a couple days after she arrived and although I knew she was fine, I just had to check and make sure:rolleyes:. She's 6 weeks old and 7g, and I'm very happy to have her!
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She is precious, pretty big enclosure for such a tiny babe, I be a nervous wreck;), glad she is eating well and adjusting to her new home. Thank you so much for sharing and best wishes always..:gj:

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Originally Posted by C.Marie

She is precious, pretty big enclosure for such a tiny babe, I be a nervous wreck;), glad she is eating well and adjusting to her new home. Thank you so much for sharing and best wishes always..:gj:

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Thanks so much! And ya, I didn't know she'd be that tiny lol! I would've got for a 5gal. But she seems to navigate it well ;) Thanks!

Congrats! Hoggies are such wonderful little snakes. :)

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Originally Posted by CloudtheBoa

Congrats! Hoggies are such wonderful little snakes. :)

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Thank you!! They really are <3

Alright! Little update on Kova. First off, I don't know if this is my scales fault, but apparently, she's gained 23g in 35 days! I don't know if that's right, 7g-30g in 5 weeks, I'll reweigh her when I can. What happened was I got her out really quick last night to spot clean and weigh, and when I saw 30g I thought that was normal lol. Guess I just got her weights messed up with my cresties. When I was writing it in her notebook -after I put her back- I was like "Wait..." I'll just reweigh and check when I can next :)

But here's the thing-
She's had 6 successful feedings with us, and tonight was supposed to be her 7th. (About an hour ago) I was warming her mouse and searching for her under the aspen (which took forever! I always dig her out gently before I feed if she's not out already, that way she's awake and alert), and when I found her she seemed a little squirmy. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, she's been squirmy some other times. When I offered the mouse she turned away from it. I rubbed it on her side and tried to offer like normal but she just wouldn't have it! Eventually, she started hissing at it! I understood she wasn't happy and very tense, so I just tried for a few more seconds. More hissing and she even did a bluff strike! So I set it on her rock and turned her lights off. About 30 mins later when I put everyone else to bed, I checked just using my phone light and she was hidden and the pinky was still on the rock.
I feel bad now :( I really hope I didn't stress her out too much. She's still eating on a 5-day schedule and the last I had her out was last night. I weighed her and let my mom hold her while I spot cleaned her tank. Only 5 minutes.
Besides all of that she's doing really good here. Super healthy and everything, we were so excited when we finally got to hold her! She's very sweet.
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

I'm no hognose expert, but if she has grown that much, I dont think it would be unusual to get a food refusal due to an oncoming shed. Since you didnt mention a shed, I would guess that is likely after than many meals even if your scale was off somehow.

The only things I know of that are pretty regular about eating in shed are corn snakes and king snakes, so if it is an incoming shed then it isnt surprising to get a refusal.

Aside from that, I'll leave any other suggestions to someone who is more familiar with the species. :)

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Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal

I'm no hognose expert, but if she has grown that much, I dont think it would be unusual to get a food refusal due to an oncoming shed. Since you didnt mention a shed, I would guess that is likely after than many meals even if your scale was off somehow.

The only things I know of that are pretty regular about eating in shed are corn snakes and king snakes, so if it is an incoming shed then it isnt surprising to get a refusal.

Aside from that, I'll leave any other suggestions to someone who is more familiar with the species. :)

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Thank you! Thatd make sence 🤣 Ill see what others have to say too, but thanks! She hasnt shed yet here. Also, she didn't eat over night. She came out after I threw her mouse away, here she is :)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...be028fff4c.jpg

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Such a cutie! Hopefully you'll start seeing signs of the shed coming in the next few days, then.

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Hmm ok
Kiva didn't eat this time either, I checked her weight today and its 9g again now? I double checked and she is truly 9g. Do you think the 30g was a misreading or was it legit? I haven't seen any signs of shed. Thanks!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a6696e25a4.jpg

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