hog off feed?

So after a couple months of steady eating every 4-7 days (ft pinks and then upped to fuzzys) my hog stopped eating. its been about 4 weeks now and he's still too small to miss that much feeding.

Humidity ranges 40-50 temps are 75-80 cool and 90-95 warm side small water dish, on aspen bedding.

Next step im thinking either scenting with tuna/chicken or getting a live pinkie.

Thoughts?

Breeding season, all our males and some females have quite eating. If he has been feeding regularly on unscented, dont start scenting now. Just monitor his weight

I wouldn't say breeding season if he's still on fuzzies. Monitor his weight. Mine is on pinkies yet and I haven't got him to eat consistently yet :(

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I was just going from the statement about it eating steady for a few months. Male hogs will start going off feed this time of year because of both breeding season and brumation.

This is the time of year where males, especially, go off feed. As soon as the temps dropped, I had a couple stop eating right away. It didn't matter that the tubs were warm. I think they react to the changes in barometric pressure. What is the weight of your hog?

I'll weigh the bugger when i get home, he was between 35-40 g last i weighed him.

35-40 gram is most defiantly coming into breeding size.

All the hoggies and corns in my house are brumating right now, with the exception of the littlest albino hog, who's only about 15g. The little guy is keeping my ball pythons company in their dedicated (and independently heated) room, the rest are at ambient house temperature, somewhere around 60F during the day. None of them will eat for a total of about 6 weeks, once we warm them up they'll be ready for eating and breeding. I don't think I'd worry about a 40g hog that isn't eating for a few weeks right now, just keep an eye on him and make sure he's not losing body condition or showing any signs of illness.

Well he's 27g right now so, lost between 8-13g (cant remember previous weight exactly) Certainly has lots of energy and im still getting some poop and pee here n there.

If he was closer to 35g, he is probably at his true "empty" weight now. You could choose to brumate him as he may be in that mode already. Hogs go off feed this time of the year to empty out before brumation.


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So still no luck with this guy as far as eating food right away, I can't ever see him eat so judging what to feed is hard.

If i leave 2 large warm pinkies (ft) in the tub they will be gone 20 min later usually...

The gf just caught the little guy mid-eating one of them and as soon as she looked in (probably 2-3 feet away from his tub. He spat it and started hissing...

Thoughts? super-shy?

Interesting - my male is almost the same way. I have to put his f/t mouse hopper under his hide with him, and check 2-3 hours later.

I think my BP's have corrupted him - he will fast for 2-3 weeks for no obvious reason also.

Mine never grabs her meal off tongs or strikes it while I watch, I stick her and the mouse in a little container in the cage, so she doesn't eat substrate and so she stays on task, cover it lightly with some paper and she crawls out once she eats. She was a little fussy about eating the first year but now seems to have settled in and is 50+ grams currently. So I wouldn't worry too much about a shy eater.

My male hog has grown out of the finicky eating phase but hasn't grown since last year. He's 100 grams but he only likes a pinky every weekend. From what I know males are picky and females devourer anything in sight.

My baby had a hard time learning to eat I was getting worried and thank God he started to eat, he's a baby and a cute one I must say.

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My Hogsnake baby has been on a food strike for 6 weeks I have tried everything, Im going in to give him his little pinkie as I do everyday until he eats.

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My Hog is back to not eating I don't know what to try to get him eating.

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Originally Posted by Lady mkrj58

My Hogsnake baby has been on a food strike for 6 weeks I have tried everything, Im going in to give him his little pinkie as I do everyday until he eats.

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Firstly, he was eating before, he will eat the same thing again - no need to confuse him with different sights, smells, approaches. Secondly, don't overwhelm him by offering every day. If he hasn't lost much body mass you are fine offering every 5-7 days as usual. I suggest starting a new thread, you kind of hijacked this one, and seeing if you can't get some more feedback there. Make sure you list the setup parameters with temps, humidity, lighting, feeding schedule/routine, etc.

So Sorry

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