So here I am finding it ironic that I have 6 Ball Pythons and they all eat great and one of my hognoses is an issue lol...
Alright, so I have a female albino Western Hognose, Who is picky about eating I recently started doing more comprehensive documentation partly because of her.
Every one of my other hognose snakes eats fantastically(they also have full sheds!) she is slightly picky she ate the first 2 weeks I have not handled her due to her being so small(Not underweight) just small. She does not look unhealthy there are no ribs or spine showing. Her first shed came recently with her refusing food I was kind of surprised(going on 2-3 weeks now)
Now we are in week 4 and I am getting slightly worried. My other hognoses have literally almost doubled on the fuzzies. she, however, won't eat her pinkie's.
So I am at a crossroad where I can either
A. Try and give her a fuzzy I think she is still a bit small to switch but fuzzies seem to have a better response I don't know if they smell different or what but my other hognose had some trouble eating pinkies sometimes too. Once he got just enough on him to try fuzzy's he was super excited to eat those.
Or
B. Adjust her feeding time to a more afternoon time to feed maybe she is more picky about her time of day? Hognoses being Diurnal Maybe feeding close to dusk is reducing the response?
Any help would be great!
I will attempt to try and just leave a pinkie scenting with a small rat on Saturday(My normal feeding day) int he enclosure and see if she takes it in the noon hours.
she just finished a shed that was kind of broken up as well I misted and moved one of my probes from the other tubs that are stable and will see if maybe husbandry is the cause.
Hmm maybe I should rename this thread into a My hognose does not like schedule feedings lol.
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