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Re: Hognose: The good, bad and ugly....
Originally Posted by artgecko
I had feeding issues with my male. Started off eating f/t pinkies (unscented) as advertised by the breeder. Within ~3 months, he decided that he was deathly afraid of tongs / hands and thus, would no longer take non-moving f/t prey. I got him to take live rat pinks a few times (which I didn't regularly have available) so I ended up rehoming him to someone who produced live for him and he is now doing fine. With me, he got into pretty much starvation condition due to constant feeding strikes, etc. so I was glad to place him with someone who could produce live regularly to feed him.
Due to that experience, I haven't been back for another try lol. If I do, I'll go with a well-established juvie female that is eating unscented f/t in hopes that she will be a good feeder.
On the good side, they are cute and active and seem to be pretty hardy.
Mine never bit, so I can't attest to how I'd react to the venom.
My I ask what you mean by "unscented" prey? Is it just like the mice and or rats you buy at the pet stores??
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