Quote Originally Posted by Paleosinensis View Post
So how is the metabolism on hognoses? Should I expect them to eat an appropriately sized (or smaller) meal every 3 or 4 days throughout their lives? I've been kind of frustrated with locally available colubrids (high strung), but haven't considered a hognose. I need to go read up on their temperament.
Hognose have a great feeding response however they do better on mice, an adult female will eat an adult mouse, but while she can also eat a rat pup those have a higher fat content and lower calcium content and with that species you have to worry about fatty liver disease.

I breed hogs and rats are only offered for few weeks after my females lay and that's it.