Sorry to revive this thread but I still need help. I have kept my hognose in a 6qt for over a month now. I have tried leaving her in a smaller container with scented/unscented prey, enclosure covered not covered, prey thawed with hot water/prey thawed at room temperature, brained scented/brained unscented. I've also tried the zombie dance with the pinky but she just gets really pissed and afraid. I recently moved her on top of my t-8 because that consistently makes the cool side 79-81 degrees. I read on a U.K. Forum that increasing the hot spot to 94-96 degrees helps so I've done that as well. What would be your absolute go to feeding method? I plan on leaving her completely alone for a week and attempting to feed again. She recently defecated and is weighing in at 8g empty. She seems to be cruising around her enclosure looking for food even when I leave a pinky in there over night. I also have not handled her pretty much at all since getting her in December. I've been waiting for her to start eating consistently. Any help would be greatly appreciated because I don't know what to do at this point.