How often do Hognose shed

[Stewart_Reptiles]

My boy "Chuy" has not shed since mid June. I was wondering if the Hognose snakes shed slower or not has much as other snakes? Another thing I've noticed is he hasn't been keen on eating the last 3 times. He did not want to eat 3 weeks ago so we skipped that meal. The next week I offered and he turned away from it but eventually ate after with a couple trys at offering it to him. (I've notice he doesnt like prey with alot of fur on it. So I stick to medium size fuzzie mice as it only has a little bit of fur on it compared to fuzzie rats).

Typical male behavior, they are just a pain in the butt well at least compare to females , they'll eat fine than skip meals here and there than fast, females on the other end not so much they are really food driven.

Now as far as prey and food offering goes while I feed the majority of my hognose with snake tongs some actually don't like that or get all huff and puff about it so rather than stress them I just push the bedding aside and leave the F/T in the enclosure and by the morning it will be gone, so you might want to try that and see if he feed better like that (sometimes you just have to adjust the way you do things for specific individuals)

I am hoping for Deborah to chime in[/B], as she knows best about these little noodles!! Someone told me that since he is a 1 yr old that perhaps he was reaching maturity and that possibly his hormones may have an effect on him?

See above just a thing male do at any age breeding or not they are just not as predictable and reliable when it comes to feeding.

Is there something I should or shouldn't be doing for him to help?

As far as shedding believe it or not I really don't pay attention to frequency, I pay attention to the growth of my animals and shed during breeding season for females but aside from that, if my snake is healthy and looking good and growing I know they will shed eventually.