Hognose not eating

[Bogertophis]

I'd very cautious with this. Like Deb mentioned, toads can carry crypto. And in all honesty I don't trust the water at many local pet stores. I've been in the aquarium game for many years and have learned to avoid the water from the stores. I stopped buying feeder fish and started using a quarantine tank before introducing new fish into my main tank(s). I just had too many battles with fish getting sick. Once I took the pet store water out of the equation I no longer had any sick fish.

Also, when I got my Hognose boy a few years ago he wasn't eating. He had apparently eaten once in almost a year before coming to me. I followed Deb's advice to a T and have had no problems with Cosmo eating ever since. Follow Deb's advice, she knows her stuff.

I'm glad that both you & Deb posted on this. I was thinking that feeding toads would carry more risk, but didn't know they carry crypto! And while I'd have thought
that it would be more likely a problem from w/c toads, you've changed my mind about that, for sure. Not my hoggie & not my problem, but if it was, I SURE wouldn't be
feeding toads, not even from pet store.

Hey, what size mice have you been offering, anyway? Is it possible he doesn't like the fur? I have a TX longnose snake that's supposed to be a lizard (& possibly small snake) feeder, but he has been eating pink, & then fuzzy mice for me for many (17) years. Good sized fuzzies are the right size for him, & some
snakes can be very fussy...I know you (OP) offered a live fuzzy, but maybe the "live" put him off too? What size was he eating before? My current longnose snake (as well as those w/c's I've worked with in the past) have all accepted f/t better when it's literally thawed IN water (not in a baggy), presumably because more of the mouse scent/flavor gets washed off...& then I'll pinch-damage the nose w/ my tongs to release a little more scent from the internal parts, & I can
get most longnose snakes to eat mice. (fyi, this is known to be a very challenging endeavor) So if that's something you haven't tried yet...? Just don't keep
trying things too often...remember that stresses snakes too, give a week's rest in-between.