Quote Originally Posted by Colin Vestrand View Post
i'd think it'd be unlikely he'd have an RI... but very likely substrate got in his mouth.
i used to keep mine on walnut shells but after two known instances of getting that crap in his mouth i switched him to newspaper or aspen, depending on what i have.

anyway, hognoses don't even need suplemental heat, so i really doubt he has an RI unless he has some sort of infection that led to it.
One thing to note here is that I don't feed him on the walnut; I feed him seperately on a shoebox lid, so its pretty hard for him to have ingested anything. Also, what do you mean by Hoggers not needing supplelamental heat when they thrive with temperatures higher than most colubrids?