Quote Originally Posted by Dragnbaron View Post
Wow, if he's eating that much you may want to switch to fuzzies or rat pups. 6 is quite alot and the younger the feed is the less nutrition it has because it cannot yet metabolize alot of the vitamins and nutrients. Rats are just better for feeding them anyway. They have much more protien and a larger size.
My full grown hoggs can eat 1 or 2 rat pups a week. If they get picky and need something stinky they can eat up to 5 large fuzzies or hoppers a week.
Try some larger prey, but don't go crazy. Don't feed it anything that can fight back or only feed then F/T.
So, it's a boy... If it was a girl and she was hungry i would say, let her eat as much as she wants, but the boys will stay smaller and i like my girls to grow big and lay good eggs. Feed your hognose some larger prey and let him eat as much as he needs. If he regurgitates anything i would then reccomend limiting his food intake.
Good luck!
p.s. you should get soem pictures of him up!
That is what is so strange, he won't eat anything larger than a pinkie! The guy we got him from said that he was a male and that his vet sexed him. He said that he had never been able to feed him anything larger than a pinkie. Strange huh? I've tried slowly moving up to a fuzzy f/t and live and he runs and hides from the live and then just strikes the f/t several times and then leaves it alone. The guy tried to tell us he would only eat live which was a lie, he eats f/t just fine. Should I be concerned about him not wanting to eat anything larger? Is there anything I can do to make sure he gets the right nutrition? Now i'm super concerned! He is super active and really is a beautiful guy! I will get some pics up asap! Do you think maybe it's time to take little hoggie to the vet?