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Mexican Hognose food refusal

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I have a pair of Mexican Hognose snakes that I got around 10/18/07. The female eats unscented f/t pinkies right away even thought she was eating only scented pf/t pinkies before I got her. The male is a different story. I cannot get him to eat not matter how often or how little I try. Troy was scenting with cricket frogs which I cannot get here anywhere so I have been using tuna juice. He will not take scented f/t or unscented. I have left them in overnight in a paper bag with him and still no luck. I have placed them in his mouth...he spits them out. He is fast approaching a month without eating and for a hatchling snake, I would think that to be rather too long.

I am out of ideas. Does anyone else have any or is he just going to be one of those snakes that dies due to non-feeding?
 
i have heard that you can try feeding them guppies to get them to eat. i don't remember where i heard it or if it works as mine ate unscented from when i got them.


jpatino
 
Have you tried braining the pinkies, or even offering live? You might want to try a toad or lizard to get one meal in him.
 
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