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Old 03-25-2016, 03:08 PM   #1
Dardin
Question Baby female hognose feeding advice

Hi everyone...I'm hoping I can get some advice on my baby female western hognose. Currently she is about 7" and weighs 10-11 grams.

I have an almost 2 year old male hog that weighs ~70 grams and is about 18". He eats every 5 days ( when he's not fasting for a month or two) on fuzzies that are around 10% of his body weight and he does great....he's docile, healthy, curious and honestly spends most of the day out of his cage if I'm home...

Ok, so now I get the baby female and she is literally the polar opposite....hissy, open mouth strikes, and constantly on the hunt for food. I can barely handle her without her latching on to a finger to bite it. So...I said let me up her food. She's a female, which grow faster and larger than a male, so I started her on 2g pinkies every 4 days, which is 20% of her body weight!

She ate yesterday morning, and already she is roaming...and when I got in there to change the water, she attacked my pinky finger and was trying to work it down until I finally ( gently) pried her off.

So my questions to everyone are 1) should I be giving her even bigger prey/ offering her more than 1? And 2) how often is too often to feed her?

I am keeping her in a 12x12x12 exo Terra, at the same temps as my male - 78-80 ambient during the day with a hotspot of around 88 with low humidity. Should I cool her down maybe? I would hate to do that and she get an RI, but maybe someone has a different experience with a female of this species.

Thanks in advance for any help!
 
 


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