strange behavior when trying to feed

Hello,

Sometimes hognose just dont feed consistently. Do not stress it out by constantly offering it the food. Sometimes some of my hognose will do that, if they don't eat, then they wont be offered food till 3 days later. I have all species of true hognose, and I've seen it from Westerns and Southerns the most. Just make sure you dont stress the snake. Sometimes getting them live food triggers them as well, since hognose seem to be attracted to movement.

-Jordan

Originally Posted by LampropeltisCollector

Hello,

Sometimes hognose just dont feed consistently. Do not stress it out by constantly offering it the food. Sometimes some of my hognose will do that, if they don't eat, then they wont be offered food till 3 days later. I have all species of true hognose, and I've seen it from Westerns and Southerns the most. Just make sure you dont stress the snake. Sometimes getting them live food triggers them as well, since hognose seem to be attracted to movement.

-Jordan

I am by no means any type of expert and just adding my .02 here from what I have seen and read about. I have a male that does exactly what you are saying. When he doesn't want to eat and you put food in he gets a bit grouchy. He is generally an excellent feeder and will strike from several inches away. When he is not interested in feeding he just hisses and false strikes. I just leave him be and move on to the next and wait till the next feeding date to try again. He does this every couple weeks and will skip one feeding. He holds his weight well and is very healthy. I personally wouldn't worry unless he really started losing a lot of weight or showed sign's of being sick.

This sounds just like what is going on. He has fed since but now when I tried to feed both of them neither one would eat. They are making me crazy. I am going to offer food again today. I did not realize just what picky eaters hognose snakes were. I will try to relax and not get worried if they don't eat on what I thinks there schedule should be. Thanks for the info. It was right on.

Kathy

Originally Posted by Kate269

This sounds just like what is going on. He has fed since but now when I tried to feed both of them neither one would eat. They are making me crazy. I am going to offer food again today. I did not realize just what picky eaters hognose snakes were. I will try to relax and not get worried if they don't eat on what I thinks there schedule should be. Thanks for the info. It was right on.

Kathy

Do not try to feed often ,just wait a bit and try , i give mine a week at min and offer food, the stress of constant hassle is a concern as well.

HI, Thank you for your advise. It does seem to be working out that way.

Kathy