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Hey so me and a friend bought a baby hognose about 5 inches long we took it off the vendors hands because we didn't think its life expectancy would be to high with this vendor who owned him. When we asked him what it ate he replied just pinkies but I don't see how that is possible the pinkies are about the size of his body so I don't see that happening so I was wondering if anyone could help me with other option to feed a tiny western hognose.
 
thanks for the help I'm going to try to save this guy he was in poor condition when we first got him but my friend has it setup in a nice warm tank. Also do you know of any deformaties with hognose, ours seem to have like bug eyes that protrude from it's face.
 
Marley09 said:
Hey so me and a friend bought a baby hognose about 5 inches long we took it off the vendors hands because we didn't think its life expectancy would be to high with this vendor who owned him. When we asked him what it ate he replied just pinkies but I don't see how that is possible the pinkies are about the size of his body so I don't see that happening so I was wondering if anyone could help me with other option to feed a tiny western hognose.
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Snakes in general can eat meals that are as big as the widest part of their bodies,so i wouldn't worry to much about it if the pinkie is that size,although i wouldn't suggest anything bigger.
 
A couple months ago I bought two small hoggies. The smallest was 18g and it helped her if I cut the legs off the pinkies but she only needed that for about a month.
 
Necoco said:
Snakes in general can eat meals that are as big as the widest part of their bodies,so i wouldn't worry to much about it if the pinkie is that size,although i wouldn't suggest anything bigger.
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In general, snakes can eat food one and a half times the largest part of their body. Your best bet would have been to feed it day old pinkies, otherwise, slice the pinkies in half. if you have trouble doing such... find someone who doesn't
 
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