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To feed, or not to feed

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I have a young western hog nose whose eyes are beginning to fog. (not sure how old, since the pet store said it had been surrendered to them after not eating, then they finally got it to eat after several weeks of trying, which I don't entirely understand, since it eats perfectly fine for me. Also was considered "aggressive" and had been there five months or so since no one wanted it. When the lady took him out she was bitten, but he's so small, only about 7 inches long, she just blew it off since she didn't feel a fang. But again, I have had little to no trouble after giving it a proper inclosure., and handling every day, I have never had him even puff up at me! I wish pet stores weren't so ignorant, but that's another thread entirely ;))

I know the fogging means it's getting ready to shed, but my concern is should I feed it before? He's acting so hungry, and this is the day I usually feed, but I don't want to screw up the shedding process, since I hear you aren't really supposed to feed before or after, I'm just not sure how long before or after!
 
You can offer in shed & if they eat it wont effect there shedding. Most wont eat durring that time but there are a few that will. Good luck!!
 
chrisis697 said:
You can offer in shed & if they eat it wont effect there shedding. Most wont eat durring that time but there are a few that will. Good luck!!
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Thank you so much for the reply! I just wasn't sure if it had to do with the shedding itself, but it does make sense not to put anything live in with a snake not willing to eat, I've seen horrible things happen that way! That's why I feed frozen pinkies :p
 
Mine hognose will stop whatever he's doing shed or not, hungry or not, to eat. If I let him he'd weight a full pound and be perfectly round by now if I fed him as much as he wanted. ;)

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