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Stockwell
07-15-04, 11:22 AM
Everyone was so interested in this little guy. thanks for the positive feedback and concern.
Thought I'd let you know he and many siblings chowed down on good size pinks last night.
They aren't even a week old yet..
For any that didn't see my last post, this is the smallest hognose I have ever produced or seen. It hatched from an egg about the size of a blueberry.
It weighs 2 grams, but luckily they have huge mouths... It took it a couple of hours but it swallowed this big pinkie backwards.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1801Dscn1003.jpg
the day he was born sitting on a toonie
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1801hogschow04.jpg
The micro-hog is in the background tackling a pink feet first
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1801hogmicrochows.jpg
Here he is full to the hilt.
Jeff_Favelle
07-15-04, 11:24 AM
Sooooo tiny! Tiny but PERFECT! :D
Big_V
07-15-04, 11:30 AM
That is so cool. That little guy can sure take down something alot bigger than him. Completely Awesome.
HetForHuman
07-15-04, 11:34 AM
Awesome Roy..

Sure is a cute little bugger too.
marisa
07-15-04, 11:40 AM
Wow thats really awesome! I wonder how fast he will catch up to the siblings.

Marisa
David Kwok
07-15-04, 11:50 AM
Cutie!
Tim_Cranwill
07-15-04, 11:55 AM
Very cool! I'm sure he'll catch up by winter. :)
thunder
07-15-04, 11:56 AM
i am so glad he is eating! do you think he will grow up tiny, or end up full sized? it will be interesting to see how he does.
Scales Zoo
07-15-04, 12:04 PM
Very cool, thanks for the update!

Ryan
Leviathan
07-15-04, 12:11 PM
Congrats on all of them eating! Did you scent the pinkies? (just outta curiosity) At any rate, awesome job and I'm glad to see they're still lookin cute! Cute and Fat!

Alecia
Katt
07-15-04, 12:44 PM
Holy moly! I can't believe that thing.

Knit it a sock, with all that little body mass I'm sure he gets cold.

Viva Micro Hog!
corr
07-15-04, 01:14 PM
:thumbsup: I was worried about the little guy.
vanderkm
07-15-04, 01:23 PM
Great news that he is taking on prey! Very impressive little guy,

mary v.
Simon
07-15-04, 01:55 PM
LOL
that is so cute~
Its always nice to hear that little ones start eating~

Congrats~!!
Will
07-15-04, 02:04 PM
Very cool little guy...

2 grams?!?

I can't even imagine a snake that small. What do they normally average(or what did the clutch average)...?

Good to hear he's doing well...
BoidKeeper
07-15-04, 03:12 PM
That is amazing! Maybe you stumbled on to a new dwarf hog!
Cheers,
Trevor
Stockwell
07-15-04, 04:24 PM
That's right Trev... I even have two of them now.
The first 10 grand US gets them...
I'll add them to your 04 order. :)
Stockwell
07-15-04, 04:49 PM
When I was a kid, back before the wheel & the internet and all (lol), I was the proud recipient of a litter of baby
Dekaye snakes(Northern Browns)....You wanta see small...thats small
they are born live about the length of a straight pin and the width of a garden centipede. I'm sure they are under 1 gram.
And yes they ate for me..very tiny worms..
but I let them all go. (early cottage life in the Kawarthas)