Female hognose growth rate

Eggplant · 05-04-15, 12:14 PM

So I just realized that my hognose is now a year and a month old!! Time flies. The thing is, I didn't really notice much of a difference with her size.. I feed her one "large" fuzzy every 4-5 days. She's now about 19'' long. Is this normal or am I not feeding her enough?

EDIT: I just measured her with better accuracy and she's around 19''. She keeps wiggling so it's hard to tell :|

reptiledude987 · 05-04-15, 12:17 PM

I think that sounds about right but not 100% sure. I just got my first Hoggie yesterday and shes around 1 month old around 5" and 12 grams. Cant wiat till shes 16''! hopefully someone who has kept hoggies longer will be able to confirm this for us.

ARCH3R · 05-04-15, 03:03 PM

Another newbie as far as Hoggies go. Bought a supposed female in Jan (I'll admit it was somewhat of an impulse buy) although now I believe it to be male based on tail length and subcaudal scalation alone. I may be wrong so I guess I might as well include pic.

Anyways 11 months and 13 inches, but only 21 grams. (Problem feeder, addressed in another Thread)

reptiledude987 · 05-04-15, 04:14 PM

Ok so weve got 3 hoggie amateurs here. Any expierenced hognose keepers that can chime in on this?

Eggplant · 05-04-15, 05:58 PM

Yes please!

CK SandBoas · 05-04-15, 06:32 PM

I have a 10 month old female hognose that is around 22-23 inches long and weighs around 160 grams....She will literally eat whatever I put in front of her. She is currently on hoppers right now, and will probably keep her on them for a while. Some Hognose have been known to regurgitate prey items you would think they could easily take down, so multiple smaller items are better for them than a larger, single prey item.

Eggplant · 05-04-15, 11:23 PM

Hot dang. You got one big hoggie! I might feed more often or size up a bit because the fuzzies I feed her barely make a lump after swallowing. Also just ordered some Reptilinks so I'll see how it goes. Thanks for the input!