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Old 03-14-18, 11:55 AM   #1
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Re: Need help from someone who knows about hogsnakes

Would be curious why you believe 95F is too high a hotspot, and 72F too cool for a cold side, and 4x2 too much a floorspace, craig.

Anyway, the bigger issue at hand here is the lump, the weight/feeding, and not the other parameters.
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Old 03-15-18, 05:29 AM   #2
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Re: Need help from someone who knows about hogsnakes

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Would be curious why you believe 95F is too high a hotspot, and 72F too cool for a cold side, and 4x2 too much a floorspace, craig.

Anyway, the bigger issue at hand here is the lump, the weight/feeding, and not the other parameters.
I've based that upon my own personal experience, granted I've only been keeping hognose for a year, as well as information I have read and learned from an extremely reputable hognose breeder.
I never go above 90. As hatchlings, yes, incrrased temps. But lowered as they get older and are eating well. The cool side I keep above 75, usually sits at 76. As for the floor space, it's a lot for a hognose, even an adult female. My sub-adult male is in a 10 gallon for life, females do extremely well in 20 gallons. Don't get me wrong, a healthy, well established adult could thrive in a larger enclosure, but the OP's snake doesn't fall in that category.
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