Hatchling Western

[SSSSnakes]

It depends on how old it is. Most hatchlings do not need or want to eat until their first shed. I know they can go for months without eating. Just try all the trick, like braining the pinkie, scenting it with frogs or chicken soup broth, offering live. Put the snake and the pinkie in a paper bag and leaving it over night. But do not stress it out by trying to feed it to often. Give it at least 5 days between offering it food. The trick is determination and patience.

[Gregg M]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

It depends on how old it is. Most hatchlings do not need or want to eat until their first shed. I know they can go for months without eating. Just try all the trick, like braining the pinkie, scenting it with frogs or chicken soup broth, offering live. Put the snake and the pinkie in a paper bag and leaving it over night. But do not stress it out by trying to feed it to often. Give it at least 5 days between offering it food. The trick is determination and patience.

Being that hognose snakes shed within ours of hatching, I would say its well past it first shed by now. If they waited until the shed after that to eat, they would be dead of starvation.

Hatchlings can not go for months without feeding. The will die especially if kept at active temperatures. So, when a hatching is not feeding, it is something to be concerned about.

Also, hatchling hogs should be feeding every 2 to 3 days, not every 5...

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by Gregg M

Being that hognose snakes shed within ours of hatching, I would say its well past it first shed by now. If they waited until the shed after that to eat, they would be dead of starvation.

Hatchlings can not go for months without feeding. The will die especially if kept at active temperatures. So, when a hatching is not feeding, it is something to be concerned about.

Also, hatchling hogs should be feeding every 2 to 3 days, not every 5...

Opinions and experience vary. I've dealt with hatchlings before and have had good results. I give my advice from experience and it has been working for me. People can take my advice or not, but it comes from over 30 years of experience. There are many ways of doing things and getting the same result. It is better to offer your ways and not criticize others of theirs.