Hognoses and Heat

[Andy_G]

Generally, you will have a more solid feeder if you keep ambients in the mid to high 70's and a basking spot right around 90-92. A lot of people claim to have picky/problematic/sporadic feeding hognose but sometimes they will not feed as well if the temps drop too much. Each individual is different, but kept at those temps while I kept and bred the species (8 years) I rarely had a refusal unless it was a male during breeding season or a gravid female. These hoggies have such a wide geographical range and are highly adaptable.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Andy_G

Generally, you will have a more solid feeder if you keep ambients in the mid to high 70's and a basking spot right around 90-92. A lot of people claim to have picky/problematic/sporadic feeding hognose but sometimes they will not feed as well if the temps drop too much. Each individual is different, but kept at those temps while I kept and bred the species (8 years) I rarely had a refusal unless it was a male during breeding season or a gravid female. These hoggies have such a wide geographical range and are highly adaptable.

Yeah what this guy said.

Did you know I asked BHB (fairly large hog breeders especially 7 years ago). They told me this was wrong because they weren't boas or pythons and only that species is supposed to have 90degree hot spots.

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Yeah what this guy said.

Did you know I asked BHB (fairly large hog breeders especially 7 years ago). They told me this was wrong because they weren't boas or pythons and only that species is supposed to have 90degree hot spots.

Guess if i ever get a rubber boa, I need to crank up the heat? Lol

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Yeah what this guy said.

Did you know I asked BHB (fairly large hog breeders especially 7 years ago). They told me this was wrong because they weren't boas or pythons and only that species is supposed to have 90degree hot spots.

That's a really vague statement for them to make. The team over at BHB produced my numbers many times over. Saying that... I never had a picky hognose, and i had pairs breed as early as january and as late august, but I was keepin em all wrong.

Whoops! This and the previous was supposed to be 1 post. Sorry.