How to get Picky Hognose Snakes to Eat!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Can't get your hognose snake to eat? Don't worry, they're known for that! It just takes some patience, environment tweaking, and sometimes creativity, to convince them to take a meal. Watch this to troubleshoot what may be causing your hognose snake to refuse food, and hopefully you'll get your snake back on track again with a full belly!
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He protecc,
He atacc,
But most of all,
He picky about his snacc.
HaPpY Holidays!!!
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love this! lol
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650th like!
Me: *doesnt even own a snake and has no interest in getting one*
Me when you upload: 👁👁
lovealot same here
lovealot your so annoying copying memes.
Your god okay anime icon
lovealot shut up unoriginal kid
@your god why are you here go watch your anime. If your going to argue instead of Learning about reptiles then your a bad owner
I swear she knew I had just got a baby hognose and it won’t eat x
Me too, actually
Samee!
She did.
She's watching you
Run!
Same! My girl has been a really good eater for the passed 4 months, but yesterday and now today, she just is all "nah I don't want".
Same
Do I have a hognose snake? No
Do I have a picky snake? Also no
Am I going to watch this video anyway? Of course
Haha same.
Course* and lol 😂
Same I used to obsess Over snakes
same I watch it even though I don't have a snake
Me to
I love how the toad was moving side to side while getting the pinky massage. Haha it was too cute. He was like "oohhhh, yes, right there....ohhhh yeah that side too!"
Why did 9 people dislike this?
DO YOU HATE EDUCATION!?
Probably the mouse squad coming to hate an people who feed mice to snakes
@@lankadivore6379 Snakes gotta eat tho. I'm not a fan of live feeding either but I understand that sometimes it needs to happen.
Must be the same kind of people who screech when tomcats fight, you know, tomcats, animals that evolved to beat the crap out of each other xD
They're probably from picky hognose snakes who don't want mice
You could literally make a video about the necessity of breathing air and someone somewhere will dislike it.
ElmoZ71 LS1 I would dislike that, that’s a little off brand imo
Round and round the deli cup goes the hog nose chasing the pinky
When he bumps it with his nose , pop goes the pinky
They need to put this on a shirt.
Whitney Gore that a great idea
Please like this so that it gets noticed XD
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あ this is a weird snake eating a stick
Just the editing of the "what r u looking at?" and "pancake mode activated" had me laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂
So true 😂
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Same! Haha! "pancake mode activared was what got me lol.
They really do activate pancake mode and omg, they’re just so precious.
I find it funny that Hognose snakes are picky eaters. Since they have hog in their name.
Lol never realised that very ironic
That made me snort a bit ahah
Nose
😂😂😂
Well once they get going they can actually be quite hoggy. Lol 😂
I swear my guy Niklaus would eat daily if I fed him that much! I gave him two small pinkies last time I fed him and he was still looking around for more.
So, when they do eat their name becomes quite appropriate. Lol 😂
My friend's little hognose will only eat his mice if you hide them with tongs and make them peak out. He just likes hunting.
He's called Cluedo.
That is a good snake name
Like a cat!
That is cute
Elise Graf
You don't go to Bates middle school, right?
Because I have a friend named Eloise Graf who goes to my school.
This video has come at a perfect time - my hognose has
decided not to eat recently even though hes been fine all his life!
I think its his environment - we realised our thermostat broke not too long ago and had it replaced but since then hes not eaten even though the temp is back to normal. I dont handle too much - hes got a humidity box and a hide. hmmm!
Aimiee Thermostats can sometimes vary slightly. It’s possible that even though the new one says the temp is the same as it was before, it may be slightly off. You could try adjusting it a bit and then giving your noodle a few days to adjust.
It's the time of year probably, you can cool him down and not feed if you want or just wait it out. In around 6 weeks he will probably shed, offer a day or two after the shed actually comes off and he will be a hungry hungry hippo. Nothing makes them get back on track like a shed. Plus with the time of year, even if it is hot inside his enclosure he might feel the barometric pressure drop and know it's colder outside. There is an article on reptilinks about how all hogs go off food this time of year and all new owners freak out that goes into more detail.
Aimiee it’s also very common for them to stop eating this time of year, I wouldn’t worry too much.
might be the season, might also be worth a temp gun check to be very certain that the new thermostat is accurate
if he's not lost much weight it probs isn't a major worry as of yet
志人已！
So what I'm taking away from this video is that hognose snakes have anxiety.
Like me
That are also grumpy as frick picky eaters and like warm
tepacures sounds like me
Mine does totally
Right, the whole vid I just thought you basically have to treat a hognose like an anxious person should get treated
@@awesomesause4836 lol same here
me: doesn’t have a snake, never had a snake, probably won’t ever get a snake
snake discovery: *uploads*
also me: 👁👄👁
My ball python is even kinda picky on colour of his rat, hes almost always had white rats, but my local pet store only had brown and black, and he will eat it eventually hes just gets kinda confused 😅🤦🏻♀️
Same mine only like white hoppers
Racist python😋
@@emelyrosas8024 Not funny.
I REALLY want a video with just Emily's funny quotes on videos of the snakes. They never fail to make me smile
That's a beautiful fat baby you're holding. :)
Getting our first hognose has been an experience this year. He's a nearly three-year-old male we got from a breeding facility that no longer wanted to breed his line.The dummy ended up eating and spitting up his bedding chips (do NOT use Sani-Chips for these guys, they are too small and our derpagus ingested a lot), but thankfully he passed them and wasn't impacted. We put him on much bigger aspen chips to fix that(fibers are good too).
5:35 - Heat is VERY important. We keep our hoggy's tank very warm (around 85-87 degrees, never more than 90 on the substrate surface). Once we got the heat up, 2 months after the substrate incident, he ate. His tank is also in one of the least-used rooms in our house, so it's quiet and comfy.
Some hoggies are very fussy. Ours won't eat if you take him out of the tank. He has to be up and moving around of his own volition, and we need to boop his nose with the pinkie before he takes it (like 8:44). Pay careful attention to your hoggy's behavior, limit touch around feeding time, and keep them warm. (Also, talk to your hoggy when they're around to get them used to the friendly noise, and try not to hover over them. The shadow you cast makes them think you're a hawk and it frightens them.)
Reptilinks has toad sausages and toad-scenting liquid sprays, if you're looking for those. Those links didn't work for me but others have had a lot of success.
My 3 year old hoggie isn't eating because it's winter and cause she's in the mood 🤣
lol I've got a male that just came of age and he is driving the girls wild, so much twerking, even from the girls that are too young. I told them no babies havin babies in this house.
Emily I would love to see you do a video about how you travel with your animals. I’ve always been curious about how you manage to take so many animals to programs while still keeping the health of the animals in mind!
She does have one
I've seen a couple vids of hers talk about her program animals. She says she rotates and has back up animals to not over stress them and gives breaks as needed
That toad really seems to love his scenting job! He looked like he was really enjoying his mouse massage lol, 🐸
Literally dealing with day 6 of non eating from my Hoggie and weve been through 2 wasted feeders! Thank you!!
Isn't that quite soon to be retrying? Has she not said before that if your snake doesn't eat to just leave it a week or so before trying again?
Hippie Chef don't rush it. Even baby's can go months without food and be fine.
Same. 2 weeks.
My hoggie didn’t eat for 3 weeks in october and is on a steady feeding schedule again! He’ll be fine
@@shestewa6581 i have been trying the past week with 3 days in between. He is on a every 10 day schedule so hes gone....about 16-17 days since his last feed.
*me watching this video* "I'm 14 minutes in and now just realised I don't have a Hognose. Along with knowing all my other snakes eat just fine." Hey though it could help me if my other snakes decide "nah im not gonna eat this."
LOL
*casually says "he just likes to eat chicken hearts"
hahaha XD
I dont getit😞😞😞
I love hognoses! Their little noses and attitudes always get me! 🥺😍
I'm lucky, my hognose MJ will even eat while she's in shed. She just loves food!
I've seen other keepers "brain" the rodents. It's gross but I've heard it's succesful for the particularly morbid snakes.
What does "brain the rodents" mean?
@@hightymes7704 eww
but i guess sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do :C
Thanks for the explanatiom
It's where you cut/puncture a hole into the head of the mouse to get them good brain juice smells to entice the snake to eat.
Fascinating! Snakes are silly creatures. I bet chicken hearts also smell better bc of the bloody smell.
First Hognose I ever had was one of the best snakes I ever kept. Ate whenever I offered food and never was picky. He was a favorite in my Education Programs, because he would still play dead almost on command, and then pop back up and resume normal activity. A few years later, I got another one that was so pretty, and he never adjusted to people. They sure can be extremes! Neat video. Thanks
Sydney refused to eat for more than a month. He weighed 10g, but went down to 9g. We went to our vet who force fed him. It was ugly because he really didn’t want to eat. I used all the tips and tricks you mentioned (except chicken hearts, didn’t know that one!), and no eating until the vet.
The vet suggested using live pinkies after everyone else in the room went to bed and the lights were out. It worked! I used 2 live, then changed to frozen/thawed. He ate it right down, and we never looked back! That was in early September. He so good on eating, he just ate in blue! Thanks for this video on behalf of all of us anxious snake mom’s out here!
Funny. I just got a baby to start eating after 3 MONTHS! Scary! Lol he ate twice for me at first, then 3 months later. I ended up uping his hot spot to 94. He’s much happier now. I tried EVERYTHING! From scenting with tuna( worked once) catching roads and using them for scenting (never worked) adjusting temps and almost changing enclosure( he’s in a small tub with aspen) but he’s ok now(ate 4 times since without scenting). Glad you guys made this video though! Very informative especially because when I was having trouble I couldn’t find much info online.
Thank you for translating the °F to °C! Very much appreciated
Of course this is uploaded after my baby hognose started eating! Lol. I’m new to the hobby and have had my little boy since September. He was a great eater when he was still with his breeder but when I received him he had no interest in food. I guess he’s finally at home with me because he ate his first f/t pinkie last week. ☺️🐍💕
Great tip for cheap hides- use damp sand to make a mold then fill it with concrete or cement, smooth down the edges and you're done. It's cheap and easy to customize. I spent 5 dollars on a huge bag of concrete and 10 on a big bag of sand, had enough for six or so attempts at making the caves, resulted in having three successful caves, because I was experimenting a lot.
I know it's been 3 years since this video was posted, but I wanted to post up that it was very helpful. I have a male hog nose that's about 1.5 years old and had gone off food for months. once he got too big for pinkies. I tried everything, switching frozen food types, even going back to pinkies. Tried scenting with all the usual recommendations even with frog juice from that expensive web store with no success. He refused to eat. Vet said he was fine so was at the point of selling him to a local vendor when I came across this video and with nothing left to try I went and picked up some fresh chicken hearts and put him in a round tupperware with it. Within 2 minutes he was gobbling it down! I now have a cheap plentiful supply of food that he'll actually eat! Thank you!
Emily: i used to be scared of snakes and would have nightmares of them biting me , but since i started vatching your channel i started loving snakes and now i kinda want one lol
I really appreciate this info. Waiting to get a hognose but been collecting all information possible so I don't miss any factors and panic. Thank you for making!
My hoggie does nothing but not eat. Ive read about so many people with problems im so glad
Literally stopped what i was doing to watch. LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!
Baby hog nose: "I'm a snek.....and I eat hearts..." >:)
I live in New England. 1 albino male western hognose, 2 years old in a 20 Long reptile enclosure. When the colder weather starts to hit, we increase his "cold" side to 82° and the hot spot to 92°. The unheated spaces stay room temp, about 70°.
He absolutely refuses to eat in a separate enclosure anymore (suddenly went off feed three months ago and we just got him eating regularly again). We tried everything but the winning combo was turning up the cold side even more, to about 83°, and wiggling slightly (but not too much!) in his upside down hot spot hide.
My little guys was soooooo picky about placement of the mouse. He finally started eating out of a paper towel tube. The tube is always in his enclosure with one end covered by leaves and the other open to the center of the enclosure. I just plop a frozen thawed pinkies in there once ever two weeks and he’s a happy boy.
I never knew about hognose snakes until I found this channel and now I just thing they're one of the cutest things ever! I'm right on any video that has them, thanks Emily!
You always make the most awesome and educational videos, thank you!
I'm so excited for the new video :) loving those snakes! Gotta say, hognose and bull snakes are my faves :)
I just got a baby male 3 weeks ago this Tuesday. He has refused to eat, or straight up to failed to eat. I realized my tank was too cool and he's probably bromating. So I will keep an eye on him. Adorable, silly little thing, I just want him to thrive. He saw his reflection and scooted back into his lair immediately the other day.
Ahhhh winter. Maybe I'll show my hog this video and he will feel remorse and start eating again.
Thank you! My little hog nose hasn’t been eating lately refusing it’s rats!
Thanks so much for this. Our big exotics expo is in February and I was hoping to pick up my first hoggie, so I'm doing my research. These are some awesome tips! I'll keep this vid in my favorites. Happy Holidays!
i got a new little boy this weekend and he ate the day i got him im so proud of him
I love that Emily explains things so well... Even tho i don't have as much as an interest in reptiles.. I love watching Emily talking abt what she loves❤️😍
I love your vidios soo much, I watch them all the time. You have lots of good information about reptiles!!😊
"if you have a picky eater at home" me to me: hmmmm I'm the picky eater
Hmmmm, ever tried chicken hearts? ;) :P
@@christineroth1263 as a matter of fact, my grandmother has tried to fed me that 😂
LOL.
Although according to a fellow commenter they are supposedly great in a barbecue. 🤔
@@christineroth1263 I don't even eat meat of any kind, hate the taste. I'm the pickiest picky eater in town 😂
Same
omg I'm soooooo thankful you made this vid my hognose just stopped eating out of nowhere when she was eating two mice, I was starting to freak out she been off for almost a month I tried 2 times since she stopped but anyways great vid thank you :.)
Best snake keeper hands down. I'm all ears every time never fails, your explaining is so understandable and literally life saving! Thank yall.!
I don't know why but I just love reptiles. Snakes are my favorite. I love this channel 😁♥️
My hognose isn't eating at the moment. He did the same last year, wouldn't eat for a couple of months! Stressed me out so much. Now I just weigh him regularly to make sure hes not losing weight
Emily if you read my comments plz plz make that video for me I watch almost all your videos and I really really want a albino corn snake for Christmas so plz make the
“how to do convince your parents to get you a snake”
Thank you sooo much for this. 3 out of my 4 hoggies haven't eaten for a couple months and it's probably because of seasonal changes, but it's so good to know what feeding techniques you recommend just in case!
On week 3 of trying to make my baby hog eat. It's so frustrating when the snoot skips all the meals, but he seems healthy and is not losing any weight so hopefully we will be back on track soon!
Did it eat for you finally? They can be quite frustrating at times, but they seem to come around.
Hi Snake Discovery!!! Great video! I want to get a hognose snake in the future so I’ll keep this in mind! Thx so much! 😁😁😁
Thank you for creating this! I'm about to get my first Hognose next week and her breeder has had a tough start with her but she's coming around at 6 months old. The breeder made sure I'm keeping her in a 6 qt for her first year. I will be starting on paper towel but very quickly going to aspen. 2 hides,a little rock to rub on and a little water dish. I'm all set up and ready for her!
Thank you so much for this! I went to check the temperature on my hognose's tank and found out his heat mat had given out finally.
This video is quite perfect lol, I recently got a sand boa and she will not eat at all and hoggies are pretty similar so I’ll definitely use al these tips! 💕🤩
Omg those hognoses are so cute!!!!! Thank you so much for making this video even though it's the holidays (for some) and I love your videos!!! I hope those picky sneks can eat without any help soon!
I don’t know if you will see this or not but I just wanted to say thank you SO much for making this video. I have been stressing for 5 weeks now being unable to get my hatching hognose to eat since I’ve gotten him. Tried all the tricks, from scenting to making their environment smaller and fuller and nothing ever worked but I watched this and decided to give your chicken heart slices idea a trick and wa la! My baby ate!! I am SO relived and happy and I just had to say thank you as before this video I had never heard of this trick. Thank you thank you thank you.
This video is seriously a lifesaver! I just adopted my first snake, a lovely little axanthic hognose, and after a month of refusing food, I tried the salmon and deli cup methods and she finally ate!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
This is the earliest I've ever comment your vids are the best and it gives my sister more info about snakes for her project
Your the best and I learn a lot from you
Thanks for this info! I got a hognose in November 2019 and he wouldn't eat for almost 2 months. Your video helped me get him to eat! Now, he is a pig and scarfs down his frozen, unscented thawed pinkies within 5 minutes! He still hates me, but I'm always so happy to see him eat!
Got my first little hog today and he's been so chill. Didn't bother him too much besides doing a quick health check but I haven't seen any signs of stress (even after being shipped literally across the country.) He's explored every inch of his baby bin and made tons of burrows already. So excited for his first feed here!
It's like she knew my male hognose just stopped eating this month. :'D I live in Finland so maybe it's the cold weather but I'm trying these new tips she gave me. :)
I got to hold a beautiful toffee sunkissed hoggie today at the reptile show today! I was amazed at how the keeled scales feel in comparison to the corn snake I have.
Had trouble with mine and i had to give it to a friend for while as i was out of the country gave them instructions i think they misunderstood but it worked out.
Get one of those tuperware boxes thaw the mouse with warm water in the container once thawed and drain the container then put snake in. he always eats now its great. Makes sure to leave them be with the lid on and a towel over!
I think he likes it because hes in a warm environment and the mouse is a bit wet.
I'm glad that the little hognose decided to eat! Picky little thing!
The first time I saw you scent the mice with the toads I couldn't stop laughing. I don't know why, but it didn't click with me that to scent them you just rubbed them on the toad!
I bought my little guy from the breeder at 8 grams. He’s 26 grams now and hasn’t refused a meal. Got lucky with him!
I don't have a hognose, but I had to watch this video just bc I love Snake Discovery. (I have a ball python btw)
So glad you uploaded this. I'm gonna try scenting the pinky with the chicken heart. My little Pancake has been stubborn, even though everything is correct. At this point i believe he is just being a typical male hognose.
Thank you for putting the Celsius conversion!!! Great video as always!
Me have no snake yet still watching this😂btw I love ur vids
This might be handy since i’ll be buying one this sunday
Yay! Hope it goes well.
Congrats! After I get better with my ball python, I want to get a hognose
Inosuke Hashibira you are soooo lucky! I really want a snake congratulations
Update?
I just bought a little hognose yesterday, so this video is definitely going to help 😊
Thank you so much for adding Celsius! Makes it a lot easier to get the information ☺️
I just watched exotics lair video of pissy and now you posted 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Same
This channel is the best. You guys keep it up. Also do you think you’ll be in the Raleigh reptile show tomorrow
This video was very informative! Most of this info can be applied to many other species too :) my baby corn snake is very picky too, and other tips I can give are that maybe if your Snek refuses to eat an item it may be because of the foods temperature. My little baby likes it’s food to be a few degrees above room temperature, he refuses it when it is at room temp. Another thing would be, if you aren’t squeamish, try cutting open the prey items head or torso, snakes seem to really like the scent of their brain or guts and it also helps them digest.
Love your vids Emily and keep it up! :)
This is perfectly timed. I've been considering buying a couple hognoses and was worried about them being picky. This is perfect
"Abort, Abort!" that's my favourite line. I use it all the time.
First and do a video on how to setup and care for an albino Burmese python cage
My male hognose, who was a fantastic eater for us, just stopped eating and this video helped a lot! It is winter and he is a male so maybe its a combo of those, he doesn't look like he's lost any weight but I'll buy a scale just to keep an eye on him, though it has been a month or so since he last took food for us, its also about time for his check up so we'll ask the vet when we go and see them!
I know this video is old but it is very useful. My 2 year old corn snake wouldn't eat for about a month, so I watched this and tried covering his feeding bin. He ate very fast afterword and took his second mouse even faster. Thank you so much!
Love the tips they wil be helpfull with spooky
I really want a hog nose snake but I can’t get one because I already have a Leopard gecko
Why?
Ezraw Thompson so do. I
My mom won’t let me get another
Finn Chapman maybe space for a terrarium (it should be an agreed upon subject that if you don’t have space for a knew terrarium you should not get a knew animal), or money related things (even a gecko or a snake are animals that eventually will demand medical care at some point, they have to be fed, entertained, cleaned and many more)
Same but I have a ball bython and a corn snake
I love my leopard gecko
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU so much for the video!! I was able to successfully get my baby hog to eat this spring scenting with toad juice. Wasn't to the point where I was pulling my hair out yet, but we were getting there - since he's still only about 15g. Grateful to have you as a resource! ❤ love you, guys tons!!
I just got my very first hoggie a few days ago. Before I even ordered him I watched every single snake care video y’all and others have, and twice if it was specifically for hoggies. He’s been an absolute joy since day 1. Very brave and calm. Today was my first attempt at feeding him. I tried to see if he’d eat it while in his baby bin but he was over-enthusiastic and kept bluff striking and flipping over. So I put him in the deli he came in with the pinky, covered that up, and it was gone in less than 5 mins! I’m so happy 😭😭 and so thankful these vids exist so I knew exactly how to set up and take care of him with confidence!
I never thot Hognose were cute, BEFORE.
BUT , I want one so bad when I seen the one from @Exoticslair , 'Pissy' is its Name. HILARIOUS snek! He cant touch it. It thinks its a COBRA, it hoods up! RIDICULOUS!
i luv this channel its my animal planet
Thank you so much for this video. My baby male Western Hognose was refusing to eat for weeks. I ended up putting him in a round opaque tub with a pinkie dipped in tuna juice and covered the lid with a cloth and he finally ate! I was so happy!
This made me feel better about my baby hognose not wanting to eat right now. He ate the first 2 times I fed him without scenting and in a different container but since then he hasn’t wanted to eat any of the pinkies I’ve tried to give him. I’m gonna try the method of an opaque container that’s covered since the one I feed him in now is clear! Thank you for all the tips! :)
Emily, I know you probably wont see this but would you please do a video (probably multiple parts needed) where you show all of your snakes and who they are breeding with I think it would help your viewers know who the parents are when eggs are hatching etc and so people will know which snakes you are talking about (if they have names). Edit: pls Like this so she will see it ❤❤❤
A friend has found her hognoses love quail. The snakes wouldn't eat at all. Tried quail as a last resort....they gobbled them up.
Hi I love your chanel you inspired me to get my own snakes! Thank you, you're my hero.
Thank you so much! I have tried so many different ways for my hoggie to eat, I was force feeding her for a while. It was rare for her to take anything in her own. After I watched this video I decided to try chicken hearts. She took it without hesitation! I couldn’t believe it. So thank you so much for the recommendation. I appreciate it!!!!