Mexican Hognose Feeding refusal

[Meli]

I have a pair of Mexican Hognose snakes that I got around 10/18/07. The female eats unscented f/t pinkies right away even thought she was eating only scented pf/t pinkies before I got her. The male is a different story. I cannot get him to eat not matter how often or how little I try. Troy was scenting with cricket frogs which I cannot get here anywhere so I have been using tuna juice. He will not take scented f/t or unscented. I have left them in overnight in a paper bag with him and still no luck. I have placed them in his mouth...he spits them out. He is fast approaching a month without eating and for a hatchling snake, I would think that to be rather too long.

I am out of ideas. Does anyone else have any or is he just going to be one of those snakes that dies due to non-feeding?

[The Snake Guru]

Have you tried another frog species? Green tree frogs I would think would be the most readily available, I've found that most frog eaters don't much care what kind of frog it is as long as it's a frog. Green Tree Frogs should be pretty easy to find at your local shop, you can buy one and keep it alive in a tank then just rub the the pinky all over it when feeding time comes.....I would think this will probably rectify the situation.

~B~

[Meli]

I have a pet frog not that I wanted one but I guess he is a pet now. I bought him to scent with but it doesn't work.

I found the sure fire trick though after someone on kingsnake urged me to do it. Anoles!!!!! Nasty little creatures! But he took an anole scented pinkie like a wild man. Now we just have to fatten him up and wean him off and we are good again but with a pet frog and an anole in the zoo. UGH!!!!!!!

[The Snake Guru]

LOL.....yeah that was going to be my next suggestion. But I figured since he was already eating frog scented pinkies it wouldn't be a problem. LOL

Well at anyrate....GOOD DEAL, glad you got him started and going!

~B~

[WHISTLE69]

GOOD LUCK WITH EM