How Do You Introduce Pinkies To Hognose Snakes?
“Now, for snakes that don’t accept pinkies right away, I’m going to show you a way trick on feeding them. What you’re going to need is a volunteer toad. I love reptiles and amphibians and I hate killing amphibians, especially little toads, but your really need one if you’re going to keep Hognose Snakes. This toad is dead, I keep it frozen and then when I’m done using it, actually I just refreeze it again. I continually use it, that way I don’t have to go out and kill more toads. But, what I do, first of all, is I’ll take this toad, and I’ll use forceps to keep my scent off of it, I’ll hold the pink and take this toad and rub its scent all over the pinkie. See there’s a little bit of stuff coming out and that’s perfect. Again, this pinkie is scented with the toad. Now, what I can do, too, is get this Eastern Hognose Snake excited first before I feed her. So what I can do, you have to be kind of quick with this, is put the toad in front of her, let her get a whiff of the toad. See, she’s
