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 #1794186


Hatchet_man_90221
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 My eastern hognose died today

My eastern hognose died today she was fine last night she eat and everything i had her 3 years not being mean or anything but i cut her open because i thought she had eggs and i thought i could save them but when i cut her open she didnt have not one egg in her i think it was from the frogs i had been feedind her well shes gone and theres nothing i can do about it in memory of ziggy



07/13/08  09:59pm

 #1794193


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1794186


 My eastern hognose died today
07/13/08  10:06pm

 #1794316


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1794186


 My eastern hognose died today

I’m sorry that Ziggy died. It was courageous of you to try to save any eggs she might have had. Was there any chance the frogs had been exposed to some sort of pesticide residue from like maybe the bugs they ate?



07/13/08  11:38pm

 #1794462


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1794316


 My eastern hognose died today

thats what i was thinking i was thinking that they had some pestasides on them but i washed the frog off really good before i fed her i guess one of the bugs was exposed to something but just in case it was something to do with the beding i had in there tank i cleaned it out and put them in a different tank i was thinking about getting some repticsand as they call it would it be better than dirt



07/14/08  02:06am

 #1794581


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1794462


 My eastern hognose died today

Link
This link has a good detailed instructions on setting up a frog tank. The moss is the kind you can collect off trees; that green sort of frilly stuff.
You can keep a colony of frogs and feed them a controlled diet of bugs you know are clean. Just washing off the frog isn’t enough, as it is pretty hard to wash off the inside of the frog’s stomach. This of course entails raising the bugs, too, if you are uncertain they are pesticide free.
I feed my western fence lizards grasshoppers from my rural property that I know are clean, as I don’t use any pesticides on my land. This winter I will probably feed them crickets I raise myself, or grasshoppers if my grasshopper experimental breeding program works out.
In the link article he mentions Supersoil; this is clean potting soil available at Walmart for a reasonable price. It comes in one and two cubic ft bags. I’m using that for my grasshoppers, dry as they like very low humidity, with about an inch of aspen on top, which they like. Frogs like alot of humidity, so I think the tank this guy describes in this link would work well.
All in all, one winds up having a complete food chain circle, raising the food for the food for the food for the critter you are keeping as a pet:)
07/14/08  08:46am

 #1794583


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1794581


 My eastern hognose died today

OH, I must add, I don’t feed my lizards to my snake as they are pets, too. They are only used to scent her feeding jar so she will eat her pinkies.
07/14/08  08:48am

 #1795051


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1794583


 My eastern hognose died today

Well before i go through all that trouble im going to catch a few toads and buy some mice and rub there scent on the mouse because i got my other female to eat a mouse by rubbing a toad on it
07/14/08  03:31pm

 #1795132


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1795051


 My eastern hognose died today

Rubbing a mouse with toad or lizard is the easiest approach for sure. Lizard smell works with my king with her pinkies. I just put the lizard in her feeding jar for a few hours, let him stink it up, then take him out and put her and her pinkies in the jar and she eats, no problem.
Besides, it is safer overall to feed them captive raised mice instead of wild food.
07/14/08  04:41pm

 #1795137


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1795132


 My eastern hognose died today

Yea well thanks evryone for your help
07/14/08  04:46pm

 #1795282


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   Message To: Hatchet_man_90221   In reference to Message Id: 1795137


 My eastern hognose died today

Woah, I haven’t been on here in a while. Sorry about Ziggy man, I know what it’s like to loose a beloved pet as do lots of others, and it sucks. Once again sorry, R.I.P. Ziggy.



07/14/08  06:28pm


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