Can you imagine not eating for 3 months, and not losing any weight during such a fast? That’s just what Digger the hognose snake tested out this winter. Weighing in at 338 grams (about 12 ounces) in October, she ignored her weekly mouse for the next three months.
I was a little concerned, but I knew that going off food is a normal behavior for snakes. I continued to track her weight and was surprised to see little variation. By mid-January, she weighed 334 grams, a difference of only four grams (the equivalent of four paperclips)!
Digger decided to eat her next meal, but hasn’t touched a mouse in the last three weeks. I wonder how long she’ll fast this time!
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