Finally i have found a product my wild hedgehog visitors will eat.
Considering i have fussy visitors currently around 47 that visit my garden, all marked with nail polish on their spines in different color and sites to make for easy identification when it comes to weekly health checks for injuries, sickness , ticks or fleas, they don't mind the deticking, they don't like being sprayed with Johnson's small animal flea spray when i see they have unwelcome guests, can you blame them?
they are fussy.
I feed mine on meaty cat biscuits (never anything with fish in) and occasionally a few dried meal worms as a special treat which are the hog equivalent of pringles which some groups say i shouldn't as it is bad for them.
All my guests are fit and healthy and the 3 late fall juveniles i overwintered as they were all too small to survive winter hibernation
They weighed 300g in mid October so they had to come in and they must be at least 650g or more to hibernate safely.
Hedgehogs don't sleep all the way through, they do wake up and forage for food and water so i make there is food and water available all year round.
I have tried various meaty kitten and puppy food and they simply ate around it. I tried Spike's semi moist and they ate round that as well.
I have tried other brands of hedgehog food with no success.
I thought well i haven't tried Spike's dry biscuits, if they don't eat them the birds will.
I bought the smaller bag first to try it and if they didn't then the birds could have it or my local hedgehog rescue (Jen's hedgehog Rescue, Corby) could.
Behold, they loved it.
I was amazed to say the least.
I currently have a juvie male in called Houdini as he escapes and i always find him snuggled up in my scarf by the radiator.
As i was changing his bedding and then weighing him, he came in at 300g and now weighs 540g i tried a couple of biscuits as a reward for being good and not licking my feet.
I rarely wear slippers and has he runs around the kitchen helping himself to my cats meaty kitty bix he likes to run over my feet and lick them which is really ticklish or he goes for a paddle in the water bowl and then grumbles because he has wet feet and a wet belly.
He loves these biscuits heck even my cats do.
I put a dish of them outside for my other visitors to try and all that have visited have eaten them.
Since they enjoyed them i bought 3 bags of the 2.5kg and i will probably need more depending on when my guests hibernate and Houdini continues to grow,
I am so happy to find a product that my hedgehogs will eat.
They give this food 5 prickles out of 5 and i give this a 5 star rating.
Thanks again
In the 1st photo 5 hogs decided to show up for dinner and since the back door was open and i was sorting out hoggy dinner they decided to help themselves to my cats dinner (which i think was Sanabelle ostrich flavor) and the 2nd picture is Houdini having a snooze after escaping.
I leave the scarf there as when he escapes i know where he will be.
He has really long hind legs and can reach further than the 3 i overwintered last yest, Jen-Jen, Hamble and Jemima.
I thought Jen-Jen was a girl as all their little bits were in almost the same place but as they got older his bits migrated north to almost where his belly button was. I decode to leave his name as it was.
| Pet Type | Bird, Cat, Horse, Dog, Farm Animal |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions | 38.29 x 27.8 x 10 cm; 2.5 Kilograms |
| Item model number | spkdd25 |
| Breed Recommendation | Hedgehog |
| Pet Life Stage | All Life Stages |
| Flavor | Chicken |
| Item Form | Pellet |
| Size | 2.5 Kg (Pack of 1) |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Specific Uses | Feed |
| batteries required | No |
| Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 2.5 kg |
