What do you feed your hedgehog?
We feed here at M&M Hedgehogs Spikes Delight and strongly recommend this type of food for your hedgehogs. We are currently looking into others but have no other recommendations at the time. Along with your hedgehogs staple diet you will want to give the following for a good source of a balance diet.
Bugs and other items:
· Mealworms
· Live or Dead bugs
· Silkworms
· Butterworms
· Beetles
· Crickets
· Live or Dead bugs
· Eggs cooked
· Baby food
· Cottage cheese
· Gerber Baby meat sticks
· Small amount of cheese
Fruit:
· Grape halves
· Apple slices
· Pieces of bell peppers
· Bits of melons
· Banana
· (Cooked)Peas
· (Cooked)Squash
· Watermelon
· (Cooked) Sweet Potato
· Pear
· Strawberry
· Blueberry
· Greenbeans
· Kiwi
· Melon
Fresh cooked meats:
· Chicken
· Duck
· Quail
· Turkey
· Rabbit
· Beef
· Goat
· Lamb
· Liver
· Kidneys
· Heart
· Muscle Meat
· Fresh Fish
· Pork
Dont not give your hedgehog:
· Chocolate
· Onions
· Junk food(Chips, cake, candy, high sugar/sweetener..)
· Chunks or pieces of nuts
· Bird Seed
· Raisins
· Any type of spices
If you decide to feed your hedgehog a high quality cat food please look for the following nutrient levels:
· Protein: 28-33%
· Fat: 6-14%
· Fiber: Up to 15%
High Quality Cat food:
· Innova
· Buffalo Blue
· Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul
· Solid Gold
· Felidae
· 8-1 Earth Naturals Cat Food
· Royal Canin
· Wellness
· Wysong
· California Natural
· Evolve
· Pinnacle
We strongly discourage feeding Vitakraft Hedgehog Food at anytime. This is known to cause health problems.
