Nigel is supposed to like all sorts of fruits, vegetables and meats. He needs a varied diet - which includes his absolute favorite meal worms - 5 or 6 per day depending on how big. He had been eating a combination of low fat cat food and ferret food - but slowly but surely we are moving to a specialized hedgehog diet which has more of the nutrients he needs. He is not all that thrilled about this transition.
I offer him a sniff of everything we eat and I find it fascinating to see which things he likes:
- He likes yogurt - all flavors except for plain
- Pudding - loves it
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Sweet and Sour Chicken
- Sweet things like cookies, cake
- Some chips
- Soda
Do you see the trend here? Hedgehogs that are pets have a tendency to be obese - really - cookies, cake, chips, soda - that just can't be? Rest assured - he is allowed only a taste. He also has his big blue wheel that he run run runs on each night and he gets lots of exercise running around the bonus room.
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