What is a hedgehog's favorite food?

Hedgehogs mainly eat creepy crawlies
The most important invertebrates in their diet are worms, beetles, slugs, caterpillars, earwigs and millipedes. As well as these, they also eat a wide range of other insects.

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What is a hedgehogs Favourite fruit?

Fruits: Dried fruit should be avoided, but a small amount of fresh fruit can be offered to your hedgehog as treats. Apples, bananas, berries, and melons are popular choices among hedgehogs. Vegetables: Fresh tomatoes, fresh green beans, and cooked squash are some options that your hedgehog may enjoy.

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What are hedgehogs Favourite treats?

What treats do hedgehogs like?
  • Mealworms.
  • Waxworms.
  • Crickets.
  • Silkworms.
  • Centipedes.
  • Millipedes.
  • Moist cat & dog food.
  • Scrambled or boiled egg.

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What should you not feed hedgehogs?

Leave out foods like tinned dog or cat food and crushed cat or dog biscuits. Supply good quality, meaty hedgehog food from wildlife food suppliers. Never feed hedgehogs milk or bread - milk can cause diarrhoea and bread isn't very nutritious.

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What do hedgehogs like milk?

Only put out small amounts of food, as this is supplementary to their natural diet. Never feed hedgehogs milk or bread as they can't digest it and it upsets their stomachs. Be aware that putting any food out will attract all sorts of wildlife including predators, not just hedgehogs.

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Do hedgehogs eat bread?

The following foods should be avoided when feeding hedgehogs: Bread and milk: hogs are lactose intolerant so milk can make them ill and bread has little nutritional value.

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Do hedgehogs eat cheese?

Besides poor calcium:phosphorus ratio grub, another big no-no is dairy. Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant. Milk and cheese will give them bad diarrhoea and can lead to serious illness as well.

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What smell do hedgehogs hate?

Essential Oils: I have been advised that oils that are considered "hot" are toxic to hedgehogs. Oils that are considered hot: Cassia, Cinnamon Bark, Clove, Hyssop, Lemongrass, Ocotea, Oregano, Peppermint, Thieves, and Thyme. These are often contained in blends.

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Is it OK to give hedgehogs cat food?

What can I feed hedgehogs? Hedgehogs will relish any combination of meat-based wet dog or cat foods, or dry cat/kitten food. Just remember, they will be getting most of their food from insects and worms in the wild, and this food is only supplementary. Specially made hedgehog food is also widely available.

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Is dog food OK for hedgehogs?

Cat and dog food has been scientifically balanced to be safe and nutritious, and contains no ingredients that are harmful to hedgehogs. Although both dog and cat food are perfect supplementary foods for hedgehogs, because they have small mouths the tiny size of kitten biscuits is ideal.

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What makes hedgehogs happy?

Some things your pet may enjoy include balls, small cars and trucks, and stuffed animals. You can also offer him DIY toys. For instance, the cardboard tubes from toilet-paper rolls make great chew toys. (It's probably worth noting that hedgehogs seem to prefer bright colors.)

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What calms a hedgehog?

Talking to your hedgehog while holding, snuggling, bathing, and other enjoyable activities will help your hedgehog associate the sound of your voice with comfort and enjoyment. Over the years we have found the radio and music very soothing for a variety of different animals.

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What do hedgehogs like to play with?

Best Toys for Hedgehogs
  • Exercise Wheels. Your hedgie will enjoy having an exercise wheel in his cage. ...
  • Mazes. Hedgehogs love to play in mazes. ...
  • Cat Toys. Some cat toys are appropriate for hedgehogs. ...
  • Boxes. Tissue boxes and other small boxes may be fine for your hedgehogs. ...
  • Tube Tunnels. ...
  • Stuffed Animals. ...
  • Toy Dump Trucks.

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Do hedgehogs like broccoli?

Being omnivores, hedgehogs can enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables. They also eat insects, making them both an omnivore and an insectivore. Therefore, hedgehogs can be happy with a variety of foods, and that includes broccoli.

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Can hedgehogs eat yogurt?

Hedgehogs are lactose-intolerant and will have stomach problems after consuming most dairy products, though occasional plain lowfat yogurt (yogurt contains bacteria that naturally process lactose) or cottage cheese seem to be well tolerated. Sugar intake should be restricted to fruits, avoid any treat with added sugar.

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What vegetables can a hedgehog eat?

Here's a list of vegetables hedgehogs can eat:
  • Arugula.
  • Spinach.
  • Dandelion greens.
  • Asparagus.
  • Carrots.
  • Broccoli.
  • Sweet potatoes.
  • Radish.

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Can hedgehog eat whiskas?

Our hedgehogs love Whiskas kitten food, it's a firm favourite as the tasty pieces are small enough for the young hoglets.

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What do hedgehogs drink?

Hedgehogs will drink water from natural sources such as puddles, but leaving out a shallow dish of fresh, plain water is the best way to ensure they stay hydrated all year round.

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What do hedgehogs like to sleep on?

You can put soft hay or dried grass in as bedding, but do also try and leave some fallen leaves around for the hedgehog, not only add to options for bedding but are good places for hedgehogs to find insects and beetles which make up the bulk of their diet.

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What is a hedgehogs worst enemy?

A badger and a hedgehog feeding together on a lawn. Badgers are hedgehogs' main predators in the UK. They are the only animals strong enough to tackle a hedgehog's spiny defences. Hedgehogs and badgers share what's known as an asymmetric intraguild predation relationship.

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What can hurt hedgehogs?

  • Traffic. It can be very tricky to see a hedgehog at night when driving or cycling, but injuries sustained on the road are often fatal. ...
  • Ponds/swimming pools. ...
  • Strimmers and garden tools. ...
  • Pets. ...
  • Bonfires. ...
  • Netting. ...
  • Pesticides and chemicals.

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Can hedgehogs eat Weetabix?

They're also pretty keen on cooked potato, small pieces of fruit (not citrus) or even unsweetened muesli or Weetabix. If you have a problem with cats eating the food, place it under a brick shelter with a gap only big enough for the hedgehog to get through.

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Do hedgehogs eat eggs?

Hedgehogs mostly eat invertebrates at ground level that are inactive. They are opportunistic omnivores though and will sometimes eat eggs, small mammals, chicks, frogs, flies and carrion.

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Do hedgehogs like pasta?

Bread, cakes, pasta, rice.

These are high carbohydrate food, and the hedgehog's natural diet is high protein, low carb. Hogs will happily snaffle up many of these foods. They will get full and feel like they don't need to forage and eat anymore when they haven't had the nutrition they need for the night.

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