Sonics1AndOnlyGirl
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I just got a hedgehog today (named him Sonic) and I have a few questions:
1. I know most people say to get cat food but my dad bought me some SunSeed Vita Exotic Hedgehog Formula food. Is this food any good? Ingredients are as follows
Ingredients: Poultry Meal, Blood Meal, Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Crab Meal, Tuna Meal, Chitin Powder, Wheat Bran, Dried Beet Pulp, Freeze-Dried Mealworms, Fish Oil, Vegetable Oil, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Yeast Culture, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Full Fat Flax Meal, Dried Kelp Meal, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Taurine, Psyllium Seed Husk, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin C3 Supplement, Niacinamide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K activity), Biotin, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorbyl 2-Polyphosphate (source of Stabilized Vitamin C), Beta Carotene, Yucca schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium bifidum Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Torula Dried Yeast, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, and Sodium Selenite.
Crude Protein 37.0% min Calcium 1.95% max
Crude Fat 7.0% min Phosphorus 1.30% min
Crude Fiber 12.0% max Vitamin A 8,000 IU/lb
Moisture 12.0% max Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 100 mg/lb min
Calcium 1.45% min
2. I've heard that some hedgehogs don't eat for a few days when they come to a new home. Is this true?
1. I know most people say to get cat food but my dad bought me some SunSeed Vita Exotic Hedgehog Formula food. Is this food any good? Ingredients are as follows
Ingredients: Poultry Meal, Blood Meal, Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Crab Meal, Tuna Meal, Chitin Powder, Wheat Bran, Dried Beet Pulp, Freeze-Dried Mealworms, Fish Oil, Vegetable Oil, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Yeast Culture, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Full Fat Flax Meal, Dried Kelp Meal, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Taurine, Psyllium Seed Husk, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin C3 Supplement, Niacinamide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K activity), Biotin, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorbyl 2-Polyphosphate (source of Stabilized Vitamin C), Beta Carotene, Yucca schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium bifidum Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Torula Dried Yeast, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, and Sodium Selenite.
Crude Protein 37.0% min Calcium 1.95% max
Crude Fat 7.0% min Phosphorus 1.30% min
Crude Fiber 12.0% max Vitamin A 8,000 IU/lb
Moisture 12.0% max Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 100 mg/lb min
Calcium 1.45% min
2. I've heard that some hedgehogs don't eat for a few days when they come to a new home. Is this true?
