some advice please

Hi last night i offered Alfie some dried mealworms and he was'nt at all interested so i put some strawberries with them for the night and i went to check this morning he had'nt eaten either of them,
he is eating his cat biscuits really well but i have read that meal worms are important to their diet i don't really know wat to do so could i have some advice please?

some hedgehogs wont accept fruit and veg but on the mealworm side of things you could try live mealworms and feeding with tongs if your hog would accept that, i alway feed mine live but i do have one that doesnt accept them just yet but it doesnt stop me trying lol, you could also give your hog a lil supplement of nutrobal 2x a week but only a sprinkle so your hog is getting all the goodness it needs, i hope that helps a little love ema

Thanx i was hoping i wud'nt have to try live ones lol but i will try anything to get the goodness in him

I've had the same problem. Honkers hates dried mealworms...he bit one by accident last night and then spat it out. However he loves the live ones (although he goes for the thongs rather than the worms in the vague hope that there's a wriggly thing on the end...silly boy!). You get used to them and I've just put mine in a really high sided container so they have no chance of escaping!! It's also a good way to give your hoggie veggies and you feed them to the mealies, not the hog.

i wouldn't worry to much to be honest my rescue Brillo doesn't like meal worms .. or fruit or veg .. but he loves boiled chicken and scrambled egg with out milk of course .x

I thought i might try egg tonight an see if he likes that hopefully I will have a bit more sucess

good luck and dont worry to much if he doesnt love n let us all know 2moro

Well last night i offered hard boiled egg and i think he ate a litttle bit, i also put a couple of dried mealies in with his biscuits and he did'nt touch them lol so i am going to be brave and try live

my sonic only eats cat biscuits no dried or live worms fruit or veg all my other hogs adore them they are all different as long as he is eating his biscuits i would nt worry on another thread a suggestion of weetabix was made to compensate for lack of mealworms in the diet never tried it though

congradulations on the egg i tried mine for the first time last night on boiled minced eef and hard boiled egg and both of mine loved it so there is summit else they will eat now lol

I gave him 3 live mealies last night an he ate them woohoo lol