Fattening Up

Just looked at his pictures he is absolutely stunning. He lookes healthy to me

dexnos wrote:how old is he

he's a yr and a half hun

Do u know how big his mum and dad were?

He looks as though he's small in build, well not small but on the smaller scale of an adult if that makes sense And is nothing to worry about if that's meant to be his natural frame

I try to keep adults weighing around 300g min but I do have 2 that used to weigh between 265 - 275

It may be worth you removing the Go Cat Indoor form his diet. I have done that with my two as I dont want them to go below those weights esp during times of increased wheel exercise. In my experience hedgies loose weight on Go Cat so I have completely removed it from my heard diet and replaced it with Whiskas Indoor.

Joe and Jills is also a very good food to give and helps prevent weight loss. u can get this via Asda or on line.

PLEASE dont give kitten food it contains milk. Talking of milk I also have started giving my little ones some goats milk once a week which they LOVE as well as dinks Chicken soup which is high in protein. Since making these changes my two now maintain a steady weight of around 282 - 290g. To me they look better for it. I made these changes because I felt they were lighter than they naturally should have been. BUT if you think yours are in the right proportions to thier frame then u prob dont have to change anything.

I think you should go on your gut instinct here. If you're unhappy about his weight it would be worth you changing his diet a little to see if he does put some on and if he does and you are happier about his overall frame then you should stick to those changes.

Weigh him every week and see if he does gain weight.

He wont eat mealies but will he eat Morio Worms (I have one who wont touch mealies but would kill for a Morio)
Silk work worms
vacuum packed Crickets