The 'what your hog can eat' List

Ok guys and girlies, i cant find a specific thread on here that lists what hogs CAN eat apart from cat biscuits. So i thought we could all add to the below list?

Meats:
Chicken
Beef
Turkey
Lamb

Vegetables:

Boiled and mashed potato (minus the milk)
Blueberry
Cauliflower
Green Beans
Carrot
Parsnip
Broccoli
Butternut Squash
Sweet Potato
Asparagus
Peas
Cabbage



Fruit:
Melon
Blueberry's
Raspberry's
Tomato
Banana
Raspberrys
Apple
Pear

Live:
Mealworms
Crickets
Morios (either cut of the head or hand feed head first)

Please feel free to add on. Id be intrigued to know what else is suitable!

Raspberries are listed twice. I am not sure if they can eat blueberries and raspberries due to seeds in raspberries and the skin on blueberries (a bit like grapes?)?

Is this list taken from the diet 101 sticky? http://www.pygmyhogsuk.com/t6045-advice-for-newbies-please-read-first-hog-diet-101

Other insects they can eat are cockroaches, dubia and discoid (have heard people feeding these). Butterworms, waxworms.

oops sorry my love. Hols loves blueberrys and has never had an effect fromt them. Maybe worth putting a question mark beside them xx

ps didnt know there was a sticky sorry. and no i never took them from there. x

From my spreadsheet list:

Beef Mince
Chicken
Lamb Mince
Duck
Turkey
Egg (scrambled or hard boiled)
Gerber baby meat sticks
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Carrot
Celery*
Cucumber*
Curly Kale
Mashed Cauliflower (cooked)
Mashed Potato (cooked)
Mashed Swede
Parsnip
Peas
Scrambled/Boiled Egg (no milk)
Sweet Potato
Sweetcorn
Asparagus*
Cilantro?
Green beans
Spinach
Turnip
Courgette
Apple
Apricots
Blueberries*
Cantaloupe
Cherry*
Cooked Pumpkin
Diced Tomatoes
Dried Apples*
Dried Banana*
Honeydew
Mango
Mashed Banana
Melon
Nectarine
Peach
Pear
Plum
Pomegranate*
Strawberries
Watermelon
Raspberries
Squash
Kiwi
Cranberries
Papaya
Wet Cat Food (smelly poos!)
Low Fat Cottage Cheese
Organic baby food (no added salt)
Mealworms (live or dried or cranberry flavoured)
Mealworms - Morio Size (dried only / but contain hormones)
Crickets (unconscious/freeze-dried)
Locusts (unconscious/freeze-dried)
Earthworms
Boiled Rice* (take out after 2 hours to avoid bacteria)
Cockroaches
Catmint?
Watercress (for annointing)
Salad leaves (not lettuce) or herbs*
Pine cones (bake first)
Wood (reptiles, use fruit tree, and boil/bake for 30 mins)
Cilantro/Coriander
Flat Leafed Parsley

* = in small amounts


DO NOT FEED:

Avocado – potentially fatal for lots of small animals
Chocolate – unhealthy for obvious reasons
Citrus Fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit) – too acidic
Fish – It is believed that hedgies cannot digest fish or fishmeal properly.
Grapes/Raisins/Sultana/Currants – a cause of renal failure in small animals
Milk – Hedgehogs are deemed as lactose intolerant
Nuts and seeds – choking hazard
Onion/Garlic/chives – poisonous sulfur compounds (too strong as well!)
Aloe Vera - allergic
Pineapple
Peanuts & other legumes - choking hazard
Pits and seeds - choking hazard + some are toxic



I've fed blueberries via my mealworms, but Bodhi isn't fond, plus I'm unsure as to their acidity, which is the reason citrus is bad. Raspberries should be fine (I've never had an issue). I cut out the seeds of pomegranate and kiwi, and would do the same with tomato (except I don't eat tomatoes, so Bodhi rarely gets any).

For insects, I have tried:
Mealworms, mini mealworms, waxworms, butterworms, calci-worms, discoid roaches, dubia roaches, silent crickets.

I plan to try the other kind of crickets, other types of roaches (when I get a free'd up tank), and I know some people offer morio worms (caution: they can bite, so remove the heads prior to feeding, do not let them roam free).