what is the actual reason we cant feed hedgehogs fish based products?

[LoveForLizards]

"Threats" of salmon poisoning (which is pretty much 0 in dog food as it is manufactured to avoid it!) and mercury in continous feeding of tuna. It's recommended that dogs, cats, ferrets, rat and mice get only a teaspoon or so of tuna every week due to the mercury intake.

[quilson_mc_spike]

Originally Posted by xXFooFooLaFluffXx

so they can be fed things with fish derivitives in so long as it isnt a perminant thing? i bought ten kilos of cat biscuits the other day only to realise they were pilchard and salmon flavour hence why im asking

this is why i stick to the same brands that i know the ingreediants are safe for but if they have none in at ASDA ill buy a cooked chicken some peas and sweetcorn and they get that as the dogs get the leftover chicken we bin the peas and sweetcorn....

tbh i tend to go for the chicken tiger cat food from ASDA as a main type its great realy low in fat =] x

[Shell195]

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

"Threats" of salmon poisoning (which is pretty much 0 in dog food as it is manufactured to avoid it!) and mercury in continous feeding of tuna. It's recommended that dogs, cats, ferrets, rat and mice get only a teaspoon or so of tuna every week due to the mercury intake.

Thats ok then as mine never get it but the cats get a tin between them all about once a month

[Heavenlyhogs]

same applies to fruit n veg...many say DONT feed fruit n veg then you get those that do.Reason for not feeding them this is because its difficult for them to digest.Maybe with fish its the same no idea.

[sophs87]

Can you feed hogs lambs mince?? only we dont eat beef mince, would make life a tad easier lol

[Shell195]

Originally Posted by sophs87

Can you feed hogs lambs mince?? only we dont eat beef mince, would make life a tad easier lol

I dont see why not tbh

[Heavenlyhogs]

neither do i see a problem but thinking about it REALLY thinking about it i dont see how in the wild they would hunt down and eat chickens,cows,and sheep maybe things like this contribute to a lot of health issues we find in our domesticated breed.
Just food for thought.

[sophs87]

Originally Posted by Heavenlyhogs

neither do i see a problem but thinking about it REALLY thinking about it i dont see how in the wild they would hunt down and eat chickens,cows,and sheep maybe things like this contribute to a lot of health issues we find in our domesticated breed.
Just food for thought.

I dont see in the wild how they get scrambled egg, processed cat food, a bowl of water, steamed veg, steamed chicken...
I will give lamb a try tonight then thanks

[sami]

We did this in the wildlife module..

It's something to do with the fact that hedgehogs don't eat fish in their natural diet. They eat a lot of animal based protein, like frogs, worms, slugs, possibly even rodents etc (I'd guess they wouldn't say no to a mouse if they found it dead).. But don't hunt fish.

Fish protein is different to mammal protein, maybe they can't digest it? Although slugs and worms would be made up of different stuff anyway..

[Shell195]

I know native hogs shouldnt have fish either but a very large hog rescue we deal with gives pilchards in tomato sauce to poorly hogs to kick start them eating. Not good as a longterm diet though