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

[xXFooFooLaFluffXx]

ive never fed fish based products to the hogs due to reading it somewhere on a forum, might have been this one, might have been the hog forum, cant remember, but either way, i cannot recall WHY? and what proof there is its detrimental? and when we say fish based products, what do we mean? like wet food with fish in it? or dry biscuits with fish derivatives? or both? what ARE we actually ok to feed?

[Shell195]

This is the same as for native hogs and nobody seems to know why. We are all busy feeding dried cat food but if you check the box most of them contain fish oil. I keep asking the same question and nobody has yet come up with an answer so this thread will be interesting

[animal addict]

no one really knows why - some-one told me ages ago that its come over from America and they have been keeping hogs a lot longer than us and it was a ? issue so hence its generally accepted as not advised for long term use rather than specifically not good for them- fish oil is a derivative and safe but it is in a lot of foods but not all of them - depends on the brand - please someone feel free to correct me if I am wrong - its what I was told when researching and have since avoided it

[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

[Shell195]

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

Feed them to the cats then

[animal addict]

shell!!!

I dont know foofoo otherwise sorry

[xXFooFooLaFluffXx]

the cats eat wet n dont like them!

[Mrs Mental]

Originally Posted by xXFooFooLaFluffXx

the cats eat wet n dont like them!

Bummer!!!

Maybe the hogs will end up being able to concentrate really well with all the fish oils

[LoveForLizards]

I can understand the reasoning behind salmon and tuna (guessing its the same as with dog food?) but sardines/pilchards etc can't do no harm surely?

[Shell195]

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

I can understand the reasoning behind salmon and tuna (guessing its the same as with dog food?) but sardines/pilchards etc can't do no harm surely?

Why cant dogs have salmon or Tuna?? Some hypoallergenic food is made from Salmon and potatoe