Hi there, yes, I wanna try switching to Blackwood. Royal canin is getting bit too exp for me >"<

Would you suggest for me to switch to Blackwood?

This post has been edited by vyvy87: Oct 6 2011, 12:52 PM

If I'm not wrong as long as the ingredient has 20 or more % of protein and 10 or lower % of fat. correct me if i'm wrong =D

Have no idea, that's why I'm looking for help here

Don't use Blackwood.
Try Natural Balance.

Refer this page for the food list:
http://www.freewebs.com/thehedgieden/hedgehogcare.htm

Important:
The fat level needs to be HALF of the protein level.

"When choosing a food look for something that has a meat as its first ingredient. Stay away from foods that contain-

*by-products (poultry by-product for example are beaks, feathers, feet etc),
*ethoxyquin, BTA, BHT (all three are used as preservatives, and are linked to cancer),
* soybean meal (only humans and pigs can digest this....but if a food does contain it it isnt a HUGE deal)
* fillers (corn, wheat etc). Fillers simply temperarily fill up an animal, but pass right through the bowles with out providing your animal with any nutrience to speak of. Therefore your animal eats more, and poops more.

Try and go for a food that contains a ________ meal (ie chicken meal, poultry meal, fish meal yadda yadda) vs just pain chicken or fish. The difference between a "meal" and just normal meat... "

Source: The Hedgie Den

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Added on October 6, 2011, 7:26 pmI was handling Huffster yesterday & I noticed a white 'thing' on his tongue. It looked like one of his tooth grew out of his tongue. D:

I'm quite sure of it because I paid close attention while he was licking his tongue.

I tried to pry his mouth open by letting him bite on the wooden chopsticks that I use to pick up the mealies but I couldn't tell for sure if it was a tooth or a whitish long thingy because he wouldn't open up after two bites.

Do you think a vet could check him out without putting him under anaesthesia?

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Oct 6 2011, 07:26 PM

im now using blackwood kitten... yes i sudah guna macam2.. (royal canin36, sweetheart, purina, whiskas, sportsman pride... )
no problem.. LoL...
tukar2 selera lah... hari2 makan sama aje pun boring.. hahaha..

Bro.. If you REALLY REALLY care about NutrionFacts... go for ORIJEN... its grain free..
yes thats cost + lil bit $$ for sure.. heehehe

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Added on October 6, 2011, 10:25 pmthe only i notice about diff food is:
1) Their Shit.
2) Appetite.
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rc36- (poop - ok, no smell, appetite - superb)
Bwood - (poop - ok, no smell, quite big! , appetite - superb)
SportsmanPride - (poop - quite smell, appetite - superb)

try to figured out yourself... this my experience... hehehehe...

This post has been edited by mav_850: Oct 6 2011, 10:25 PM

Iams food will make poop smelly. U can try mix iams and royal canin together if u think quite expensive. Thats what I did for mine

For me, I m mixing RC with First Choice.....

Today I almost got an heart attack
Hedgie was walking around the floor and suddenly started licking .
Then her mouth started making chewing sound .

Then she start acting weirdly o.o
After walking a few step , she stopped ....
And started self-annointing XD
Too bad I didnt have my phone with me ><

This post has been edited by BunnyRAWR: Oct 6 2011, 11:15 PM

Oh cool! I wanna see my girl anoint herself too, but sadly she's only on exploring mode when i'm not around ;_; When i am around all she wanna do is get into a quiet corner and sleep >.>

I got my first pupa today! From my meal worms, do i need to separate it from the others?

Yes u do. Later worm eat pupa. My super worm pupa morphed today. Got 5 beetles and 1 pupa.. Just now I bought rm3 worth of zuperworm but I left it at steamboat shop and forgot bring back -.-

My pupa got eaten by Nephthys ;_; She actually toppled the bucket i put it in and stole it when i'm not around... /emoonecorner now nephthys happily sleeping in her hideout again OTL

Add "ingredients" into the steamboat!

That's gross

she has a secret life! :x

have you tried changing her bedding with an old t shirt of yours? to get her accustomed with your scent ._.

This post has been edited by olivur: Oct 7 2011, 12:33 PM

my hedgie recently poop inside her food bowl... anyone knows why?

at first i thought the bowl got the poop smell , so i changed another food bowl... but its still the same.,

is it because she dun like the food and hinting me to buy other brand food for her?

*feeding RC32 Persian. so far i think this is the best compared to RC36/ some other dog/ cat food. because she eats more and poo not smelly

Olivur> Ikr.. she might have a bf that i never knew D: kids these days...

The last time i tried that she emoed and ran away from home(cage) and after a while of messing up my room in search of her, i found her sleeping in a box under my roommate's bed >.>

She's used to me, just pms every time i check up on her in her hideout (which means ball of spikes). Her spikes are always down when i handle her but she rather stay in her hideout every time i'm around which = RUN FOR CAGE AND INTO THE BOX once i put her on the ground ;_;

It's like she's in her rebellious childhood stage /sadmom

since hedgehogs are insectivores, i don't think they really like fruits n veggie.. mine hates it..

Last night my hedgehog escaped from a 12" high storage box T_T
When I found her , she wont let me touch her .

I guess she feels happy though . 'Cause she kinda snuffle around before she went back to sleep in the storage box . I panicked at first though , because I dont know what that sound meant ><

look at this rare color

Pinto...

Bunny>yea mine too, she turns into a ball when i found her, its like she knows she in trouble for doing what she did XD

its sad but mine balls up every time i first approach her, she will only relax after she sniff my fingers.

and u guys have any prob with suicidal hedgies? mine doesn't seem to be afraid of heights... she just.. walks into thin air when she's at the edge of something, and catching her is painful X_x