Unit 9, Lower Soldridge Business Park, Soldridge Road
GU34 5JF Medstead, Hampshire
Hours 08:00 - 20:00
When you want to give a hedgehog something to drink.
Keep it simple.
Clean water in a low sided bowl is enough to satisfy a hedgehog's thirst.
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You should never ever say that you gave a hedgehog milk and it drank. When these animals are starved they will eat whatever
is offered and available to keep themselves alive.
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Why is cow's milk so bad for hedgehogs?
Cow's milk is very bad for hedgehogs because they can't digest it at all.
A hedgehog's stomach does not contain the right enzymes to process lactose.
Milk contains lactose, a natural sugar, which cannot be broken down by a hedgehog's digestive system.
Giving a hedgehog of any age milk will cause digestive disorders with serious consequences.
The animal will feel very bad and get diarrhoea and 95% of the time the condition will be fatal.
Rearing Orphaned babies in care.
For the care of orphaned babies, we recommend specialized and high-quality milk powder.
Goat's milk can sometimes be given, but only briefly and only in an emergency.
The fat molecules in goats milk are one-fifth the size of the fat molecules in cow's milk, making it a bit easier to digest. But this is far from ideal.
At this stage we use
ESBILAC o BABY DOG Royal Canin.
for more info click on NEWBORN
