Hedgehogs are creatures of habit and that can lead them to become very fussy eaters. Often it can be difficult to introduce new food items especially fruits and veggies to many hedgehogs. Sometimes it does not make a difference what you try to tempt them with, they simply refuse to try it. Non the less we still offer all of our hedgehogs a variety of fresh food items daily. Those of them who choose to eat it seem to really enjoy the variety while those who don't want to try any new item, often never eat anything but their kitten/cat food. We still continue to offer it anyway. That way just in case they get the urge to try it, the food is readily available to them. Sometimes we trick fussy eaters by adding a bit of freshly squeezed fruit and veggie juices to their drinking water. We find that berries and berry juice are the most readily accepted fruits.

We have had hedgehogs that live long, healthy and happy lives, eating little more than good quality kitten and cat food and drinking lots of fresh water.

Below we have attached the feeding guide that we use to feed our own hedgehogs. It offers variety and because we have several animals to feed at the same time it is easy for us to use but it may not be practical for the average single pet owner. However it should give fellow hedgehog caregivers a good idea of some of the items that can be fed to hedgehogs.