[racinghamster]

It`s possible too that degenerative diseases/illness can be cause through diet deficiencies. That being said, there are commercial diets on the market now aimed at hedgehogs but whether these are nutritionally good or just a make up of what their general requirements are would be a guess. When I kept pet mice and lost a lot of them through respiratory problems and tumours, looked into other `types` of pet that would be longer lived but easy to keep and hamsters were the answer for me. But I did look at fish keeping and small finches. I decided to stick to what I know best in the end. x