Suomen Siiliyhdistys

i wonder if you give your hedgehog vitamins and calcium and if anybody knows if the hedgehogs are able to take up vitamin D3 whit out UV-light? in the reptile world you need to have uv-light to the animal so they can take up D3 and be abel to take upp calcium but i havent heard for mor thatn one in England that uses UV-light to her hedgehogs. I wonder how you look at this in Finland.

Quite many use vitamin tablets that are ment for cats (Pirskatti is the name of the product) ocasionally. That contains many different vitamins and also calsium. <br> <br>Tablets are crushed to smaller portions, 1/5 part or les is enough for hedgehog. On one vets opinion it would be good to give one week that vitamin every day 3 - 4 times a year.

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Personally I can't think of any use that comes from a UV-lamp. Hedgies are active at night and don't sunbathe anyway - at least tame hedgies. Wild ones might just be walking about at daytime once in a while, but at least my Albert doesn't move at all during the day. If I had a UV-lamp, it would be no use since Albert is sleeping under a fleece all day, and if I would leave the light on for the night he wouldn't move all night... <br> <br>I'm no vet so that's just my own speculation. I do feed Albert some vitamins occasionally, just to be safe, but I don't know for a fact what would be necessary.

yes i know but hove do they get calcium supply? i have asked our vet but haven't got any answers jet. whit reptiles they recommend UV even if it is a snake that is night living. This is my on thoughts about this and it is interesting for me anyway. I know that i can give them vitamiins and calcium but does thier bodys reserv them whitout UV. I think that in the wild even if they are night living they get in the eavning the dose of uv that thier bodys need. I have asked the same question from USA and England al al has the same answere as you al here.

<i>Eikös näille ulukommaan kielille ole juuri tuo Discussion forums? Vai olenko käsittänt viärin?</i> <br> <br> <br>there is some discussion forum in English but it is interesting to discuss between different countries that is a way to learn more.

Well, I really don't know, so I'm just as interested as you are. I know that some of the hedgie owners here have purchased hedgehog books that are quite scientific, could someone please look this up? I myself don't have any literature on the subject, not even some "hedgie as a pet"-thingys. There's some good book from Nigel Reeves and if I remember correctly, there should be some facts.

Nigel Reeve is the writer of the good book, propably it could be found also from Sweden. Unfortunatelly I don't remember the name of the book, as it has been almost every time been referred as "se Nigel Reeven kirja"

This is the book we've talking about: <br> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/085661081X/026-7662265-8980447" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/085661081X/026-7662265-898044 7</a>