they make an excellent pet caryl we have 4, 1 is free range, visits the neighbours
info here
http://www.avianweb.com/maroonbelliedconure.html
and look up clicker training for birds, jenniferh had a link up i think
i did those diets in my younger life
2 heart attacks at 38 and feeling other effects of those diets now
it would be neat to be an animal psychic so you could know if they were really happy
trouble with electricity is that it contracts muscles and a hedgehogs defence is to contract muscles and curl in a ball, no win situation
have seen humans touch a live wire and not be able to let it go for the same reason
then someone tries to grab them off it and gets stuck too, uber intelligence
perhaps some more research would show your turtles could do with some variety
as alan has said just because it is easy doesn't make it right
people repeating what they have read on the internet is how urban legends grow
Dogs, cats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats, mice, hedgehogs, wasps, sth african praying mantis, deer, goats. pigs and the list goes on
possibly impossble to eradicate in this cost driven world we live in
kina is messy,
fish meat, mussels, squid all good, i cut the tougher stuff into earthworm sized bits and wash before feeding out
prawns and shrimp, you can take the point on their heads off if your worried about it, i leave shell on for the bigger fish
white bait is good too
ah the misunderstood hedgehog and all the misconceptions surrounding it
pretty hard to clean yourself when your back is covered in spines
and your arms are too short to reach the shampoo
the fact he had not long given birth i would suggest complications have come from this
possibilities are infected, bladder, kidney, testes or swim bladder
all these when swelling up can put pressure on other internal organs
having a rigid body doesn't help