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smhufflepuff

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I am so fierce! - 2008/03/25 10:16 Sweet potato and chicken beware. I will hunt you down and WEAR you!

Last night I gave Satin a treat: sweet potato & chicken baby food. From previous experience, I knew she enjoys turkey baby food and she anoints with sweet potato. You can see what happened above. She also put applied her food to her back feet and tail. I tried to get a pic of that, but she kept balling up.

On a related note, I found myself curious about the baby food… wondered how it tasted. But figured, “no, this is hedgehog food, I can’t eat that,” until it dawned on me that it was actually intended for human babies and would, therefore, be perfectly fine for me to try. After I got some out for her, I licked the spoon clean. Has anyone else done this?

*Blech* it was TERRIBLE! I’m trying to scrape my tongue off just thinking about it. I can’t believe human babies eat that stuff.

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LORI611

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/25 12:50

I am such a chicken about trying anything weird!! When my son was a baby I NEVER tried the baby food!!

Do not ask me why......Anyway, Hazel has annointed herself with sweet potatoes, I told her she was sweet enough but......silly little hedgies!!

LORI, SOUTHINGTON, CT
Mom of:
Chloe(dog), Mr.Toad(frog) and Hazel the hedgie!!

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starnightstarsky2000

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/25 12:56 Growing up my mom ran a home daycare and always made the baby food out of what we were having so I did that with my son too until one day we were out and about and I just grabbed a combo box of 4 different baby foods and since I am a firm believer in the rule if I don't like it I will offer it to my son but I won't make him eat it. Well like you I thought they were HORRIBLE!!! But since he needed baby food and the resturant we were at didn't have anything for him I gave him a bite of each and WOW clearly he liked them he cleaned out all four jars and after that I keep the jared baby food in the diaper bag for him for when we went out. I don't think babies taste buds are formed yet or something. YUCK!!!

Dani Marshall Kansas
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omelette

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/25 22:51 that's such an adorable picture! i never tried giving Omelette baby food, so i can't say that i've ever tried it. but on a related note, when i used to work at Petco, we would always eat the cookies from the treat bar. not too bad. they taste like sugarless cookies. i've also tried these weird carob treats i got for my dog. they were HORRIBLE! it tasted like stale chocolate. oh and i've also had a taste of the Nutro canned desserts. i think i tried the apple one. in any case, it was rather bland. but i'm always up for trying new things, even if it is intended for dogs.

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CThogs

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/26 05:15 Satin looks like she was in a food fight

Ann
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We had a great time at Hedgehog Fest 2008!!!

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CandJ327

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/26 21:38 HAHAHAHA so cute! Ava's mom!

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SlyxFox

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/29 16:01 That is too cute!

Dingo's mom
-Laura

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voodewlady

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/29 16:54 The fruit baby foods are yummy. I really like the dutch apple dessert!!! I eat those myself!!!

~Erin~
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voodewlady

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/29 23:05 Are baby foods really safe for hedgies? If so, what kinds are ok? ~Erin~
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smhufflepuff

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/30 10:36 From everything I've read, baby food is just fine for hedgies. Messy, but fine

She really likes sweet potato, butternut squash, turkey & turkey gravy, sweet potato & chicken. And acknowledges apple and green bean. Banana, however, does not qualify as a food according to her. Nor do the gerber turkey sticks.

So far, turkey babyfood is the only one she doesn't anoint with; just eats it as if it was mushy kibble.

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HappyHedgie8

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/30 17:03 Lol that is soooo cute! I agree it looks like your hedgie was in a food fight!!

**Mommy of Tweetle the hedgehog!**
~Felicia :]

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voodewlady

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/30 21:36 I got Pickles squash and sweet potatoes. I am gonna try them out on her tonight. I am keeping my fingers crossed that she likes them. ~Erin~
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Mischa the ferret
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smhufflepuff

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/31 07:20 did you end up with an orange-colored hedgie too?

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voodewlady

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Re:I am so fierce! - 2008/03/31 14:42 No. So far she has not touched it.

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