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Hi, if you are feeding wet food then the odds are your hog will have messy poo. Dried food tends to give firmer poo
35g per night is perfectly normal with a large amount of food and no exercise as such – apart from trying to escape
If the hog is unwell it’s likely to be slimy poo not just mushy and may be green
The hedgehog lady should be able to do a faecal sample on this anyway – you just need to make sure you have some of the edge included
If your hog is putting on weight at this rate it is probably fine and once you’ve had the poo tested it should be released.
Stress of captivity can cause the internal parasites to get worse
It should also not be in your bedroom but outside
Guidance for wild hogs likely to survive hibernation is 450g
When you release please keep feeding