Hi Jackietb
No I’m not on Facebook either, so was only able to read it. But there must be some way to contact them, otherwise what do people do if they need to contact them about sick or injured hedgehogs. They may be doing a very good job in that respect. I should say that just because I don’t agree with their feeding advice for wild hedehogs doesn’t mean that they can’t be doing good work for hogs in other ways.
As things stand whilst there seems to be a lot of strong anecdotal information about mealworms and hogs, including from people who would be in a position to know (i.e. those that treat hogs and have seen the damage which can be caused by mealworms) as far as I know there isn’t yet any scientific evidence, as such, from research (which leaves open a window of opportunity for people to potentially argue in the other direction – although I haven’t heard any arguments, let alone convincing arguments, in favour of feeding mealworms). But to me, as there is a choice of food we can give the hogs, it doesn’t make sense to recommend mealworms, when there is such strong advice against them being offered from experts at places such as Vale Wildlife, etc. (including information via the link in previous post). Also that that advice is not only that mealworms aren’t good for the hogs, but that they can have negative life changing/limiting effects on hogs.
