HEDGEHOG BOOSTER 2 OZ

Exotic Nutrition's Hedgehog Booster ensures that the hedgehog is getting the vitamins and minerals it needs to thrive. Feeding a balanced diet is a priority for good health and wellbeing, and vitamin supplements can help fill any nutritional voids. If at least 75% of your hedgehog's diet is made up of Exotic Nutrition's Hedgehog Complete, supplements are optional, because the pellet diet already contains added vitamins and nutrients. Click here to view a breakdown of the vitamins and minerals in this booster. Vitamin & mineral supplement for hedgehogs Includes live saccharomyces yeast for a healthy digestive tract Contains probiotics that prevent colonization of pathogenic bacteria. Great for breeding hedgehogs, and also best during times of illness, travel, or other stressful situations. Net Weight: 2 ounces (approximately 150 servings) DOSAGE: Sprinkle a healthy pinch of booster per serving of food (approx 1/16 of a teaspoon) or mix 1 tbsp of booster per pound of food. What Are Probiotics? Direct-fed microbials (probiotics) produce antibiotic-like substances that help prevent certain bacterial infections, help produce enzymes that aid in digestion, and help lower the pH of the gastrointestinal tract. Gram Positive: Bacteria that are considered good bacteria and often destroy bad bacteria. Gram Negative: Bacteria that live off of blood, tissue and bone, and give off toxic substances. Lactobacillus: Organisms that are the most popular gram positive bacteria. There are other compounds, which are also helpful such as bacillus subtilis, lactis, bulgaricus, enterococcus, etc.