Tenrec Housing and Handling
A Tenrec is very similar to a hedgehog, but is smaller and colder. It is also arboreal, which means it naturally lives in trees, unlike hedgehogs. Tenrecs are also nocturnal, and in my experience, they are more active than hedgehogs. Tenrecs, like every animal, need food and water. Food and water can be provided in anti-slip bowls. Tenrecs cannot drink out of a dropper bottle. Their necks can not end upwards and swallow at the same time. If you give a Tenrec a dropper bottle, it will dehydrate and die. Tenrecs generally eat fruit and cat food. They also enjoy insects like mealworms, crickets or small beetles. Tenrecs cannot eat grapes, they are toxic. They can also not eat dried fruits or nuts, as those can be a chocking hazard. Tenrecs need solid wheels just like hedgehogs, but also enjoy branches and rocks to climb over. I have read on some websites that people replace the running wheel with branches and rocks. This is a very bad thing to do, because a Tenrec runs on its wheel to
