I've observed a curious correlation between an empty dish of food and wheel use.
For the past two weeks (he's been with me for a month and a week now), I've been filling the food dish at 7pm and around 10am, in an attempt to encourage daytime appearances, and it's working perfectly. He'll take some food around 12pm and then some more at 5 or 6pm, finally waking up at 9-10pm for the night.
What I observed is -by way of the messy evidence- the wheel gets used the most when I find the food dish empty in the morning.
My take is that if he runs out of food, he'll walk/run trying to find more.
Could that be possible? If so, maybe there's a surefire way of encouraging exercise in overweight hedgies.
For the past two weeks (he's been with me for a month and a week now), I've been filling the food dish at 7pm and around 10am, in an attempt to encourage daytime appearances, and it's working perfectly. He'll take some food around 12pm and then some more at 5 or 6pm, finally waking up at 9-10pm for the night.
What I observed is -by way of the messy evidence- the wheel gets used the most when I find the food dish empty in the morning.
My take is that if he runs out of food, he'll walk/run trying to find more.
Could that be possible? If so, maybe there's a surefire way of encouraging exercise in overweight hedgies.