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Hi Judith
Good to hear there are still hogs visiting. I still have a couple of hoglets here, although not sure after all the noise, smoke, objects falling all around – last night.
Re. the food. I would stick to the hog and cat food. Peanuts are one of those foods which are implicated in metabolic bone disease, even though to a much lesser extent than mealworms. It is of course worse if they are fed only one of those foods, but if you are feeding the other things they aren’t really necessary. Hogs are thought to occasionally eat fruits in the wild, but sultanas are stickier and not good for their tiny teeth. Hopefully the kitten biscuits will have helped to keep their teeth clean, but I would cut the sultanas out also. Unfortunately hogs seem to be quite keen on all sorts of things which aren’t good for them! – Where have I heard that before!
Hopefully, they won’t mind you cutting those out. If you find there is a problem, reduce them gradually. Good luck.