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Junk Food Addiction In Animals

Iceberg Lettuce Addiction In Iguanas

In the 1980’s, the hot pet was an iguana. They were hearty, looked like dinosaurs and were cheap. The fact that they grew to over six feet long didn’t seem to deter the pet buying public. One of the advantages for iguanas in this boom (which dropped off considerably after the lizards reached full length) is that more people observed what made iguanas healthy and what could kill them.

Oddly enough, iguanas can develop junk food addictions to iceberg lettuce. This lettuce is not known in South America, so North American pets were the first introduced to them. Iguanas need a variety of foods in order to survive. But when exposed to Iceberg lettuce, they would refuse all other foods but the lettuce. They then died … of starvation, even when given all the lettuce they could eat.

Acorn Addiction In Horses

Domestic horses at first ignore and spit out acorns. If, however, there isn’t much else to eat, they will eat acorns. Some will then develop a craving for acorns, even when re-exposed to better food. This equine junk food addiction can sometimes kill a horse, as acorns do contain a tiny bit of poison. At the least, the horse will become jittery, disoriented and have diarrhea. The only way to get a horse off an acorn addiction is by going cold turkey and praying a lot.

Bread And Milk Addiction In Hedgehogs

For years in England, bread and milk was thought to be the food of choice to leave out for wild hedgehogs. They certainly went crazy for it. Unfortunately, it took decades later to realize what happened to the hedgehogs after they ate bread and milk. It can give diarrhea, but more than that, it can give a hedgehog a junk food addiction. They usually are omnivores, like us. Imagine what would happen to your body if you only ate bread and milk. You wouldn’t be very healthy. Because of this junk food addiction, hedgehogs can also die of malnutrition.

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