It’s been a really busy week for me, so I”m digging up some news from earlier this month to fill up some space. Most of you know about the McDonalds McFlurry lids and how they were a danger to wild hedgehogs overseas and the long battle fought between the multi-billion dollar McDonalds corporation and a » Continue reading…
And why are my hedgehogs putting me through hell tonight? Marble had a miscarriage a few days ago and now she is acting funny. I started her on antibiotics tonight and she’ll see the vet tomorrow. Asti had another miscarriage today. She was only 2 weeks pregnant this time, and it was her last shot. » Continue reading…
Sep 292006
We’ve got several litters of babies due soon, so Sean and I set up the nursery tonight. I went to Walmart and bought some new bins for expecting moms and then to Home Depo to look at shelving units. I’m happy with the bins I found. They are smaller then the 90qt Steralite bins I » Continue reading…
Sep 282006
Today I did a lot of work cleaning up the Haverhill place. Mostly I worked on the yard. Since we haven’t been living there for the last month, the yard had gotten rather full of weeds. I also took a car load of stuff back to Pelham. There’s not much to report on the hedgehogs » Continue reading…
Sep 262006
The little ANSI girl with the infected quills is looking a little worse in one spot, but the other 2 spots look healed. She keeps getting a little better, and then a little worse, and then a little better again. Each time she gets better it is an overall improvement, so the meds are working. » Continue reading…
From the Yourkshire Post Today Saturday, September 3, 2006 HEDGEHOGS TICK UP A CURE FOR DISEASE Julie Hemmings A HEDGEHOG sanctuary run as a hobby by a university lecturer has helped her team to make an important scientific breakthrough. In her free time, Hull University lecturer Toni Bunnell uses her expertise in mammal conservation to » Continue reading…
Sep 242006
We finally got on the road at around 11:30AM. It was a really long and smelly trip home, and I do not advise anyone to get themselves trapped in a car with 9 in-tack ferrets. They smell bad. Really really bad. They do this ‘poofing’ thing when they are arguing with each other…..imagine a fart, » Continue reading…
Sep 232006
The Ferrets of New England made a strong appearance at the show today with Anna taking 2nd in the point class and Avalon and Miss Priss getting lots of “wows”. It was a long day for both the ferrets and the humans, and I think we were all happy with the results. This was a » Continue reading…
Sep 222006
Today when I was cleaning cages, I found Apple and Wasabi playing ‘tube wars’. This is a game where 1 hedgehog sticks their head in one end of a tube (I make mine out of fun foam, but you can use a TP tube too) and another hedgehog sticks their head in the other end. » Continue reading…
I sent 2 hedgehogs from Boston to Idaho Falls this morning. The reservations were made earlier this week and I dropped them off at the cargo counter at 5AM. The 2 hedgehogs were in a size 100 kennel (that’s a small cat carrier), the same as I have always shipped them. The counter monkeys, who » Continue reading…
Sep 202006
Gadget was awake and anxiously vying for my attention when I was feeding the hedgehogs tonight. She climbed a few of the bars of her Marchiro cage and stuck her nose through them. She was being extremely cute, so I picked her up and gave her some cuddles. Gadget is Decal’s daughter from her previous » Continue reading…
Sep 192006
I don’t think I mentioned it, but I set up a 2nd group of breedings this past Saturday. This group should ready for new homes in early December. There will also be a group that will be ready to go in Mid November. I am very excited about the upcoming babies; there are some really » Continue reading…
Sep 182006
Cheers to Rosenguard Moving Systems, Inc. for doing a great job moving all of our big stuff. It took 3 guys and 7 hours, but Sean and I didn’t have to lift a finger the entire time. Trust me when I say that it was well worth $1087.00 to have someone else do the hard » Continue reading…
Most of you know that we are in the middle of moving from Haverhill, MA to Pelham, NH. Tomorrow is the day that the movers are coming to move all the big stuff, including the 130G fish tank. So, today I got my butt in gear and set up the 30G in the new house » Continue reading…
Hedgehog in Other Languages compiled from various sources and friends across the web. If you have any additions or corrections for this list, please contact us. African: krimpvarkie Albanian: iriqi Anglosaxon: igil or il Arabic: qunfud Bengali: kata chua (spikey mouse) Chinese: ci-wei (needle animal) Cornish: sort Czech language: jezek Danish: pindsvin Dutch: egel English: » Continue reading…
Sep 162006
All hedgehogs go through a process called quilling. This is when their baby quills fall out and the adult quills fill in. Think of it as you would a baby teething. It’s a slow process and it can be rather uncomfortable for the hedgehog. Much like teething, not all of the quills fall out at » Continue reading…
Mite infestations are not extremely common, but you may have to deal with one or two throughout the life of your hedgehog. It is important to be aware of the signs (scratching and concentrated quill loss most commonly on the back of the hedgehog) and to seek out immediate treatment from a knowledgeable exotics veterinarian. » Continue reading…
Sep 162006
Before you get a hedgehog, it is important that you be sure they are legal in your city and state. Since laws are continually changing, it is best that you contact your state Fish and Game Commission and check your county regulations. We’ll do our best to keep a running list of the restrictions placed » Continue reading…
By Kelly Sosik-Hamor It has been said that hedgehogs are a good pet for people with allergies, and for the most part this is true. Very few people have hedgehog allergies, and a good portion of those people who think they do, are actually allergic to the bedding being used and not the actual hedgehog. » Continue reading…
I had to separate one of ANSI’s girls from the rest of the group, last night, because she had a bite mark and scab along her quill line and a small abscess on her upper lip (assumablyfrom another bite). I figured that I would move her into another cage so her scab and abscess would heal » Continue reading…
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