Clipping your hedgehog’s nails may seem like a difficult and intimidating job, but once you know what to do and get in a little practice, you’ll see that it really isn’t that hard. Use whatever nail clippers you are most comfortable with. I use a small child’s finger nail clipper, but a small scissors or » Continue reading…
The first two weeks of hedgehog ownership are the most important in shaping your new pet’s personality and how they will react when you are around. You may notice a change from when you picked out your hedgehog and this is completely normal. Please remember that you are still new and your pet is just » Continue reading…
Hedgehogs have naturally dry skin, so you do not want to bath them very often. They may occasionally come across something new and smelly, and have the odd desire to spread it on their quills and get themselves rather messy. This is called self anointing, and depending on what your hedgehog has found, this could » Continue reading…
This is a basic guide to deciphering the hedgehog colors we offer. The most common and most popular ones are listed here in an effort to get everyone to stop referring to just about every shade of chocolate as ‘salt and pepper’. Click the image to make it larger and then use your back arrow » Continue reading…
The baby I’ve been hand feeding, every 2-3 hours for the past several days, died this morning. She wasn’t looking so good at her 6:30am feeding, and by 9am she was dead. It’s very sad and I feel like I’ve wasted the past several days, but I felt that I had to give it my » Continue reading…
Well, the baby is still with us. I thought I killed her once today. I was feeding her, and she just stopped moving. She wouldn’t respond, so I thought maybe I fed too fast and she choked. It turned out that she has just fallen asleep. She will take a tiny feeding from me and » Continue reading…
The little baby made it through her first day. Sake wasn’t comfortable with her, so I slipped her in with FiGiSGM’s litter. FiGiSGM (Funky Girl Stasi Gave Me) is fine with the foster and is allowing her to stay in the nest and keep warm. The baby isn’t suckling, and I’m not sure why. She » Continue reading…
It’s 5:20AM and technically Tuesday morning. However, I haven’t gone to bed yet and Monday needs a blog entery, So in my world it’s still Monday. I was doing my last hedgehog check of the night when something looked off in Mokie’s cage. She started out with 6 babies and one was still born. It » Continue reading…
Here is a basic list of things that are good to keep on hand for all hedgehog owners. Please consult a vet before administering any home treatments. Emergency Supplies: You Vet’s phone number and the number of a 24 hour emergency clinic that treats hedgehogs 1 Can of Hills Perscription Diet A/D – Canine/ Feline » Continue reading…
Thank goodness for my litter records! Without them I would never be able to tell all you different people with similar names apart. I get a lot of email from a lot of hedgehog owners and prospective hedgehog owners. I also have to keep track of who is visiting when, who has put a deposit » Continue reading…
Special thanks to everyone who helped me add to the list and calculate prices. Even I didn’t realize how expensive the little ones are! Here are your basic, yearly, and additional costs for purchasing and owning a hedgehog. Please use this as a guideline, as costs will vary. Vet rates, in particular, may vary in » Continue reading…
Well, Caviar Dreams killed off 2 of her babies and I found a third one dead. The remaining 3 have been fostered to Hio. Caviar will retire and go live with Alison. Now Alison can have Champagne Wishes AND Caviar dreams. I’m sure she was feeling incomplete before (Champagne Wishes went to live with Alison » Continue reading…
From the Pasiley Gazette in the UK Monday July 16, 2007 » I FEARED I WOULD BE SHOT IN FRONT OF MY LITTLE GIRL (4/7/07) By Irina Nelson A KEY witness in a shock trial feared he would be gunned down in front of his little girl before he could give evidence. The man – » Continue reading…
So how much damage do you think a European hedeghog can do to a car tire? Inquiring minds want to know! Yes, hedgehog roadkill is my new obsession (um…no, not really). From the Independent.ie Hedgehog auditors to unlock spiky mammals’ secrets “Tuesday July 10 2007 IRELAND’S prickliest mammal is to undergo its first ever audit, » Continue reading…
I got an email update from Rebbecca today on Princess Sophie. She had a vet appointment yesterday to have her mouth looked at. Sophie has a large growth on the base of her mouth, under her tongue. The vet put Sophie on some meds to see if it was an abscess that would respond to » Continue reading…
Smushed Hedgehogs anyone? HEDGEHOG ROADKILLS HOLD THE KEY TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TINY MAMMAL http://www.pr-inside.com/hedgehog-roadkills-hold-the-key-to-r167706.htm “2007-07-09 13:06:28 – County Clare, IRELAND, 9th July 07 – The Clare Heritage Office in association with the Clare Biodiversity Group is hoping that the significant number of hedgehogs killed on Irish roads each year will help them produce » Continue reading…
Alison came by today to pick up some of the retired girls and take them to the retirement village at her house. She’s got 2 absolutely huge cages that I handed down to her, and some normal size cages for her boys and the girls that don’t appreciate group living. The huge cages are about » Continue reading…
I had 3 hedgehog babies go home today and 1 get reserved. It’s always exciting when new people finally get to take their first hedgehog home. Most people keep in touch to let me know how their hedgehogs are adjusting or to ask questions about quilling and socializing. I love getting pictures of the hedgehog’s » Continue reading…
Wanted: 1 surverer tally-upped needed to tally up all the reported road kill in the UK. Morbid sense of humor is a must! Motoring: Count roadkill to help animals 03 Jul 07 17:20 http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=16280 “Spotted a dead badger beside the road, a squashed hedgehog or a run-over rabbit? Let the Mammals Trust UK know about » Continue reading…
Pelham had their town fireworks last night. We live about a block from the school where they set them off, so I am glad that I didn’t have any new litters. I am expecting some within a few days, but my timing worked out well and there were no litters to worry about. New moms » Continue reading…
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