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Hi everyone,
We had a scary incident in our house last night with Hercules. As usual, his feet were poopy, so I ran a little water in the sink and put him in to wash them off. Within a minute or 2 of putting him in the sink he started doing this weird cough/whole body hiccup/heaving thing. He was making little snorting noises at the same time. So i picked him up out of the sink and wrapped him in his towel, and he continued to make these weird chirpy (almost like a beeping sound) noises. He looked like he was snorting, like when a person tries to blow their nose really hard. Anyways, when I picked him up, he blew a bubble out of one nostril, several times! I was so worried I was ready to rush to the emergency vet. I held him for about 10 minutes and the hiccup/snort thing stopped and he went to sleep in his towel, so I think he was ok after that. I still have no idea what happened. I think he may have accidently choked on some of the water, because his little face was wet. He was ok for the rest of the night, and this morning his wheel was covered in poop, so I'm assuming he was pretty normal during the night too. Has anyone experienced this, and is that actually what happened? Thanks for your help!
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It sounds like he got water up his nose. Some of them are silly and will stick their faces in the water, for what reason I have no clue. Do they not figure it's the same stuff that's in their water bowl.
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Winston ALWAYS sticks his face in the water during bath time/foot bath time. Not his whole face, but just enough for him to splutter, then look at me accusingly. I think it's his way of telling me that this is CLEARLY not the proper environment for a hedgehog. :P
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BATH is a four letter word after all.
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Kashi sticks his face in the water too
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Do you guys have a better way to do a foot bath? Maybe the water was just too deep? Also, do you guys have to do foot baths nightly? Seems like every night when Herc comes out of his cage for a cuddle his feet are caked!
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Kashi usually needs a foot bath every other day, but you could try just using baby wipes if he allowed you to.
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![]() You can try and get a Sterilite shallow/wide storage container. http://www.sterilite.com/SelectProduct. ... §ion=1 It'll be a hassle changing the water and such because it's so big and bulky. Personally, I haven't tried that method but thinking of trying it. My bath tub's drain doesn't work properly; there's not way to stop the water from draining. And the sink is too small. Good thing Hershi's very clean and she hasn't really needed too many baths or foot baths.
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