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I am curious, What is the youngest possible age a female hedgehog can conceive? I know it is not healthy for them to conceive before five months old as they most likely aren’t mature enough yet to handle a litter. Inquiring minds want to know. Thank you!

I'm doing my research on breeding-- I was waiting on the female I have to grow bigger, and with this pandemic time flew by until I realized she was 11 months old! Is it too late to breed her for the first time now? I'm perfectly happy with just keeping her as is, since her health is more...

How do you tell a hedgehog's age? I just bought my first hedgie 3 days ago and the seller told me that she's 3 months old. It kinda seem sketchy 'cause she's really really huge. I have seen pictures of 2 months old hedgehogs and they are so small! I tried measuring her and she's at least 5 inches.

Hello. I recently acquired a new hedgehog (more of a rescue). Im trying to figure out an approximate age. When arriving to pick him up they said he was 8 weeks old..and when I asked how long they had him their response was "8 weeks". Upon thinking, Im almost sure this baby was 16 weeks old at...

I made an account just so I could share this and get some thoughts and advice. Hopefully someone can help! This is quite long, but I'll put the summation here: My 4 year old hedgehog has ended up malnourished and cannot stay upright (falls over whenever she tries to walk). After a vet visit to...

I've gotten a hedgehog on 6/19/14 and I've been told it's DOB was on 5/18/14. i didn't think much about it and was so overwhelmed on my new hedgehog, Scooter, I didn't pay attention to how old they should be. He's about 5 inches long, are one month old hedgehogs even that big or should they even...

Hi There, I have a beautiful albino hedgehog called Mr Squiggles, I have had him for about 6 months, unfortunately I got him from someone who was practically going to throw him out in the street during a canadian winter so I just got him and don't know how old he is or much else about him...

Hello! I am thinking if breeding my hedgehog, Shelby, but I don't know the easiest age to breed her! She is almost 6 months old now, and I'm thinking of breeding her in the summer, when I have more time. I have heard that breeding is easiest when done 6 months to 1 year of age but...