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  1. General Questions
    My first post is quite long so i wanted to make this separate With the female i wanted an opinion. The family friend has children Wich aren't yet.. Fully mannered and the female is really scared even if they are close and they overall don't know anything about breeding and are Mostly not at...
  2. Diet and Nutrition
    Hi! I forgot my hedgehogs’ food at home, and I am visiting family for the week. She loves hedgehog precision, but I can’t get it in time. Is there anything I can use in the meantime?
  3. Health
    Hi So my hedgehog is 3 years old, I got her in September from her previous owner online. Over the past week I noticed she started running on her wheel less and less, and initially she had a small limp on one of her legs, but at that time I didn't think much of it. Today when I took her out, I...
  4. Diet and Nutrition
    Hello everyone! I have been very indecicive latley about how much food i should be feeding pickles. At first i was feeding her 1 time a day and feeding her about 3 table spoons and she was demolishing it within 30 minutes so I thought she was very hungry. I googled it and it said to start...
  5. Health
    Just gave our girl fern her usual bath. Water was normal temp, dried her off with a towel and put her into a little bed with a heating pad to finish drying for a little. This is all routine done it multiple times before. However when I went to bring her out to go back in her cage she was curled...
  6. Health
    My hedgie has a respiratory infection and was prescribed .2 ml of SMZ-TMP twice a day for 14 days. I just got through dose 4 out of 28 and it took like 45 minutes because she is so stubborn. I am rapidly running out of ways to get her to take it and would love any advice that anyone might have...
  7. General Questions
    Hello everyone! I have two females who are mother and daughter. they get along relatively well, they only fight over treats occasionally which was an easy simple fix. They've been free roam in my room for the past months, and have enjoyed it but i hadn't bothered with it much. I fell into a deep...
  8. Hedgehog Health FAQs and Important Topics
    I was having some play time with my hedgehog olive today and everything seemed normal until she started walking very strangely all of a sudden, arms and legs both very wide apart. This lasted for around 20 seconds before she started walking normally again. She saw the vet yesterday for a check...
  9. New Member Introductions
    Mom had a litter of 2 maybe 3..we saw 2 one is in the nest, mom is in the tunnel the 2nd is gone. The baby is squeaking and mom has not responded to her. When do I know she has been abandoned? When should we remove baby and begin bottle feeding?
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    Any good vets in connecticut??
  11. New Member Introductions
    Hello everyone, I have a hedgehog (I am unsure of the kind) her name is Libby and she is about 5 1/2 - 6 years old. She is what seems to be white with brown patches!
  12. Health
    Hi guys! during bathing hercules today i found a lump on his back it is quite soft and doesnt seem to bother him, but it has appeared very fast. I have booked in with the vet but they cant get him in for a couple of weeks, im just worried that because its come up so fast that it will continue...
  13. Health
    Hi guys! during bathing hercules today i found a lump on his back it is quite soft and doesnt seem to bother him, but it has appeared very fast. I have booked in with the vet but they cant get him in for a couple of weeks, im just worried that because its come up so fast that it will continue...
  14. Hedgehog Health FAQs and Important Topics
    I'm freaking out a bit.. i was gifted a hedgehog by a family member as she had gotten him more for the kids and they had lost interest - i was really excited to give him a happier life but the bonding process is really hard, and its resulted in him jumping out of my hands before i was able to...
  15. Wheels
    Just as title says. When my hedgehog runs on her wheel her nose looks like it's almost about to touch the wheel. I'm worried. Does she need a bigger wheel? I would take a picture, but she will only run in the dark. Wheel type: Sonoran Desert Hedgehogs Bucket Wheel
  16. Health
    My year old male hedgehog has been scratching himself until he draws blood. I'm unsure if this is mites, an infection, or anything of the sorts. I can't go to the vet due to the local vet having no experience in hedgehogs. There has been no loss of quills but some loss of fur in the specific...
  17. General Questions
    I’m not sure if I’m over reacting but remi is acting really weird. She won’t go in her normal sleeping spots, I found her in her litter box under her wheel kind of cold. I haven’t had a problem with the temperature in a while. She keeps running around making these weird like low growling noises...
  18. Bleeding, Male
    Hello all. My little boy, Arlo, was playing in his ball tonight, ive been letting him run around and play (supervised of course) to let out some energy until bedtime. Tonight however, it looked as if something was smeared in the ball, since i know his normal schedule i thought it was an upset...
  19. General Questions
    Recently my hedgehog Dizzy’s health has been decreasing. She’s been having bloody stools and she’s becoming less and less active. Our vet had us sample her stool, and he told us we can only watch and wait. She’s only started losing her energy after the visit. She’s started to not touch her food...
  20. Health
    Around a week ago one of my baby hoglets (5 weeks old) was accidentally pushed by mom off a ledge. Now, we noticed that he isn't using his back legs! Is there any way to treat this? We were planning to sell him soon but he is possibly disabled now and I don't know what to do. Is there any way I...
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