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My mom was watching my hedgehog this past week and when I came home, her feet and nails were very poopy. When I washed her feet and got the poop from out under her nails I saw that her nails looked very unusual. They are more yellowish and darker colored than they usually are and are deformed...

It was that time of the month again where my hedgehog starts to stink a bit so I had to give her a bath. After the bath I dried her off and then let her run around on her towel. She spend most of her time trying to dig and make a nest in the towel and after a few minutes I noticed that her paw...

Hello, I hate to make a post asking a question without first providing answers to someone else or contributing in someway but I had quite the scare a few hours ago! Some background: I got my hedgehog a little over a week ago (1/6/17) when he was exactly two months old (almost 9 weeks). I bond...

OK so, my hedgie Beatrice is a hot mess. I rescued her from someone who couldnt take care of her and bought her from a shady breeder. She had some pretty bad quill loss when i took her in, but she had seen a vet twice for it already, been medicated for mites, and then for a yeast infection. When...

I was picking my hedgehog out of her enclosure to snuggle her, and I have no idea how it happened but her nail ripped. I didn't see it happen, I just noticed blood on her and quickly inspected. The nail is still attached but it looks partly detached at the base. It was bleeding quite a bit but...

Help! I am a new hedgie owner as I got Harley 2 weeks ago. He is about 2 months old! I love him already!!! But anyways, he is quite the explorer and everytime i try to clip his nails i cant manage to because he is never still! or he is running away somewhere to explore. Im not sure if I should...