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  1. Quills
    just noticed my hedgehog had a clump of loose quills fall out of the top of her head, going to vet ASAP, any advice in the meantime? i've never seen this from her before. she is an older hedgehog. i did a mite check (checked her flakes under a black shirt) didn't see any movement indicating...
  2. Skin
    Pebbles's skin has always been on the drier side but lately it seems to be getting worse and worse. I'm fairly certain it's not mites though, just the combined effect of various things. For instance, the humidity in her cage sits at about 20-30% on average but I don't know how to keep that...
  3. Health
    Hello, I haven't been here in a very long time so I hope this is the right place to post this. My hedgehog Peach has been losing quite a bit of quills for the past 4 weeks. I've been collecting them and I've just counted 101 quills. She's 3 and a half years old and has had no change in mood or...
  4. Quills
    I have noticed my girl has lost about 20 quills in 5 days. I'm not sure if that normal. Background info: DOB: 2/20/2020 Current weight: 226g (she's smaller than average Food: mazuri hedgehog diet (vet recommended) Health issues: was cured from bacterial overgrowth in fecal about 3 months ago...
  5. General Questions
    Hello! Recently I've been hearing my hedgehog, Cassie, scratch herself quite a bit in the middle of the night. I’ve also noticed more quills than usual while I’m cleaning her cage. And I’m pretty sure shes done with quilling, because all of her quills that I see are bigger than her baby ones...
  6. Diet and Nutrition
    So I've been posting lately about Yuki's health issues (periodically vomiting and quill loss). He also has excess saliva and bad breath. Back in October 2018 after months of going to the vet about his swollen lip and excess saliva and then foaming at the mouth issue. We put him under anaesthetic...
  7. Health
    Hi everyone. My guy hasn't really been eating for the past 3 days, consistently less than 10 pieces of kibble. He is losing quills and has dry skin, I think he's started quilling (he's 10 weeks old) however I can't really tell if he's growing new quills or not. He has dry skin and is extra...
  8. Health
    Hey guys! I'm worried about my 3 year old hedgehog, Phoebe. She started losing quills, hair and shedding skin flakes like crazy about two months ago. I gave her a sulfur lime bath (worked previously in the past) but it didn't help her. After a couple oatmeal baths and oils I took her to her vet...
  9. General Questions
    I've had my hedgehog, Chestnut, for about 2 months now (she is around 3 months old), and I believe that she has been in some stage of quilling since I got her, but now I'm not sure. When I first got her, she was losing a few quills a day, then she started to lose around 20 a day. These days...
  10. Mites
    hello i have an egyptian long eared hedgehog whos about 1 year and 5 months old (im not sure if theyre quilling patterns are different from the pygmys, (i havnt been able to find evidence theyre any different). he is losing a lot of quills lately like today for example he was on my lap i was...
  11. General Questions
    Hi there, I am new here and this is really my last ditch effort before spending a lot of money going to the vet. I have a female hedgehog named Nina, she is about 8 months old now and I am growing increasingly concerned. About a month or so ago, I noticed that she started to get dry skin. I...
  12. Skin
    Ok so here is the history with my hedgehog, almost 2 year old male, I've had him for 1.5 years anyways he was loosing quills a lot and after a long time of treatment and almost going to the point of a skin biopsy (I refused for fear of the process and possible side effects on Doug) we did...
  13. Quills
    Hi. My hedgehog Winston has been losing quills. There are now large bald patches. 3 weeks ago he had a major infection and was on oral antibiotics for a week. This caused significant stress, and I attributed the quill loss to the infection. However, the infection has cleared up the quill loss...
  14. Skin
    Hey yal. Ive had my hedgehog (Barry) for a little over two weeks, which makes him about 10 weeks old. When I got him he had a small amount of dry, red skin behind his ear and above his right eye where the quills begin to form. After an oatmeal bath about 80% of the dryness started to get better...
  15. Quills
    We got a 6 week old hedgehog Saturday, she is our first hedgehog. She's been loosing a decent amount of quills since bringing her home. Everytime we take her out and put her into her bonding pouch she always leaves some in there. When I clean out her cleaning area everyday there's always some in...
  16. General Questions
    When I got my hedgehog, Rigby is was 6 weeks old and the breeder told me that he was quilling and to expect to find some quills and also some grouchiness. That was about three weeks ago, and I've been finding a few quills here and there. Somewhere between 1-2 a day to about 5 or so. I haven't...
  17. Skin
    Sorry everyone, I don't mean to spam with posts (I started a vitamin thread a few days ago) and only post when something is wrong...but I really need some help, I'm really worried about my girl Luna. Here's a breakdown of whats going on: -Luna had some bald spots along her quill/belly line...
  18. Quills
    My 7-8 week ld Female Hedgehog, Sabel, which I've only had for over a under two weeks now, has been getting extremely protective and aggressive when i touch or go anywhere near her or her quills. When i do manage to pick her up and get her more accustomed to being held again, I notice she'll...
  19. Health
    Hello, Thought I would post on here since it's 2am and I can't call my vet. So Quillson is almost a year now and at around 4-5 months old I noticed him losing more quills than I thought was normal. I also saw him itching and biting at his back quills/having pretty flakey skin so I decided to...
  20. Quills
    My hedgehog is 1 1/2 years old and she was running around yesterday when I had her out and I noticed she was leaving quills everywhere. She does not have any noticeable patches where she is missing quills on her back but I have never had this happen before. I read that it could be mites but I...
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