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  1. Health
    Help my hedgehog, Fern, who is 2 1/2 has been gaining weight her whole life and she has now reached 805g. I’ve spent hundreds on vet visits now and each vet says that everything seems healthy and normal other than her weight. One vet told me to put her on mazuri and take her off cat food. I did...
  2. General Questions
    My hedgehog is about 4.5+ years old (I am unsure his exact age when I got him 4 years ago) and has recently been sick. Hes gone to the vet for checks and Xrays and we cant find any tumors/infections/obvious concerns. He seems to be doing better after some medicine for inflammation but lost...
  3. Health
    Remis weight has been up and down and I thought it was getting better until it went from 318 to 291! I’ve noticed not as much feces on her wheel, although she is litter box trained so that might be why. But I haven’t heard her running as I often wake up in the middle of the night. She doesn’t...
  4. Health
    Remis dropped a little while ago but went back up, now its dropped again. She seems to eat only half of the food i give her each night. I just changed her food too, at first she seemed to love it. Last week she wasn't running very much but after a had her weekly deep cleaning and weighing, when...
  5. Health
    Hey there! Every now and then, but especially in the beginning I tried to find information about healthy weights of pygmy hedgehogs during certain stages of life. The answers were usually too vague, incomplete or not even related to pygmy hedgies. 😩 So instead I thought I'll put my data and...
  6. Health
    My hedgehog is 6 months old and weighs only 11 ounces. Should I be worried? If so, what can I do?
  7. General Questions
    Hello! I have a 5 month old hedgehog and am wondering how heavy should he be around this age. He's almost 6 months and the last time I weighed him he was 243 grams and he was 4 months then. Is his weight normal?
  8. Health
    Hi. Eiji is 3 months old female. I first brought her to a vet on Apr 1st and her weight was 119g at that moment. As of today (Apr 7th), she weight 173g. Her appetite is normal. She’s been eating fine and well. She has no trouble with eating. I gave her enough nutrients of kibbles and water. I...
  9. Health
    Hi hedgie lovers, in these days the hot season is starting in Italy and, sadly, it‘s hotter than ever. Maka has been doing great even if in her cage the temperature reaches 28 C, I put a tablet of ice everyday but she never goes there even when it’s not so cold anymore, she doesn’t even want to...
  10. Health
    Hi there, I have a 3.5 year old male hedgehog. He is fed blue wilderness adult cat food (proper fat and protein %), has a large enclosure with a wheel and water and hides. Weekly cleaned enclosure and foot bath. A few months ago he had a sore around his anus which antibiotics took care of...
  11. Health
    Hi! I have a two year old hedgie named Ozzie who eats a decent amount of food everynight. I feed her Spikes Delight and a cat food with mealworms sometimes as a treat. Attached are two pictures of her. Is she too skinny? Sorry for the bad quality, but keep in mind when she is stretched out and...
  12. Hedgehog Personality and Behaviour
    Hey yall ! Cecil is 2 now and fat as HECK. His dad was one of breeder's biggest hedgies (in the 800-900g range) and his mom wasn't the tiniest thing (I think somewhere bt 400-600g), so a bit of it is genetic. Cecil weighs ~740g. Vet did a physical (not an Xray though, hesitant about...
  13. General Questions
    Zoe has had mites and has lost quite a bit of weight; she's always been super small but you can tell she needs to gain some weight after all this. Shes at 227 grams but was only at about 250/260 before all of this. I've seen many other posts about this topic but most say to change the type of...
  14. Diet and Nutrition
    wylie coyote is about 8 months old (i don't know his exact birthday) and he weighs 289 grams as of today. the vet was not totally clear with me as to whether or not this was underweight for a male hog of his age. i always thought he was healthy, though he is a lot slimmer than most hogs i've...
  15. Health
    Hello guys. I read a couple of threads already but Im doing a new thread for a specific reason. So basically Ive had my hedgehog for about a year now and for the past week or so, maybe a little more no exactly sure, hes been using his wheel less. I also got a new hedgehog exactly a week ago and...
  16. General Questions
    Hello! Prudence came to me at a very chunky 650g, and in our four months together she has lost over 200g. She now weighs 445g and is way more active than before! What I am wondering is when to stop "dieting" her and add a higher fat food to her diet. The breeder originally told me that her...
  17. General Questions
    Prudence came to me as a 650g lazy adorable lump of double chins and rolls. I could tell immediately that she was overweight, and when my breeder said that she was 650 grams I can't say I was surprised. She also told me that she doesn't really run on her wheel and had lived with a couple other...
  18. Health
    Hi! I have a four-year-old male hedgehog named Odair. He's been losing quills for some time, but I just thought that was the shedding they do to get their adult quills. (But I'm no expert.) However, the loss has gotten very, very bad. There are quills all over his cage, and he has a very large...
  19. Diet and Nutrition
    I have been doing some reading (especially in this forum) and have learned that it is best for the health of your hedgehog to have a mixture of a few quality cat foods to provide maximum nutrition. I was given my hedgehog Luis less than a week ago by a friend who is moving, and they had him on...
  20. General Questions
    Hi all - I introduced myself a few weeks ago. Mucki was found outside six weeks ago by a friend, and I stepped in to become her "parent" when they couldn't locate the owner. I'm really curious about her age, and after four weeks thought I might have some clues that the experts here might be...
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