O.k, so I've had my hedgehog Kipper for a little over two years and besides a little issue with mites, he has been in fine health, and he is a well socialized, friendly hedgehog. Yesterday at around 5:00 I decided to give him some original neosporin, which he has had in the past. he reacted very violently to it, which he has done in the past. He ate the neosporin (which he normally does), and acted very grumpy afterwards (again, something he has done before the 2 or 3 times I've given it to him). After that I put him down and noticed his feet were bleeding, so I panicked and put him back in his cage and left him there because my freind was here and I didn't want to scare him. After a couple hours, my friend had left and went to get Kipper and noticed that all his feet were covered in blood and there were a couple of his nails missing. I put him under a lukewarm bath to help with his feet and was tried wiping his feet with a soft towel. Since the vet was closed, I decided to bring him in tomorrow (which is today), to have him looked at. Throughout yesterday and today I have been checking on him and he has been acting very, very strange which included not going to sleep at all, acting aggressive and very huffy (which he does not do normally), staying outside his hut in daylight, running around his cage and wheel in daylight, not eating nor drinking, shaking, and having trouble walking. With lots of blood on his wheel and in his sleeping bag, he was losing a lot of blood.
Obviously he was in pain, but I had to wait for the earliest time to bring him to the vet, which was around 10:30 today. The vet didn't really know what started it but she put him into "Twilight" as she called it, and did some examining. Of our 2 or 3 vet visits, this was the first time Kipper had to be seduced, to put it in perspective because he is normally very friendly. After an hour and a half or so, she told us that he had bitten off layers of skin on his feet and bitten off most of his nails, but not fully. She said he should be fine (Thank God!!), however he was going to need some antibiotics and medication (his feet were infected), and it could take months of supplies for him to fully heal, which in turn leads to a lot of money. She said she attempted to put on little cloths on his feet, but when he awoke he took them off. Is there anything I can do to get little mini hedgehog slippers or socks to put on him to help him heal faster? Any other advice anyone can give me to help care for him? Other things to note are that it was regular neosporin, not extra-strength, we have no idea what made him try to chew off his feet (although it probably had something to do with neosporin), the vet asked to take out his wheel and give him comfortable surfaces to stay on (he is on a polar fleece bedding), and to give him foot baths so help clean off his feet. Any help would be appreciated, and by the way, I am 15 so nothing too harsh.
Obviously he was in pain, but I had to wait for the earliest time to bring him to the vet, which was around 10:30 today. The vet didn't really know what started it but she put him into "Twilight" as she called it, and did some examining. Of our 2 or 3 vet visits, this was the first time Kipper had to be seduced, to put it in perspective because he is normally very friendly. After an hour and a half or so, she told us that he had bitten off layers of skin on his feet and bitten off most of his nails, but not fully. She said he should be fine (Thank God!!), however he was going to need some antibiotics and medication (his feet were infected), and it could take months of supplies for him to fully heal, which in turn leads to a lot of money. She said she attempted to put on little cloths on his feet, but when he awoke he took them off. Is there anything I can do to get little mini hedgehog slippers or socks to put on him to help him heal faster? Any other advice anyone can give me to help care for him? Other things to note are that it was regular neosporin, not extra-strength, we have no idea what made him try to chew off his feet (although it probably had something to do with neosporin), the vet asked to take out his wheel and give him comfortable surfaces to stay on (he is on a polar fleece bedding), and to give him foot baths so help clean off his feet. Any help would be appreciated, and by the way, I am 15 so nothing too harsh.
