okay, so I have a dilemma.
I went on a weekend trip to wisconsin last weekend, i was only gone for two nights. I filled his bowl up all the way with his food so he would have enough (i usually just give him enough for one night) and i gave my trusted neighbor who always takes care of our pets while we're gone, detailed instructions. he changed the water every night and kept the light schedule correct. When I cam back all of the sudden his wheel was squeaking like crazzyyy, so i took it out for a night. Then the next night it did it again, and his tube that he usually sleeps in was ripped completely open so i took out the tube and put the wheel on the bottom floor. The wheel was squeaking like cray again! I didn't know what it was from and it was 4am so I just took it out again. The next night I put some cooking (canola) oil on it and it stopped squeaking, also i bought him a new tube that day so everything was back to normal. Here's my problem. he is petrified of me!! and he's never been like this! even the vet said that he was the most friendly and open hedgehog he's ever had. Now he is popping and hissing and balling up like crazy! i dont know what happened or what to do. He's never acted like this before and i'm very worried. Did I completely freak him out? Also, I need to move him into another room but now i dont know what to do because he's acting so strange. It's like someone snuck in and swapped hedgies! What should I do?
I went on a weekend trip to wisconsin last weekend, i was only gone for two nights. I filled his bowl up all the way with his food so he would have enough (i usually just give him enough for one night) and i gave my trusted neighbor who always takes care of our pets while we're gone, detailed instructions. he changed the water every night and kept the light schedule correct. When I cam back all of the sudden his wheel was squeaking like crazzyyy, so i took it out for a night. Then the next night it did it again, and his tube that he usually sleeps in was ripped completely open so i took out the tube and put the wheel on the bottom floor. The wheel was squeaking like cray again! I didn't know what it was from and it was 4am so I just took it out again. The next night I put some cooking (canola) oil on it and it stopped squeaking, also i bought him a new tube that day so everything was back to normal. Here's my problem. he is petrified of me!! and he's never been like this! even the vet said that he was the most friendly and open hedgehog he's ever had. Now he is popping and hissing and balling up like crazy! i dont know what happened or what to do. He's never acted like this before and i'm very worried. Did I completely freak him out? Also, I need to move him into another room but now i dont know what to do because he's acting so strange. It's like someone snuck in and swapped hedgies! What should I do?