[attachment=2:1s6jly8b]TXday12.jpg[/attachment:1s6jly8b]We got home from Tulsa about 3 hours ago with 8 Texas hedgehogs! A member of the HWS drove to TX and picked up a car full of hedgehogs. She has 2 mothers with litters of 3 and 4--I peeked in to the end of the clear Sterilites they were in and saw one mom nursing her ADORABLE babies, and the other mom on the other Sterilite was hiding out in her fleece and her babies were in the igloo. Those babies were a little older and mom looked like she wanted a break.
My husband and I were also really excited to see her 3 pet skunks! So cute!!! On the way home, all hedgehogs had hedgebags and crunchy cat food. We heard lots of munching noises, then everyone settled down for a nap. They were all snuggled together, 5 in one container, 3 in another.
We have 8 hedgehogs here until this weekend, when 3 are going to another rescue in southern Missouri. So we will have 5. When I first started talking about the rescue, my husband told me, "We can't keep ALL of them, maybe just 1 or 2." As he was holding them and snuggling them before and after they got nail trims, he was saying, "I want to keep her." He said it at least 4 times!
When we got home, we left them in their travel Sterilites while we had dinner. We set up a litter pan and the kiddie pool. I got out the nail clippers and mealworms. My husband held the hedgehogs and gave cuddles while I trimmed nails. Everyone had long curly nails and some had poop and fleece stuck in their nails. I trimmed the nails on all 32 feet. It looks like one had mites for sure, and they will all be treated with Revolution and worm medicine. One is sneezy, but doesn't have a runny nose. We don't know if it is a URI, we'll check with the vet.
They are all female and 6 of 8 are so chubby! Maybe Zeus, Aries and Artemis are just small--they all weigh between .60 and .70 pounds. We haven't weighed the new girls yet, but even the smallest ones are bigger than Aries, our biggest 'hog! They will be getting cake wheels soon, so maybe some cardio will help!
They are gorgeous!!! They are all pintos, all varieties of chocolate pinto. One is light brown pinto with a light brown nose--they are all beautiful, but she is stunning.
There are 2 girls who like to sleep in the same hedgebag--we've already started calling them Thelma and Louise. They might go to the other rescue, but it looks like they will be happy together wherever they go!
Pictures of some Lady Texas Tumbleweeds! (sounds like a bowling league!)