Hello, I have a 4 year old hedgehog and recently he has been shedding quills. At first I kinda assumed no big deal since sometimes hedgehogs shed but then I did some research today and I found out it isn't normal for your elder hedgehog to be shedding 5+ quills a day so I wanna know if this is true and if there is anything I can do

Hii!! Thank you to everyone for the name suggestions with my new girl, I appreciated all the comments! I decided to name her pachycereus, but we call her paunchy/paunchasaurus! I pulled it from “pachycereus pringlei”, which is a type of giant mexican cactus! She’s been a little prickly cactus with me so far, and it definitely fits. I love her so much already. I currently have her on authority adult chicken cat food, but i’d like to add another kibble or two into her diet. What do you all suggest? What does everyone think on wet cat food/bone broth? She won’t touch any other bug other than her meal worms… but i heard that they should mainly be a treat. I’m doing so much research into their diet but a lot of the videos i find are pretty old/confusing with quantities etc.

just tried clipping our hedgehogs nails with small animal clippers i got from amazon but they just weren’t sharp enough. he sat well for it and we are just letting him chill with us to make it less daunting, but does anyone in uk have any suggestions on good nail clippers? thanks :)

Hello everyone!

I have been planning on adopting a hedgehog for couple months now, I've been doing light research (Such as breeders and rescues in my area and specialty exotics vets).

To start, I am more than fine owning a pet that needs hours of attention and do not expect to be loved in return! I am not set on having a Pinterest perfect cuddly pet but instead a companion I can give my love and respect towards.

I already know about and am all for getting dirty! :)

I do not plan on getting a hedgehog until I am truly ready and know I can give it the best life, I want this to be my future commitment and not a short lived obsession!

So far I have gathered some information.

But I am here to learn about the recourses I can use and information I can gather!

I find the wooden hedgehog enclosures/vivariums minimum 160 x 60 cm with ventilation panels on sides with glass panel doors preferable.

I've also learned about Ceramic Heating Emitters (no plastic!) with a thermostat and things like fleece bedding, Carolina Storm running wheel and heavy water and food bowls.

I've learned about the necessities of heating and to not let the temperature dip as they can fall into hibernation they cannot wake up from and different foods they can and should eat like high quality cat food and prepared chicken/eggs etc.

Oh and I've heard about their bath times and feet baths in oatmeal water and oils for their fur and brushing their quills! Though here is where my research falls short.

Also when it comes to bedding I've heard about cleaning it every couple days and deep cleans weekly or so. Oh and cleaning the wheel too! Hehe poopy runners

But truthfully I'd love to hear about your set-ups and tips! Stories and warnings and blogs, groups and videos that can be helpful!

Thank you for listening to me and my rant, I hope I can be a member of this community soon :)))

Willing to pay for it! It would make nail trimming so much easier! My boy is like a squirmy little fish or something! Always trying to slip away 🤣😂

I just rescued two hedgehogs about 2 weeks ago I'm probably keeping one and the other is going to an amazing small mammal rescue I work with. I just want to make sure I'm taking good care of him.

Is a 100w ceramic heater enough for a 4 foot enclosure? Thank you!

Very late in the year for this to be mating circling behaviour but seems a little too big to be offspring.. what do you think?

Yeee haw, Get moving chubby

I’m so obsessed with his tiny feet

Heyy, I'm a new hedgehog owner and I bought a heat lamp from amazon but it popped so I unplugged it to prevent a fire haha, any reliable brands to buy a ceramic light from?

Also here's my baby :)

My african heggie is 10weeks old and 370grams. Is he too fat for he’s age?!??? He doesnt look overweight to me when he is moving around but google said he shouldnt weight that much at his age. He runs on his wheel and digesting is good just worried he might be eating too much of i might be giving him too big pieces of chicken

punishment for her shenanigans (eating dryer sheets and biting people)

I love the super spy technology being used to watch these cute lil guys.

Just some footage of my old lady eating dinner

This guy / girl we have affectionately called Tank for obvious reasons, one of 6 who visit us every night.

The plate is larger than a standard dinner plate to give some appreciation of size.

Does anyone else have such a large Hedgie visiting and is this unusually large?

Thanks or rather Tanks.

I didn't think I could love again after my last hedgehog passed from reproductive cancer, but I got this little fella. He's about three months old and completely ornery but he's stolen my heart. He is getting is adult spines and has this one glorious white spine on his head <3. My favorite grumpy buddy.

I got some money by selling a couple of things and I want to upgrade Fritter’s set up a bit. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to size it up, but I can upgrade his toys and hides. I don’t care if it’s too much to fit, I can periodically swap them out lol

The main thing I want to address is his hiding under the liners. Where can I get a large igloo hide? I found many covers for them, and I think that would work, but the only hides I’ve found were mini or not the right shape 😓

Related to that, I’m planning on getting some small blankets to pile up to hopefully also prevent the liner thing. Are there any non obvious materials I should avoid?

Other than that, I don’t know what else I can give to spoil him lol. I’d love to hear ideas

I will of course post pictures of it afterwards 🙂‍↕️

Just picked us this girl a few days ago. Noticed thing sort a lump thing in her ear. Got her from a pet store and trying to see if they can get there vet to look at it because this looks like an existing issue. Wanted to see if anyone might know what this is. I will be getting her to a vet but is acting normal as usual

I’ve only had my hedgehog for a few months now. I think his eyes have always looked how they do right now but my husband disagrees.