if you know the lineage of the parent hedgehogs, then you'll realize that the colours can be breeded and none are rare. hedgehog colours are inherited, and there are dominant and recessive genes like humans do.

if the male is a pure S&P and the female albino, the offsprings will all be S&Ps or snowflake (the white you mentioned).

if both parents are of mixed (eg. male is S&P with S&P and albino parents, female is S&P with S&P and albino parents), then you may get offsprings with colours ranging from S&P, snowflake and albino, with higher chances of S&Ps being born.

snowflakes are the results from a coloured one mated with an albino. like when you breed between a cinnamon and apricot, they may produce offsprings with 'cinnicot' colour.

but do note that colour breeding is still something that many are researching right now because hedgehogs are only domesticated for about a decade or so, so the colour inheritance may not work exactly like, say human's blood type of A, B, AB, and O. Mainly because there's too many colours and too many combinations, and human have yet to study this extensively to prove the exact process of colour inheritance in hedgehogs.

Thanks for your thorough explanation... Help me in the understanding of color breeding..

Em does anyone here breeding mealworm or keep alive? ( acutally I don't know need to post where to ask.... )
Just want to ask how did you guys giving water for mealworm?

you don't.

i don't breed mealworms but you can keep them alive for a long time by gutloading them with oat. and keep them away from water. i think there was a thread on this before, or discussed somewhere in the previous hedgehog thread.

But did they no need water for survive? I feel like less apply water to them and look like quite easy to die.....

i've kept my mealworms alive for over 4 months without a single drop of water, so i believe it's okay. they'll look active and aggresive if you constantly add oat, good source of energy for them.

If you let mealies direct contact with water they will die. So wipe all the vegetables/fruits tat you feed to mealies, and avoid feeding fruits such as watermelon, papaya...

Mealies can obtain moisture needed from vegetables and fruits tat you serve.

I use rolled oats as bedding..then alternate day i will put vege inside... and sprinkle some calcium powder.. To balance out bit of the high phosphorus..

As livingmonolith said, they can survived up to months if you provide them food..

hello!
my penny is being such a sweetheart nowadays! she's stopped hissing at me, so i've felt more compelled to bond with her now. and she doesnt hiss when i pet her. i think it was because i would let her smell my hand then i would feed her
anyways, just dropping by!

Pepper is more friendly to my hand now... but i still fail to trim her nails! Boo hoo hoo..... she is not relax enough..

Keep It up~~

Thank you eric138 & livingmonolith info, I appreciate it
My bochai having 2 week medicine , but not really cure, Dr Jenny also say need sometime for it.

So now I feed mealworm more than RC by now, but how many mealworm should Bochai take per day?
If Bochai eat normally, 30~40 mealworm per day now.... ( is it ok? )
I feel like after feed more mealworm... bochai less touch the RC although I just serve them at the same time.

Now take care Bochai really like take care baby, on time call him eat, he can't stand properly to eat and just give up to eat if he can't stand back, now i feed him 2 meal per day, should I go for 3 meal? ( need to depend how many he need to eat those mealworm, anyone got count for that )

help pls anyone..i already asked the question n seems nobody answer me

can anyone tell me how to determine whether the female hedgie is pregnant? and how do they behave..

my jeni now got really big, i dunno if she is pregnant or got fat bcoz she eat a lot...

according to websites, the cycle is 34-39 days rite? and jeni approaching those days she gets very garang to me..i cant even touch her..usually shes friendlier than joni..i can even gigit her nose

can anyone who breeds hedgies help me determine whether jeni is pregnant?

if u have housed a male n a female before, or if u are housing them together, chances are she's pregnant

her tummy will be big n tight, she wil eat more n she will start preparing a nest. is the male still in the same housing as she is?
please separate them. y breed when u not even certain of these things?

her tummy is big now, she eats more, but she is not preparing a nest..i already separates them 2 weeks ago

i am going to breed them, just that im not sure if she's pregnant..i already got enough info on breeding, except determining if the female is pregnant..

are all pregnant hedgies goes more aggressive when pregnant compared to not pregnant?

There are several king of RC in market, how to determine which one to buy for hedgie?? Is it dependant on the age of the hedgie?

if you have not been feeding a regular portion daily and didn't monitor the weight gain, then the only option you have is leave it alone and wait until the expected delivery date has passed. although they mentioned it can be as long as 49 days, normally hedgehogs give birth after about 30-35 days after a successful mating.

first time moms will tend to be more aggresive, but that is a subjective description as some hedgehogs are generally aggresive by nature.

also, if this is the first time you try to mate your hedgehogs, there are always chances that the breeding is unsuccessful as your hedgehogs may not really 'know' exactly the reason why they're housed together with the opposite gender.

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Added on July 25, 2009, 5:33 pmin general people would recommend fit32 as the diet content is the closest to a hedgehog's diet. many also start with kitten34 as the kibble are smaller and easier to consume, but do note that kitten34 has a higher fat content and even from the texture you can see that the kibbles are somewhat quite oily.

there is only one specific brand of hedgehog food available in the market in malaysia, you may check it out to figure out hedgehog's best diet in percentage.

This post has been edited by livingmonolith: Jul 25 2009, 05:33 PM

if it's still young hoglet u should give baby kitten first as it has higher protein compare to fit32...

hey does anyone know what colour do i get if i breed an albino hedgehog (M) with a salt and pepper (F) ? cause mine just gave birth ^^

I think is either Albino, S&P or Snowflake, with higher chances of getting S&P. (Explained by livingmonolith earlier)

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Added on July 25, 2009, 11:24 pmI just bought "PET WORLD WOOD CHIPS - PINE BEDDING FOR SMALL ANIMALS". Does anyone know whether is it suitable for hedgie? It stated that it is 100% natural pine bedding..

This post has been edited by mic_tcs: Jul 25 2009, 11:24 PM

eric, I saw you at China Press again