Too bad my hedgies are so notty ..try it before but end up my hedgies cheww the newspaper

hey guys, finally after long research.. i've got myself a hedgie for christmas.. gonna need u guys to shower knowledge on me so that i could keep my hedgie healthy..

i would first like to know, how often should i give my hedgie a treat?

I bought quite a small bag, cost me bout RM20. RC36 i saw in the shop, they sell in quite a huge quantity, quite exp. Maybe i'll get from lyn ppl selling in smaller quantities.. But somehow my new hedgehog isn't really eating or drinking yet.. >< Doesn't wanna touch the food... worried its cuz of the RC 33.

sometimes i also dunno is my hedgie toilet train or not.. bcuz got poo on toilet, n under wheel also... maybe the poo near wheel is been 'throw' by him when running, running n running until terberak inside wheel..

i just got the litter box from petshacks...similar to the photo here...litter box...trying to toilet train my hedgie JimJim...but got a lil problem..he can't walk on top of the litter box cuz when he walk on top of the steel, his leg will fall to the bottom of the litter box...so how ah??

Normally I think hedgies berak when they run...same thing for my hedgie as well...so called toilet trained la...but on the wheel sure got berak one...

aaron,
Hedgie is quite a picky eater actually. Most probably, he/she is not familiar still with the surroundings. What did the previous owner feed him/her? Try getting the same type and mix a portion of RC to slowly change his/her diet. If not you can wait it out like what I did last time until the fella had no choice but to eat what I give. Too hungry de... Haha...

i suggest u to remove the grill and put substrate inside the litter box...
Perhaps the substrate can be old newspapers as suggested by some members...
quite easy to clean up ...provided your hedgie didnt try to chew or tear the newspaper apart

i think cannot put newspaper cuz he like to go under the newspaper...i think use wood shave is ok??

yup that's another option..i think natural (without scent) wood shave will do.
just that some people said wood shave can promote mites inhabitant...

i'd been using the wood shave and pellets as bedding b4 i got the litter box anyway...i tried to take out the grill but very hard to take out...

haha, then it should be okay i guess...i myself been using CHIPSI CLASSIC as substrate since it's cheap and my hedgies love to sleep onto it...
for mites prevention, i just spray some FRONTLINE once a month onto their back...

Hmm not sure, i'll check back with the previous owner and see.. Cuz i scared later the fella gets super super hungry but doesn't know how to eat the food... >< THanks!

what do u guys think about my cage.
gonna pick up hedgie tomorrow >????






This post has been edited by naruto_412: Dec 15 2009, 06:33 PM

its better u take it out those metal-wire...as it might be dangerous for ur hedgie later

okies.
btw this cage okay rite.

temporary ok gua..but still u need to get wobust wheel...water bowl as well..hopefully nt too small for all the stuffs

water and food bowl.
gonna pick up tomorrow too with hedgie.
only wobust i need to find...
temporary Y>?
my cage not big enuff arh>?

coz wobust wheel is big...so it will take a lot space..plus water bowl and the food bowl...and somemore, litter training box if u wan to potty train ur hedgie,,,,so left little free space for ur hedgie to walk...

Yalo,
erm if like that gonna get water bottle not Bowl.
Any idea wher can I get wobust woodent wheel?

ehm...i guess water bowl will be better wor..since water bottle, ur hedgie might bite and chew the metal-head...if using water bowl u have to change the water more frequently