LOL, you didn't close the lid after you put the pupa into the container?
Something probably came along & snatched one.

I've been thinking about feeding the beetles to my hedgehog. They're higher in protein & lower in fat compared to pupa & mealworm.

Apparently, yes. I read on a different hedgie forum that hedgies love the 'crunchy' bug. Ick.

Hoglet Update:

Mama hedgie is very defensive this morning. I haven't been peeking but I saw one of the babies in the doorway yesterday. They've gotten bigger!

SWIMMING?!

I wish my hedgies would voluntarily go into the water.

That's the downside of using a water bowl instead of bottle.
I don't use wood shavings at all but since my female hedgehog has just give birth, I placed her in wood shavings for her to nest.
She'll topple over the water bowl & food bowl (All that wasted food ).

I suggest you stop using wood shavings.
Use fleece instead.
I'm using just a plastic sheet as flooring. Here's my male hedgie's cage set up if you want to get some ideas:



I bought a water bottle recently for my female hedgehog. SHe never uses it because she doesn't know how to.
So I gave it to my male hedgehog. He started biting the stainless steel spout.
That water bottle is just a wasted investment now. Water bottles aren't good anyways. It could break the hedgie's tooth.

Can you make a wheel for me? I'll pay you.
Oh wait, you live in JB, don't you? Lol.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 7 2011, 02:39 PM

Aww, darn. I'm in Klang Valley.

I'm too lazy. Heh.

Hoglets are 1 week old today. All 3 seem to be salt & pepper. They might turn out like their dad, a silver snowflake.

The design is actually not recommended for hedgehogs (because of the steel bar) since hedgies might hit themselves when getting off the wheel.

A silent spinner or bucket wheel is still the better choice.

Probably, don't want to take the risk of having a hedgehog break a tooth, now do we?

Lol, I thought all hedgies like to stay clean. Apparently, yours don't.

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Added on August 8, 2011, 1:42 pmHoglet Update:

1 week & 1 day old. I think I see a pinto but it's too early to tell. Is it possible to even have a pinto when both parents are non-pinto?

Dad's a high white snowflake (whose parents were apricot & cinnamon) while mum's an albino (no idea about her parentage).

Here's a picture I snapped after I lured mum out of her den. I lifted the den & snapped a few pictures quickly before popping it back down. Only this one is relatively clear. The attachment is not working for me for some reason so I'll just provide the link to avoid stretching the page.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/ti...le/DSCN2511.jpg

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 8 2011, 01:42 PM

The left one looked like a pinto to me because the right side of his/her skin is not 'dark' like the rest of him/her. See that white spot on its' right?
That white stripe down the middle of the hoglets is normal. It disappears by the time they turn 2 weeks+.

I hate clipping their nails. They squirm like I'm about to amputate their leg. xD Great work!

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 8 2011, 03:58 PM

Soft nails? Did you give them a bath first? I clipped Huffster's nail before & it felt just like human nails.

Grey rambutan... Ahahahaha. x)

I've heard spikey tongue, alien bugs, never grey rambutan. Lol.

I picked them up (using a spoon) to check their gender.
I have two males & a female.
They're past the wrinkly stage now, they're starting to look like mini hedgehogs.

Well, if they survive to the weaning age, I'm thinking about keeping the female. I could put her in the same cage as mum if mum doesn't mind her presence. She's the one with the darkest skin.
The male pinto (yes, I'm sure it's a pinto now) and the SnP, I'd probably give away or sell. I wish I could keep them all.

*nods* I was hoping to get more females so I could keep them but since only one of them is female, I don't really have much of a choice.

I'd have to find three other containers from I-don't-know where to keep each of them after weaning if they make it.

I don't want to get my hopes high yet in case Chubs cannibalises them or something.

LOL, Mr. Pinto is a tiny one. He's the smallest of all 3. The female one's the biggest.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 8 2011, 11:11 PM

The larger the litter, the smaller the babies & the higher the probability of having a runt.
Oh, what's wrong with the baby? Symptoms?

Thanks, I was quite surprised. LOL.
I bought a SnP hedgie & ended up with a snowflake after he quilled.
Now I have a tiny little pinto. Can't believe my luck, really.
I'm trying to trace the colour of his paternal 'grandparents' at the moment.

If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up with your first breeding pair?
I'm wondering if all the hedgehogs in this country are inter-related now.

The Tesco branch here doesn't have a collection of storage boxes as large as Giant's.
The largest one costs around RM65.
I'll probably find some boxes around my house to use as makeshift cages in the end.

I bought it second-hand for RM30. It's not escape-proof (if it was, there won't be any babies) so I had to modify it & place a net over the whole playpen.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 9 2011, 12:29 AM

Ahahaha, no. I didn't.
I didn't plan it so everything was unexpected.
I only knew he mated with her because there's the tell tale sign of his blood on her back as he injured himself while mating.

LOL, no.
He hurt his front paw from all that- friction.

I Googled after I saw the blood & found out that you will know that they've mated from the blood- which usually comes from the mouth (they bite the female's quills for better grip) or paw.

I find it funny. xD
They run, run run, and without warning, they stop. The little beady eyes wiggle a bit, then they continue running again.

No, not the colour. Where did you get them from?
Lol.

Ouch, poor little guy. I hope he recovers.

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Added on August 9, 2011, 12:45 pmChubster doesn't mind me going near her nest. I was putting her babies back into the nest & she didn't even huff/headbutt me.

Sorry about the bad quality. My camera has mood swings.

This is one of the male hoglets. He has Huffster's huffy temperament.

This is Mr. Pinto, the other male hoglet. He's very shy so I couldn't get a face shot.

And this is the female hoglet. She's a real cutie.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 9 2011, 03:33 PM

They get dry skin once in a while so you did the right thing by bathing them. However, I recommend that you drop a few drops of oil into his bath water.
Or you can give him an oatmeal bath.
If you don't want to bath him again, just drop a two drops of oil (anything except tea tree oil) on his back and one drop behind his ears.
His dry skin will be gone by tomorrow. Works like a charm everytime.