Yup. You can drop a bit of oil on his food too.

I just noticed Huffster scratching like crazy. I dropped some Evening Primrose Oil on his back & food.
I was clipping Huffster's nails earlier & accidentally clipped a small part of his quick. I didn't notice it until I was putting drops of oil on his foot & I saw that he kept licking his injured nail. Poor boy. I put a bit of corn starch on it & he ignored his foot after that.

Now he stopped scratching & went back to sleep already.

Takes a while for them to get used to you.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 9 2011, 04:47 PM

He's looking for a job as a manager of animal feeds in Indonesia. xD

Yup, looks like a cinnacot to me.

Could be a cinnacot snowflake, maybe?
There seems to be a light dust of 'snow' in the third picture.

There's a picture here of a cinnacot snowflake.

LOL, I have no idea what you mean.
Is it like a pet feeder?

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 9 2011, 11:01 PM

I'm keeping this female hoglet. I have a feeling that she's going to turn out like the colour of her dad, a silver snowflake.
She has her mother's calm temperament as well, which is great.

Lol, mama hedgie doesn't mind me taking them from the nest everyday.
As long as I bring her treats, she's happy.

Plus, I want to start getting them used to human contact.
I don't want to give away/sell bad-tempered hedgehogs, like Huffster.

I've read that there's no such thing as not handling them before you give them to another owner because you don't want the hedgehog to bond to you.
That's why I ended up with a really bad-tempered hedgehog.
Because the breeder didn't try to tame an already bad-tempered hedgehog from young.

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Their quills are kind of sharp but their nails are sharper.
The quills are still soft though, like the bristles on a soft toothbrush.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 10 2011, 08:12 PM

LOL, you & your dibs.

Whoa! You have pet exhibitions on campus?!
That's so cool.
Nope, answered my questions. Thanks!

LOL, he's a tiny one so Dibs sounds just about right for him.
I picked up the female hedgehog today, she refused to uncurl from her mini ball.
She's the chubbiest & largest of 'em all.
I guess she got mama's chubby genes.

Hopefully he stays a pinto. Some hedgies change color after quilling. Lol.

Already answered you PM.
11 inch isn't much different from 12 inch.
11 inch is just the minimum size wheel for a hedgehog.

I would like to warn all hedgehog owners out there about feeding their hedgehogs large-sized kibbles.

I feed Chubster Royal Canin Fit 32 + Royal Canin Kitten 36.

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I was giving her treats yesterday when I noticed she was 'coughing' repeatedly. I had a feeling that she was choking on something because I've read about it on a hedgehog forum about the risk of hedgehogs choking before.

I was just about to go help her out when she finally coughed up what she had been choking on, which was a RC32 kibble.

I thought it was small & safe enough for her to eat without choking.
Apparently not.

Read up on how to help your hedgie on this page so you'll be prepared in case it happens to you.

When I fed her this morning, I manually broke each kibble in half, one by one, so she won't have to go through that experience again.

Yes, she does.
I think she tried to crunch down on this one but accidentally swallowed it.

It was. I had a mini heart attack right there and then. Phew!
I don't have a garden.
Poor girl. Did she chip a tooth? D:

Wow, you could bring your pets to school?
I got Chubster from him because he didn't want her anymore after he bred her.
I think your little Hibari is Chubster's kid. Lol.

She refuses to exercise? Hmm, try cutting down on the food that you give her then. 2 tbsp of food would do.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 11 2011, 04:35 PM

Chubs didn't choke on the star-shaped one. She choked on the round, flat one.

RC36 is very small so I don't think she can choke on that one.

I read that on the front page of The Star this morning.

I'm planning on going to a pet store that sells hedgehogs soon & ask if they need permit or not.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 11 2011, 06:29 PM

Does it matter though?
As long as you get to keep your pet at the end of the day, the amount of money & time you have to put into getting that permit would be worth it, don't you think?

I just hope they don't say that hedgehogs are illegal in Malaysia like it is in Singapore.

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Added on August 11, 2011, 8:09 pmI caught videos of the hoglets annointing in the nest. I didn't know they start annointing so young.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 11 2011, 08:09 PM

@ olivur : I'm glad your hedgie's doing just fine.

We can throw our little ball of needles at them if they want to rampas.

Hedgies are not in the protected wildlife list but it is considered an exotic animal in S'pore.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 11 2011, 11:28 PM

Do let us know if he's okay or not.

D:
It could be an ingrown quill. Try bathing him in some salt water (not too salty) to disinfect it. It's going to hurt but getting an infection on it would hurt a lot more for him. Monitor the wound for a few days. If it doesn't heal up nicely, definitely visit the vet.

Try this instead : http://hedgehogclub.com/colorguide.html

I'm sorry your first hedgehog died.
You need to keep them in room temperature, best if you avoid putting them in an air-conditioned room.

Please read this page to equip yourself with more info about taking care of a hedgehog :
http://www.freewebs.com/thehedgieden/hedgehogcare.htm

Then it must have been some illness that he picked up from the pet store.
My rabbit died exactly 1 week after I got him from the pet shop. T'was heartbreaking.

Most animals kept in pet stores aren't cared for properly & tend to be sick.
Since you got this new hedgie from the pet store, I would definitely suggest keeping an eye on him & his behavior for the next few days.
You're in Penang (right?), so I don't know if there's any vets there that can do a check-up on a hedgehog.

I have problems accessing Hedgehog Central all the time.
I frequent Chins & Hedgies and Hedgehog World.

Definitely try getting rid of the mite problem using olivur's suggestion first.
I wouldn't recommend using anti-mite sprays on hedgehogs because these sprays are meant for cats & dogs.

You can start socializing with him tomorrow.

Hoglet Update:
Babies are coming along nicely.
I have one friendly male & female and one very huffy male.
He refuses to uncurl and when he does, he huffs & jumps in my hand.
He's going to be one difficult hog, just like his father.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 12 2011, 07:16 PM

LOL, true. I try to socialise with him more than the other two.
He's a tough nut to crack.

I bought more mealworms today & I just found out why the mealworms that I buy from the pet store is larger than the ones I raise myself.
They feed the mealworms yeast.
I saw tiny brown cylindrical substance when I looked at the bottom & realised it looked exactly like the stuff my mum used to bake cakes.

According to this page, it says that feeding yeast to hedgehogs is alright.
Hmm, I should go buy some yeast.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 12 2011, 07:57 PM

Hahaha, thanks. He's huffier than Huffy now.
Huffy is finally 'toning it down' with his behaviour a little.
He even stayed curled up, staring at me while I watch TV yesterday.
Usually he just wants to run away.