Hi~! Congrats on V6!!! me and my Pokimon Kenshin reporting~!

Areee....why my name and Kenshin is not on the list???

kaoru, pm hao if you want to update you and your hedgie name on the list.

hye....
congrates for v6...
haha!!!

lol..think not to late for me to say congratz..

congratz for v6!!!!

Ray, you are mostly welcome~~ Nice hedgie u hav!!! He looks so handsome~~~

This is him! If I'm not mistaken, he is 4 months old. I have yet to ask the seller yet.
http://img200.imageshack.us/i/dsc028032.jpg/

His place looks a little empty though. Haha.
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8409/dsc02806u.jpg

I got him Back-2-Nature Small Animal Bedding. I have to change it's bedding once a week or when it's dirty enough?
The person from petshack asked me to buy LC-VIT Forte Syrup too!
Bought 8 in 1 Ultra-Blend Diet and his shampoo too!
I didn't hold him yday as the seller told me to leave it alone on the first day in it's new home.
And his quills are standin up when I tried holding him. Haha. He sleeps pretty much. In the evening and at night.
Oooh. I'll let him sniff my finger once a while. :0)

This post has been edited by Carmein: Jul 4 2009, 09:55 AM

I think ur bedding you nid to put more....still can see empty space..

LC-Vit is good..u can feed to ur other animals at home too..

Let him settle down for 1-2 days first..

carmein you don't have hidehouse or wheel for your hedgie? and your water bottle isn't hanged?

about the bedding, you can scoop up the pee and poo spot everyday. then replace with new one. when whole thing started to smell, only you change the whole bedding and wash the tank.

This post has been edited by cottonkandy: Jul 4 2009, 10:31 AM

I changed to fleece this morning already!! I notice Pepper seldom poop everywhere else so hope using fleece can help my 'pocket'.. Hehe..

I notice Pepper looks very relax and sleepy when I am drying her up after bath.. Wonder if because she feels comfortable or during the bath she gets too stressed up... Hehe

Tequila's owner reporting in!

wow...this looks new.

cottoncandy: It's not hanged because it's dripping. :0( I have to get back to the shop again. I feed him water when Im at home. Im still at work now. :0( Poor him. Oh ya! I just made him a hideout hse. Temporary one, made from gift box? Will it be ok? Till i get something solid. Thank u so much for ur advice!! :0)

eric: I"ll go and add more. :0)

use icecream box.. cheap and good.. gift box will absorb urine..

hey guys...i'm still new to handling my hedgie...he's more open to me already but he tends to ball up still when i'm holding him. do u guys get that problem? i got poked trying to catch him when my gf almost dropped him >.< then when i was carrying him to the corner to rest he balled up again d quills kinda hurt too...is there any way i should hold him or handle him so he won't do that?

U jus got your hedgie?

If yes, let him get use to the environment and u too.. They need sometime to recognise u..

You can use handfeeding as one of the method to speed up the process..

But anyway, hedgie is a very cautious and self protective animal. Even if they recognise ur smell, when u out in sudden approach them they will still hiss and spike up...It's their natural behavior..

yupz...i just got him last tuesday, hehe...

i usually do handfeed him but he's still very cautious and he'll only eat a few kibbles then he go back hide in his box or go explore...haha...

hrm...then what do u do if he spike in your hands? it hurts when i try to hold him n i kena poke so many times already >.< sigh...

thanks for your advice ya really appreciate it...sorry to bother u so much, haha

Don say u bother us...we all are here to share..

What u can do when the hedgie hiss and spike up when u approaching it is, u refrain and withdraw bit... let him see ur hand...then usually he will stop hissing...slowly approach..if he hiss again..then stop... repeat until u can touch his nose or under mouth.... the slowly touch his belly hair...

Make sure the hedgie see ur hand movement...if not he will feel insecure..

wow...im lucky so far my Kookie Monster has never balled up when im holding her ..and she has only been with me for 1 week plus...but she does that spiking thing if i try to pick up from her cage...once outside..she's a climber n explorer...owh...n a pooping machine


but i do have some other questions though...hopefully u guys can help me out


btw today i woke up early (around 6 am) , and while the light was still off, i went to have a look at my baby, n saw her in action (like super active!) kept trying to climb out from the box...haih...need to buy bigger box with higher walls..her head was out already!

anyways i've read about mites and quilling, n i think she may be in that process now (but i doubt there are any mites)

but im abit puzzled with one thing,when i read on quilling, the hedgie would be scratching occasionally because of the quilling process, however in my case, i find it puzzling because....

when i turn on the lights....she would be in a normal stage, but as soon as i turn off the lights, she would be scratching alot! well i won't call it scratching like crazy, but it's alot...but when i turn the lights on again.....she's back to normal...normal in this sense would mean she would still be active, running around eating and all that stuff like it was in the dark, but minus the scratching...

it's like a signal to her...

lights on-scratch off
lights off-scratch on


hahaha...weird....

soo...can anyone plz help out n explain this kind of behaviour? maybe anyone have encountered it?

fyi....i've NEVER seen her scratch before....not even today....that was the only time i saw...well in the dark of course..mayb during other nights (in the dark) i don't know...but one thing for sure...it would only happen IN THE DARK.....

Hedgie groom themselves by scratching their quills.. Mayb your hedgie feel more secure wen the light is off?

My kenken only will come out when i off the lights..

hmm.. Pepper scratches when she's in the wheel.. but when she's eating or walking around, she don't scratch...