For those who planning to breed their hedgie, pls make sure prepare and get ready... equip urself with knowledge and read up more...

Or else, things like that will happen and happen again..

The mother hedgehog and babies both bear very high risk when the mother and the owner are not prepared well.

i hope they do to...
but from my personal experience..it's gonna be hard
especially if u r not prepared

But sometime even if you do read more, when you first handle the situation also will be bit panic. There's nth we can do except send them to vet if the mom having difficulties when deliver. Sometime the delivery process seems so smooth, but sometime don't. There's always a risk. As a conclusion, it's better to read more first..

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Added on August 4, 2009, 3:43 pmSo, that's clicking is it? I tot why he behave like that. But sometime when I play with him seems ok le. His quills are down, just that he keeps running away, don want to stay on my palm.

This post has been edited by mic_tcs: Aug 4 2009, 03:43 PM

clicking is a sound they make when they are afraid... u will hear click click sound...

from what i observed from kenken, hissing is mild angry... clicking is really angry.. and the body will keep vibrate when making clicking sound..

I would say don breed the hedgie for fun.. unless u r really experienced like jitshiong or alex..

Thanks for the info.

Breeding is still a long way for me. Hope that I'll be prepared when the time comes. I'm just fascinated by their colour.

Just my opinion, Jitshiong or alex should open a hedgehog class for those new with hedgie..

when i went to buy the goats milk for them, they are still living, but when i got back, 2 of them died already..i am nursing the last survivor, and i think he/she is doing well now

FYI, i am already prepared for breeding. before breeding, i read lots n lots of info about breeding, i even asked questions from this thread.

the cause of mom's death is internal bleeding. from my opinion its nature of them, not my fault..you can be prepared for anything, but even if u r, never ever underestimate the power of God's will.

if He want to take it, he will take it..

you guys can blame me for my fault, if u think i was wrong in breeding the hedgehog, but as far as i know, i am not in fault of this problem..

if its my fault by giving her wrong vitamins, disturbing the mother, clean up the cage after her labour and touching the baby hoglets, yes i accept that i should be blamed for her's and her litter's death

Thank you so much guys for helping, you have been great to me.

RIP Jeni, and her two baby hoglets

It's not wrong to breed, just have to be prepared to face situations like this
U should be prepared if the mommy reject the hoglets/mommy dies etc.
There are lots of possibilities to take into consideration and u have to be prepared for it.

I feel for your lost, i hope the remaining hoglet survive
it's not that i wanna dampen ur spirit, but it's an uphill task
the hoglet needs more than just milk...
i dunno if the things u need can be purchased from the vet
best is to let another hedgehog nurse it
that's what i gathered from the oversea breeders
i wish u all the best and i'll help u in anyway i can

my number is 012-5770007
contact me if u need anything

Today back from Dr Jenny there , Bo Chai also take for X-ray checking, but lucky didn't show it got any danger sign on bone part, but still don't know how to cure Bo Chai by now, so what to do now is just help Bo Chai eat well..... and giving some joint nutrition & multimin.... before I go, just got 1 girl take her sugar glider there for Dr Jenny check

I get the small carnivore food from pet shack, need try to feed my Bo Chai for new food

Hello everyone , I am lawrence = ) , well i still might be a Beginner for Hedgehogs although i owned one snowflakes for only 4 months , and it is doing great , I just hope that we can be friends and i wish to be a member of Hedgie Club and Please do guide me throughout my journey with my hedgie = )

my Hedgie 7 Months old , Name by Lucky .
and me 16 Years old , name by Lawrence = ) , hi guys

Ya, I also feel the same like you. Sometime things are just not within our control. It's in the hand of God. Hope that the remaining hoglet will survive too.

Nevertheless, I think sharing of knowledge and helping each other out when one's hedgie is in trouble is the reason why this topic about hedgehog is created. It can indeed saving all the hassle for those new hedgie's owner.

ive been keeping my 5 month old hedgehog for 3 months now. he is one picky hedgehog, eats nothing else but royal canin kitten 36. but somehow he seems very healthy and slightly bigger than other normal hedgehogs his age (not fat but the body is longer). is it bad for hedgehogs to consume only cat food?

Class?
but all the info r available on the internet
just miss out on some detailing n some will have to be adjusted to suit our country
front page got the basics
if not, hedgehog central....n if still unclear, we got LYN!!!!

Yeah, well said. All the basic info can be found on internet.

But if we want to treat out hedgie better, we still need to put more efforts in it. For me, sometime from theory to practical is a bit challenging.

Can't agree more.
We can only read n prepare that much.
When actual situation occurs, it's not as easy at it is on paper
a lot of things have to adapt according to the situation.
a lot of factor cannot be wirtten down
Experience have to be gained ma....
that's y there's this forum
n many other forum to learn from

i learn from breeder oversea as well
via forum of course and email of course
lol!

effort is what it takes...
i'm sure everyone is willing to share

That is not call picky but he only know RC food. You should try to feed him more choices of brand in order to get rid this habit, if not later if RC no more in production then you will got a mass headache to ask your pokimon to eat.

Try to start feeding him diff brand of food to let him get used to it BUT not changing it gradually in one shoot. If you change all his food to new brand for sure he wont eat it because it's new for him. You need to mix both new n old food together n gradually increase new food then in no time he will not call picky anymore Remember not to change it over in 1 shot, it will made the stomach upset.

any hedgie for adoption??

for sale got la
lol!

hehe...would like to know more bout it b4 keeping as pet...will they marking like sugar glider??how much to spend for beginning n each mth ??

hedgehogs are very quiet creatures and they do not smell like suggies. I would say the starting costs would just be the cage and the accessories which would come to about RM300. On a monthly expenditure, I only spend approximately RM10 for food and bedding.

monthly expenses for hedgehog is pretty low compared to SG. Much lower i would say. Only on food, and bedding. If u use newspaper or fleece, even chaeper. no cost for bedding