okay monolith i apologize for no picture shown , i will show it tomorow xD well im juz worried xD cause its ear was bitten off by thier sisters and brothers also i think cause the owner place them all together , well is normal for them to chew ears right when young ..

Hehe, the hedgie fine btw. Been with me for around 1 week plus. Won't spike up or hiss when I handle him now, but occasionally la.

Got a second hand silent wheel for around RM20.

Now thinking of DIY a larger place for him to stay, the toyogo box too small with the wheel inside. Haha..

huh..so cheap??? 20?? what size is that??

12 inch one lo, actually the outer layer is broken into 2 pieces, so previous owner selling it cheap. But I use super glue to glue it together, previously he just use tape. And till now, the wheel is functioning like new.

no problem, i'm curious to see how your hedgehog would look like as well without the ears.

yes, fighting among siblings is very normal, which is why breeders should have enough space to keep the hoglets apart when they're old enough to be left alone. while i've seen few adult hedgehogs being housed together (usually in petstores), there's always a chance of injuries if they're kept in the same enclosure.

mr mic_ts. uploadlah some picture of ur hedgehog a.k.a wawa. haha.

crazymouse : where did u buy the Kitten Replacement Milk?i want to buy also to handfeed my baby hedgie..the mom died so i have to take care of the baby myself

Relax... will take the picture soon...

I bought from Pet Safari. You can find a variety of cat milk replacements there. Just read the labels and judge which is good. It is better if it is low in lactose.

Crazymouse, thanks for your sharing.. now a bit more understand. hehe...

NORMAL?
which part of it is normal?
i've never seen any chewing of ears in the bunch of hoglets i've had before
only thing that could happen is the mommy chew it or fighting...

Jitshiong, when do you normally seperate your hoglet?

Cos I heard that some hoglet became blind because of the quills...

You never encounter such problem in your batch of hoglets??

6 weeks earliest...or till they can eat by themselves
else a later date if they r still dependent on the mother

blind because of the quills?
unless u got limited space then they poke themselves la, but nope
i've never encountered that

crazymouse : where is pet safari situated?i want to go there tomorrow..whick KMR did u recommend?and any other things that i need to buy for the baby?so far i just gave the baby goat's milk..i want to buy some supplements but still cant figure out which one?

Waa after so long away starting on another pet business...sad to see so many failed breedings....i myself also lost 1 hoglet but now unsure how many hoglets left....LOL...still have not check the nest....the mother everyday inside....

Anyway for those who are breeding hoglets....1 tip i learnt is when its time to give birth put some useful materials near the nest

eg. spoon, cloth, etc etc

this is so that u can use it if the hoglets come out or wat....but 1 thing i encounter this time of breeding is....

the hoglet i found dead was outside the nest....and the mom very protective of the nest till now...

any idea y the baby died outside?????i check the baby, it died without bite marks watsoever...

the nest now stinks and im mixing my own diet to feed the mother and hopefully the baby...mainly small kibbles mixed with higher protein grade ones...

any season breeders can answer y only 1 of my hoglet died quite far away from the nest??? cant seem to google an answer on this....

after breeding so long this is the 1st time i encounter

i think maybe the baby died of cold..or maybe the mom already reject the baby

Pet Safari is at Ikano, next to Ikea. I forgot the brand, it was in a bottle form with some kittens. I think it was called Kitten replacement milk. But if you have goat's milk, then go ahead and use it. Once a while you can add a drop of vitagen in it to help with the gut system. Then all you have to do is keep the hoglet in a shoe box or tank with lots of towels and keep in a warm place. Feed every 2 hours. If the poo is green, no need to worry coz their poo will be green if they are not drinking their mom's milk.

owh ic..its hard for me to go there bcoz i go anywhere by train..figured in midvalley also got sell sumthing like dat? the baby is only 6 days old today so when do i need to give the baby vitagen?i already kept her in the shoe box, and i put in paper shredding, towel and glove..i'm thinking of buying heat pad for her also today..

its very tiring feeding every 2 hours, with my class, assignments and all..

green poo?the baby is yellowish..is it ok?

This post has been edited by siggplus: Aug 8 2009, 11:31 AM

I think yellowish should be fine.... I think only coz mine all the time was a dark greenish poo. Midvalley should have some replacement milk. You read the labels. Don't get the cheap kind in packets. I rather go for the ones in tins that are imported and trusted brands.

Oh, you need a heating pad then. I dunno if Midvalley has it or not but in Pet Family, they are selling the reptile heating pad. I think got discount too. You can sit the Putra LRT till Taman Bahagia and walk to the pet shop. I too travel by train coz no car. The vitagen, not so soon. Maybe in another week. Since your baby is so young, I suggest the brand of kitten milk called Just Born coz this has colostrum which is beneficial for young animals. Expensive, so I suggest you get the liquid one, 1 small pack like those small juice box is RM14 I think, but it benefits. It can last 2 weeks in the fridge after you open it.

i need to change to KMR bcoz goats milk is very very hard to get, and it gets basi fast..
yes i am now trying to find goats colustrum, and i will buy the just born today and the heating pad..i'll try to find it at midvalley 1st, if dun have i'll go to pet family..

i'm new in kl so maybe a bit hard travelling but i'll figure it out

thanx a lot crazymouse, u have helped me a lot