orrr its fatter. just like my hibari so fat

do you have the DIY wheel tutorial link?

too much bigger also not good..
everyday eat rc36 also not good..
sometime give them junk food also...
cricket / superworm / mealworm / roach
hari2 makan kibbles pun susah.. macam makan keropok hari2..
keras aduhh...

Is it ok if i feed up to 10 meal worms to my boy everyday?

NO NO NO. MAX 5 !!! LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE!!

no tutorial link , its custom made by me.

i noe i noe its says max 5 jus wanna confirm btw why cant we feed them with superworm? cant really find an answer for it...

http://www.hedgehogworld.com/archive/index.php/t-3457.html

can feed superworm...y cannot?

You can feed them superworms but mealworms are prefered as they have less fat. Only feed superworm to adult.

Superworm can bite and hurt hedgehog. Fact or myth? It's a myth. Imagine that you're being bitten into pieces, do you have enough energy to bite back?

Also, in the wild, hedgehog are known to hunt scorpion and they are immune to the poison of some scorpion.


TeliLeti, how's your hoglets??

This post has been edited by Ken.B: Aug 17 2011, 01:01 PM

Hoglets are fine.
Spines are pretty tough & sharp already.
2 week & 2 days old as of today.

Little pinto likes to annoint on my hands.

Hi everyone, I got my new hedgie just last week, she will always curl up when try to pick her up from her cage but once I put her in my hand, she probably knows me and starts walking around to explore from my hand to my laps. Is there anyway to not make her scared and curl up everytime I reach my fingers bear her? Or does this take some time for her to get accustomed to. Thank you! Will post some pics if her soon~

laz week? n she is juz wif u for 1 week n did nt poke you? then sure she is a good tempered hedgie....mine is wif me from 6 weeks old n he still spiked a little little bit whenever i wanna pick him up, bt once he is in my palm then he will lowers down all his spines...i think its their nature's habit to spike a bit when something nears them picturessss plz, wanna c a whole lots of cute pictures of ur hedgie n Welcom to HEDGIE's family

how old is she bro..
welcome to da club..

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everyone that have wheels did your hog poooop (in) your wheels?
mine alwayssss pooooop in wheels.. shes feet full of syet.. aiyaaa...

it's normal for them to do that.

run > poo > run > stop > sniff > get down > poo > get back on //loop

it's too random to make sense of it. since sometimes it seems natural for my hog to stop, get off then poo. but at other times her wheel still gets poo patches here and there.

My girl's like yours too, will spike up when my fingers are near her.. then I have to force my fingers through the little forest of spikes to reach her belly and pick her up. Thanks for the warm welcome ^^

She's 2 months old according to seller, and a snowflake SNP too
Thanks for the heartwarming welcome guys~

Pictures below of Cottie, a snowflake hedgehog..



How long usually do you all take to be friendly with your hedgies? As in she/he doesn't spike when you try to carry her up from her cage?

nice girl you have there!
did you get your one from leon?

oh yes i did!

in theory the more you handle your hog, the more it will become accustomed to you and eventually open up.

but in reality, they are different individuals :P for instance mine has never ever balled up when i pick her up. which makes me kinda.. let's just say i'm missing out on this whole balling up phenomenon ,_,

and on the other end of the spectrum we have huffster. telileti has tried prolly every trick in the book and he still sees her as a potential threat ._x

so i guess what i'm trying to say is the answer you seek when asking how long it takes for a hog to be friendly to it's caretaker is highly subjective :P

True.

Huffy's been a lot nicer to me since I started spending a lot more time with him recently.
He sits in my lap while I watch TV nowadays. I think he likes being cuddled.

Plus, I've been bribing him after I pick him up everytime. I'm 'conditioning' his mind to think that getting picked up is good. Just like I've conditioned Chubster to associate the sound of me shaking the mealworm cup with getting treats. (She just gets up & run to the 'mealworm corner', it's hilarious)

The hoglets have all started annointing. They pretty much licked & bit all over my palms. Very sticky business.

And regarding the permit for 'exotic' animals, I finally got a reply from the respective department.

"Not all exotic pets need licence or special permit, only those that are listed under First and Second Schedule require licence or special permit to keep. Since African Pygmy Hedgehog are not listed under Act 716, thus African Pygmy Hedgehog need no licence or special permit to keep the animal."

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 17 2011, 11:40 PM

i feed mine superworms...