Yes, those are safe for hedgehogs. Just avoid tea tree oil.

Sounds alright. Just snap a picture, just to make sure everything's good.

Honestly, you cage is too small for the hedgehog. They need at least 2 square feet (2 feet x 1 feet) of space.
The flooring isn't quite suitable, in my opinion, because it has 'holes'.

Get a bigger cage so your hedgie can move around more.
And take out the toilet floor mat from the cage. Shred some newspaper and toilet paper to use as the bedding instead.

One of my hedgehogs stay in this one.
This is what most hedgehog owners do:

http://www.hedgehogworld.com/attachment.ph...08&d=1307411219

My other hedgehog stays in this :

I don't use bedding because it's difficult to clean and my hedgehogs prefer to sleep on a hard surface.

Sure, he/she'll definitely poop and pee but I can just wipe it off with a tissue paper.
No need to dig through wood shavings, looking for dried up poop.

I placed a clear piece of plastic on the floor so it's easy to just clean the plastic sheet before putting it back in every week or so to maintain a relatively clean environment.

Yes, they scratch when they're quilling. It's like teething in humans. It's uncomfortable.

Just check fallen quills at all times for a ball at the end. If the ball is present, stop worrying.

Refer to this page to help ease your hedgie's discomfort: http://wiki.hedgehogcentral.com/tiki-index.php?page=Quills

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Jul 3 2011, 04:09 PM

You can find that wheel for RM85.80 at a Pet Lovers Centre outlet.

Here's all the outlet locations:
http://www.petloverscentre.com.my/location.html

Yes, Royal Canin 36 Kitten.
8in1 Hedgehog Diet isn't really recommended as their primary food. You can buy RC36 & mix it with the 8in1 kibble so your hedgehog gets all the right nutrients.

You can find the list of food to feed them here:
http://www.freewebs.com/thehedgieden/hedgehogcare.htm

Like ddr3 said, the number doesn't really matter. The food quality does. RC38 has more protein than RC36, but we don't use RC38 because it has been discontinued (if you read the page fully, you will find that the author mentioned about the food being discontinued) as far as I know.
All other hedgie owners recommended RC36 so that's what I recommended to you.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Jul 5 2011, 08:20 PM

It is. My hedgies don't seem to mind so I don't mind.

Male. There's a 'belly button'.

I think my female hedgie is pregnant. She's gained weight & has been eating a whole lot more.

Yes, she's been huffing when I pick her up. She never huffed before when I got her. I don't know about smelly poo but smelly pee,yes.
Maybe it's just me or something but her pee smelled really bad today.

Start up cost is rather high.

Royal Canin 32/36 (400g) : RM14-RM18 (lasts for three months or so)
Cage : RM100+
Mealworms : RM1 (lasts a few months if you feed them oats)
Bedding : RM18 (if you use fleece from Tesco), RM7 if you use wood shavings

You can save on food bowl, water bowl, hide-out box and toys if you can find stuff in your house to use.

Play time differs from owner to owner. Other owners let them out to roam in their room or so. I can only let my hedgie's out to roam for a short period of time due to my time constraints (and my mum complaining about hedgie's dirtying up the floor ).

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Jul 7 2011, 03:40 PM

I never tried feeding hedgehogs oats before... Mealworms, yes.

That fact I know but from what shukri77 said, I think that he meant feeding the HEDGEHOG oat, instead of the mealworms because he used the word 'treat'.

Female hedgehog hissed and clicked at me today when I went near her cage. She's NEVER hissed or clicked at me before.

I've isolated her in a really quiet spot in the house to get her comfortable with her new environment even though she's just about 12 days into her pregnancy.

It could be a false alarm but all the signs seem to be there.

Smelly urine, change in temperament, weight gain, increased appetite.

That looks like a lot of vomit.

My male hedgie vomited before (once or two only) and it was probably because he ate and drank too fast.

If the vomiting recurs, definitely needs vet attention.

Like Salt&Pepper mentioned, they will definitely mate if you put them together.
My male hedgehog sneaked into my female hedgie's cage one night and now the female hedgie is pregnant, which is something I didn't want to happen.
It's a taxing issue because you're going to be worrying about the mother's health and the babies' survival after birth.

I suggest that you Google on breeding hedgehogs as you can obtain a lot of useful information about breeding and the dangers involved.

Yes, you need two cages because hedgehogs are solitary animals. They do not get lonely.
One important rule is to remove the male after breeding because the parents will eat the babies if the male is around after the birth.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Jul 10 2011, 03:33 PM

You can buy one right here on LYN in the Pet Store.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...086&hl=hedgehog
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...600&hl=hedgehog
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...741&hl=hedgehog

Or buy one from a local petshop if they sell 'em.
But it's adviseable to get one from a breeder here on LYN as you would know the health of the parents of the hedgehog and the hedgie would have received better care.

It'll cost around RM100 (plus minus 10) if you buy them at LYN.
In pet stores, the ones I know are sold around RM150.

They're not shy. They're defensive at first if they don't know you. The quills are sharp when they're pointing in every direction but when they're laid flat, they do little harm.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Jul 12 2011, 11:13 AM

Wow, congrats!

I don't know if the breeders here are in Penang or not. I think one or two would send all the way to Penang (I've read it in the pet store threads before).

NO, under no circumstances should you ever house two hedgehogs together (unless they're female ; though some might not get along).
Male + Female : 100% guaranteed breeding (never house brother/sister or related pairs together)
Male + Male : 100% guaranteed fighting = possibly INJURED/dead hedgehog(s)