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.....