wah, wake up early morning just to play with your hedgie? what a good papa....

dear MalaM3ntula thanks for the tips brooo


This post has been edited by athen3891: Sep 8 2011, 09:26 AM

haha, i woke up at 5.30am to clean his cage, play wif him a while, giv him breakfast, then prepare to go 2 class lol thats my routine form monday to friday, bt then Saturday n Sunday will be a bit late

This post has been edited by ddr3: Sep 8 2011, 01:32 PM

The dry skin on the ears can also be caused by mosquito bites, it'll get worst when the hedgie scratches it.. To cure the dry skin, you can apply some baby oil.. To prevent the mosquito bites, you can put some lemon grass sticks (batang serai) in the cage - the hedgie will bite it and self-annoite all over himself & this will act as mosquito repellent.

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Added on September 8, 2011, 2:53 pmNo probs athen, glad i could help..

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Added on September 8, 2011, 3:05 pm Problem of mites may appear if u don't keep ur hedgie clean - Solution, give ur hedgie a bath once a month
Respiratory problem can be caused by the bedding or the hedgies dander (especially if ur asthmatic) - Solution, use newspaper as bedding & bath hedgie
But CANCER!??? How did ur parents came to this conclusion???


This post has been edited by MalaM3ntula: Sep 8 2011, 03:05 PM

while a hedgehog itself could get cancer, how could it transfer it to you?

unless if you plan to do something really freaky with it, even a bite couldn't infect you ._x

LOLOLOLOL. which is y lah! i myself already
my father is okay okay, problem is my mom. she very berry the health conscious 1. if not i'd have a dog at home as a pet already.
once a month? not once a week?

If ur mom is such a health freak, just tell her some health benefit like having a pet can have calming effects thus lowering ur blood pressure (some crap like that)
Once a month is sufficient..especially when they are 'litter box trained' like mine (super clean)
If you bath them to often, they might catch a cold..they don't take baths in the wild you know..

This post has been edited by MalaM3ntula: Sep 9 2011, 02:30 AM

now she's telling me its cruel for the hedgehog. she keeps telling me, how wud u feel if u were locked up in an enclosure.
i've saw some of the users' hedgies. very very very the CUTE lo walau!

btw, how strong is the smell of their pee on poo?

This post has been edited by Skinny01010: Sep 9 2011, 04:29 PM

she is juz being a mom, thats all, hope u can persuade her, the pee n poo? its smelly of course bt still if u clean it everyday then it will nt b a problem at all, mine no smell at all...

@skinny smellier than ur poo. Imagine that! Just clean everyday so that it wont stink.

This post has been edited by ix3Rukia: Sep 9 2011, 04:57 PM

nt till that stage gua, mine still ok lor, i guess it depends on d food, if fish flavour then ya, its same as urs....

Mine is royal canin 36 chicken . Hibari dont like fish. Well i think its because everytime i see hibari , there will be pee and poop together. I am now testing out putting bedding. Cause the poop will stuck on bedding and easier for me to scoop out using that poop scooper thing.

My hedgie always hide herself, only normally wont come out when got ppl around the living room(altho the light is off) unless she is very very hungry .... coz there's one time my mom watch drama until 4am, then only hear her come out to eat.

she's too shy already la..

but I found out she wont have car sick...i brought her to my bf house i went for vacation...

during that 30min driving time, she was playing happily with her wheel... when i stop at the traffic light , i can hear the wheel stopped and she ran back to her "house"...same happened when i bring her back home.

i guess she prefer bumpy bumpy feel in the car than quiet peaceful feel in my house

that is good to hear

errr, is it that strong till the smell of their excretions can b smelt in the whole room?
does leaving a charcoal in the enclosure help?

Unless your house has good ventilation , then its not smelly. It only smells when you are nearby the cage.

Yes charcoal helps.

I feel like breeding hibari >_< . But i dont wanna get another male haha. Too bad.

This post has been edited by ix3Rukia: Sep 9 2011, 06:31 PM

thanks for helping! the only other thing i'm worrying is how to feed the hedgehog mealies.... I'm ghastly afraid of worms and insects. yucks. =.=

Use tweezers if you are afraid of touching them. Or use tissues

okay. 1 more question, sorry if i kacau-ed u all. does hedgehogs drop their fur everywhere? My mom's nose is hypersensitive to all these. Her sinus will start acting up.

LoL.. don let it go freely in your house la... later you'll found poo everywhere hahaha..
fur? no.. but poo yes..
later your mom will kick it out from your house.. hehehe
so put in cage.. friendly remind..