I don't think a few mealworms a day is a problem, but not like a bunch of mealworms everyday. I've read somewhere before that mealworms can reduce the bone density of the hedgies or something like that. You can sprinkle a bit of calcium powder (available in pet stores - it's calcium powder for small animals) on the mealworms/kibble if you're worried about that.

OKIE, thanks ! in this case, then I think i better reduce the mealworms for her

and here is my TEH MEH ~ (my niece name it.. she properly just combine any words in her mind...).
she is very active, and hard to capture her nicely




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hey everyone,

i have a female hedgehog, about 1 year 8 months old. normally i use to scoop her up under the belly from the cage to clean it (the cage).

i did the same regularly everyweek, so as last week. as normal i scoop her up and place her gently on the washroom floor, i see it walking away normally to one corner where she likes to do her business.

but then i see her coming out limping at the left back foot, this is not the first time she is limping. her front left(or right, cant remember) was limping when she was 3-4 months old also and she recovered later.

so i thought probably she sprained her foot, i monitor her for 1 week. she still eats and drinks like usual. today i want to clean the cage again, so i scoop her up and this time i turn her around to have a look at the foot and belly.

and i found a large lump under her left chest, around the breast area of the left foot. her back left foot is still limping and she is dragging it. her front feet are normal, no limping motion when she moves.

is it a tumour already? i have looked around the internet, said WHS is common among hedgehogs and the symptoms starts with the dragging of the back feet. does it start with one or both?

i do not have picture now, will upload it tomorrow of her belly side.

Hmm, if the symptoms match those of WHS, it might be WHS.
Bring her to a vet to check it out?

I'm not concerned about the leg, i do not know whether WHS starts with one leg or both.

I'm more worried about the swollen part at the left Breast. Will bring her to kinrara vets as recommended by most ppl here. Is it still appropriate to go or there are better vets?

Kinrara Vet is great.
Remember to make an appointment.
My little Huffster got his surgery there for half the cost compared to the Animal Clinic in KL.
I hope she's okay.

hi everyone,

so i went to kinrara vets and got the doc to check her up. said the leg probably is broken/sprained as the thigh area is very much swollen up and healing.

but as for the growth, he doesnt know what is that and suggested operation to remove it. check the uploaded pic for the look of the growth.
anybody here sent their hog for operation? my concern is that she will bite or scratch the wound after it is stitched.



This post has been edited by ati radeon: Jul 25 2013, 11:01 PM

ok, so i got her back from doc dev.

still too weak to drink or eat on its own. what food or fluid you guys use to feed hogs like this?

Hi guys
I'm living in Sabah and would like to have a hedgehog...but does anyone know any contact living in sabah or coming to sabah that are breeding it for sale or adoption? would like to have 1 please pm me or contact me 0146780269.

Hey guys. My hedgehog which is around 3-4 months old is scratching a lot for the pass few months. I've checked and it doesn't seemed like there's mites or anything and I've even bath him but the problem is still there. I've notice that he might just be quilling but is it possible for him to quill so long?

Is his skin dry?

not sure.. how to check?

How is she doing? I hope she's recovering well. I fed my Huffster his normal food and add some antibiotic drops to his water as instructed when he got his surgery there last time.

I noticed from the picture that her nails are very long and curving inwards. To prevent the nails from digging into her skin when she walks, remember to cut it every few weeks. Note: Don't cut into the quick (pinkish vein) on its' paw.

If there's a 'ball' at the end of the fallen quills, you don't have to worry about mites. It's probably just quilling. Quilling lasts a while, so it's nothing to be concerned over.

If you look at the skin on its' back and you see crustiness or dandruff, your hedgie has dry skin. I used to solve the problem by giving my hedgies oatmeal baths (a handful of oatmeal in a cloth, dunk in water and squeeze it over their back several times before drying them) or putting two drops of (baby/vegetable/olive) oil on their back.

This post has been edited by TeliLeti: Aug 20 2013, 04:26 PM

my brother is getting his first hedgie but he wants me to help taking care of it during weekdays.
im very nervous and not confident at all taking care of fragile animals.
hope everything will be allright all the way.

Hedgies are hardy pets. Just make sure that you feed it daily (I hope you know how much and what NOT to feed it).

yeah,i'm doing some reading. just hope my parents won't simply throw food inside like what they did to my dog.
anyways, i thought of using cloth as bedding. is there any type of cloth that i should not use?

Glad to hear that you're taking the proper steps to learn about taking care of a hedgehog.

Any sort of cloth would be fine. However, make sure that there are no loose strings that a hedgehog could catch its' foot on. There have been cases where the string wraps around their limbs, cutting off circulation (which could lead to amputations).

A lot of hedgehog owners (overseas) use fleece. You can find it in Tesco or any other stores easily nowadays for about RM15 or less. You can reuse it so it's eco-friendly, I suppose. A lot cheaper than what I use these days (http://www.petloverscentre.com.my/highlights/2012/Jul/34.jpg) because I'm lazy. You can use wood shavings too, but you have to change it more often compared to this bedding. I tried other cheaper types of paper bedding too but they turned out very dusty (which is bad for the hedgies too).

shifu...i WTA...hedgehog and sugar glider...which one better and easier to keep??

which pet makes a better pet is a matter of preferences. But when it comes to which is easier to keep, definitely hedgehog. Sugar glider needs companionship, strict food diet, lotsa toys to play with and the list goes on and on. While hedgehog require very low cost monthly (if they don't fall sick etc) also easier to keep. Prefer people to just let them be too.