hi, i am a new owner.. just got it two day ago.. Every time after i play with him, my hand start to itch.. atleast for an hour. do anyone have the same problem.

for some people it is normal, u are not used to it yet. u should read the first page of this thread guides are prepared

Glad to know nothing is wrong. Thanks! =)

how long do u guys hedgehog sleep?
my sleep from 10am till 1am...

will it possible i din turn off the light so they donno is day or night time?

This post has been edited by tomsulliven: Jan 19 2014, 01:56 AM

I have no idea the exact time he sleeps as it varies. Sometimes I'll catch him sleeping from 9am to 12.45am. Sometimes it's from 8am to 11pm. I tend to sleep early, from 11-12 or earlier so I'm not absolutely sure. He wakes up couple of times in the day to eat and drink as well. I also keeps him awake around 8-9pm to socialize with him, but he'll go back to sleep after that.

I provide 12-14 hours light to my hedgehog though.

But yesterday night he din come out to walk around... But the food got eaten half, and not much shit just 2 only...1 is normal long , 1 is abit abit abit ...

IsZi not dark Enough, cuz outside still got light can come in...

This post has been edited by tomsulliven: Jan 19 2014, 12:28 PM

its actually nothing to worry about, u did provide a hidebox right. there will be sufficient darkness inside for it to get some real eye shut. just like dogs they're more aware than humans so they can look like they're not sleeping but they are

i got a ice cream box for it...last time i put "feline fresh" as bedding and he did wake up at night time , and i change to A4paper only and she still got wake up, but now i change to fleece blankets as bedding she din really run around at night or day time...

my worry is Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome "WHS"...

This post has been edited by tomsulliven: Jan 20 2014, 01:02 AM

Do you have a wheel? My hedgehog usually wakes up after I sleep. So I usually use his poop smeared wheel as an indication. Did you try picking him up in the morning? I'm new owner as well so Im not well verse about WHS.

From my observation, when I pick him up in the morning 8am, he will run around, that's how I check his activity level other than checking wheel. In the evening 5-8pm, he won't run much, instead he'll sleep on my palm if he's still sleepy.

I don have a wheel yet...just now 8.15 wake her up go eat and poop walk around , but din drink much water...

they wake up because its their "up" time not because they are not sleeping well. my guess is u're over worrying. that syndrome doesnt really happen much, its just like down syndrome for humans, only 1 hedgehog will get it out of 100.

i'd say your hedgehog is rather normal, staying up at night IS THEIR WAY. they are noctural creatures. another way for me to be more convincing, notice when u wake your hedgie up in the morning/afternoon/ "down" time, they would usually stretch themselves/unhappy way of waking up/small small eyes/wanting to go back to sleep face? its just like us being made awake in the middle of the night.
if u notice when they wake up in the middle of the night, a.k.a their "up" time it would be more natural instead of looking grumpy, they will look more energetic.

i'd say, after your daily activities, give it 6pm 8pm that is the best time to play with your hog. as for me i play with it usually before bed around 11.30pm. it just always runs around in its tank while waiting for me to pick it up. when i wake up at 9am it doesnt even bother to come out and look at me. thats them for you

Share with u guys story of my hog. Two of the female stay together and one is blind. The eyes is empty socket. I think they fight or something but can sleep together. Anyway the blind one knows his way around his cage very well. Everytime i pour water in bowl i do loudly and he comes lumbering out

why was the other one blind? did they fought last time? or it just happened to be blind one day u woke up kesian her

just happened to be blind

hi, u want to check with u all, whether ur hedgehog do wat my hedgehog do or not...

when i let him run around my garden, he will bite some grass or brick, then he will vomit out some white foam/ saliva and apply it on his back and ear. almost all the time he did tat. izzit some thing normal or i need to get him to the vet?

that, my friend, is called self-annointing don't worry it's perfectly normal for hedgehog to do that. i'm quite jeles with u, coz i never witness that firsthand. my hedgie too shy to show me

ic ic... okay.. thanks

Hi guys, I haven't gotten into hedgehog yet.
But wanna ask if I doesn't feed it with mealworm/crickets, does that will cause them to have nutrient deficiency ?

not really, u can give them something else that contain equivalent of nutrients. its just that mealworm/crickets have high nutrient with a cheap price.

haha, what else can be use as an replacement ?
I haven't really got a hedgehog yet. Just to learn it up first.