get her to the park regardless imo, to get her immune system up and running by exposing her to the many wonderful variants of germs



with your ratio of hogs under your care and quills lodged, count your blessings woman

devilene - try oats and carrots for the worms. does the trick for me. and just get the wheel that telileti and i myself got for our hogs :P they're half the price of a wodent wheel and i could personally vouch that wodent wheels are hell to wash.

squeezing through isn't really an issue (imho) since they do love tight spots in general but the whole look out and SMACK on the nose is a no no for me

oats and carrots! :)

sowhoon - they could vomit due to indigestion, has it happened prior to yesterday's incident?

devilene - you could try getting the powder (so long as it's organic) or you could simple place the container you're using to keep the mealworms on top of a bigger plate or container filled with water. and i wouldn't recommend getting any sort of ball or anything remotely close which encapsulates your hedgehog in it. not only will your hog practically be trapped in it with it's own feces, the "breathing" holes could very much injure your hog's feet.



codicil*


it just hit me. is it really safe to feed our hogs mealworms gut loaded with oats? i doubt the mealworms actually digest the oats that well and mind you oats absorbs a lot of fluid. they continue doing so even once in the stomach. stomach ulcer caused by consuming dried oats is nothing but common to those (humans) that don't consume lots of water after doing so. and from what i observe lil doesn't either.

food for thought.

This post has been edited by olivur: Sep 28 2011, 09:11 AM

you really shouldn't pull away when they're attempting to bite you, it'll hurt them more doing so >_<

yeah, what i meant was it's better to be prepared for a bite than preparing to pull away. failing on doing the latter would result in, well yeah

that and i was directing it mainly to sowhon. leave the finger yoinking to the pros! or pros in training such as rexeren, lol

that's what i personally do as well, just takes a few handling sessions to get it registered to your brain though. it's like a self inflicted booby trap

if she managed to figure it out, then she should be fine. owners just don't recommend bottles due to the fact that they might hurt themselves when/if they bite the metal bit.

a hog only has a set of teeth / lifetime.

wait ._. why was she given back to you again?

telileti's a wheel agent now ._.?

telileti - just joshing :P

nanadeadbeat - what the. that's so cute! mine would be doing this anytime she's on her back.



This post has been edited by olivur: Oct 1 2011, 11:34 PM

awesome attitude for a new caretaker, all the best with her :P

hush. you used to keep hibari in a fruit basket the size of an a4 paper :E lol

she has a secret life! :x

have you tried changing her bedding with an old t shirt of yours? to get her accustomed with your scent ._.

This post has been edited by olivur: Oct 7 2011, 12:33 PM

LOL @ suicidal hedgehog.

try placing something to cushion her fall rather than catching her, imo. he probably just thinks it's normal to jump of extreme heights since someone would always catch her :P

i enjoyed that. wish it was longer :/

kinda makes me feel better about that one time that i accidentally let lil slip from my arm cradle..

:X

awesome. which one did you opt for?

personally i would head to the vet to confirm, since we can't really monitor something like a touchwood* tumor, what with placebo effect and all.

lil had a "growth" under her chin .. but then hair started sprouting from it so it went from a tumor scare to beauty mark celebration ._x;