I can just change like that? Are both the same taste/smell? If yes then i want to change it to kitten. Long time i wanted to change to kitten but just scare the smell is not the same & that Ren doesnt want to take it.

Well, you can't change straight away coz will cause green poo.... what you can do is mix... 1st day give 20% Kitten and 80% babycat.... then increase the kitten everyday while lessen the babycat. In a week, you can already give almost 100% kitten. But just mix it for now lah.

ok noted..
seems like the kitten type are much cheaper...
will buy it today..
better prepare the food first..

Ok, that's good then. I have bad memory... hehehe

Change slowly like Hun said, campur campur first, cos if change suddenly might cause diarrhea.

Kitten kibbles is smaller too, easier for the hedgie to chew.

Ok noted. Just bought the babycat packet last week. So i can only start changing slow;y to kitten pack when this new pack almost finish. >.<"'

I gave my 2 hedgehogs baths very cute. They were more docile and let me pat them too while bathing.

uh i have a question. About nail cutting, from what i read people usually do this every 1-2 weeks.

Anyone have a picture for what is normal and how much to cut ? I don't want my hedgy to bleed or hurt its foot >-<;

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Added on May 9, 2007, 11:29 amSigh... since nobody replied, i tried cutting my hedgys nails myself.

One of it was bleeding after i cut ! probably to deep >_<:

I read online that they bleed profusely, so i wasn't too surprised seeing all the blood. So i put some corn starch to stop the bleeding

Anyway the poor hedgy looked a bit sad. It seemed like it was looking down feeling sorry for itself. I felt bad for it >-<; but it's nails was quire long and curved, and it didn't run its wheel much cauz i suspect its nails were hurting it.

If anyone can give some pointers on nail cutting it would be appreciated.


Hm... i did this during its bath to soften its nails, and quills. Their a bit easier to handle when their taking their bath.

But when i grab them and turn them around to get to the nail most the time their curling into ballz, i can't reach any nail at all >_<:

It finally got tired and let me get on with it heh.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: May 9 2007, 11:29 AM

Next time when you trim the nails, you can do it under bright light so that you can notice the pink part easily & not hurting the hedgie.. Becareful next time... ^^

If not sure how to trim, its best don't do it.

Yes, don't do it if you're not sure. I nvr trim my hedgehog's nails. If you really want to trim their nails, find a person to hold your hedgie for you, one person is never enough to trim the nails as the hedgehog tends to struggle.

i heard placing rough stone for them to polish thier nails will help?

p.s arghh im still looking for breeder. i wan hedgehog too

i dont think it will help. they wont use it anyway

this is a very dangerous act for hedgies, becoz hedgies like to bite due to curious, so they might have chance to lose their teeth if they do bite the "rough stone" that u put in. take note pls.....

yesterday went to a pet shop in KL, and found out hedgies price now is RM700++ for a look like more than a year old hedgies...

This post has been edited by wongzai: May 13 2007, 03:05 PM

The price is very common even for very old hedgehog..Most famous pet shops have them in that price region.

Anyway, dont use stones etc. There is one person here, forgot who already, who have bad experience with stones. The hedgehog looses its teeth badly and have to handfeed the hedgehog now..

my goodness. have to handfeed the hedgehog forever? then how do we get rid of the long nails since we cant simply cut it to avoid injuring ur pet?

If you really want to trim the nails of your hedgehog, do it after your hedgie finishes a bath cos that's when the nail is soft. Watch out for the blood vein which is red colour line, don't cut the nails short if you can't find the veins or you don't have confidence. Get someone to help you while you hold your hedgie as hedgie tends to struggle a lot.

To make sure your hedgie has blunt nails, you must let your hedgie walk on rough floors.... putting a stone will not help because a hedgehog is not a cat, it won't know how to scratch its nails on a stone but more likely to try and bite and chew it.

Just bring your hedgie to a place with stone ground and let it walk around.

good and simple solution, never thought of it.
just told my mom im gonna get a hedgehog she tension d, complaining that the dog might get hurt by the spikes. And the amount of animal exceeds the family member in the house

em....dog will not get hurt if the dog didn't go n kacau hedgies lol.... haha.... em...so how many animal in ur house now?

think of upload some of earth latest photo...somehow..the file size too big... ..have to resize first....

Hahaha... Do post up earth's pic ya...

fatty earth~~ as at 21/Apr/2007 = 5 mths old



em....... scary taiko face..