i see u at almost every thread i'm in.. why ah? huh...

hedgies do bite, wild one yes.. if your hand smells food also yes.. hand feeding them also yes they will..

duri sure la tajam but can't really cause that much injury.. u need to learn the technique to handle hedgies..

btw, if hedgies keeps bitting and their duri hurts, i bet non of us here will still keep our hedgies... haiyo..

Tee Ar Oh Ell Ell

Cause i curious ma I keep saw them at petshop, but i dare not to touch also..

so now you know..

u better read more on hedgies and watch some videos at youtube..
that makes learning more easy and convenient..

Orh okie.. Thanks

the duri not so pain
if bonded u can rub their duri
they will lower the duri
like mine i can play with the duri
too bad i cannot cuddle her
if not already cuddle

Mine almost bit my pinky

Mr Moogle's is a grump what to do Ever since Henrieta died well..... she was a friendly hedgy i could play with *sigh

I would do Mr Moogle's nails after i bath him because he cannot curl up when he is all wet. I think he learned if he curled up that i would drop it into the water i think that is why it doesn't curl when i bath it. It struggles a lot when trying to clip its nails with my assistants help to hold onto it.

Anyway just tried to clip and sometimes it bleeds a bit, after that it doesn't move/struggle as much. I think he just cooperates otherwise it would hurt itself lol.

I feel sorry for the hedgy but what to do when it keeps struggling so much I don't like it when my hedgy gets hurt.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: May 11 2008, 10:18 AM

i never bath mine,even when i see dirt on her paw ,it dissapear after several day so mine quite clean just nyamuk keep attacking her

nyamuk wont effect them right?

i mean more than 10 nyamuk at once

how come mamata?

how bout try bathing your hedgie and change new bedding..

apa la mamata.. or spray ridsect on your hedgie la..

i think she lap the paw at the bedding kot?

mati ler encik pandai
aku pun tak tahan bau ridsect

ei....the first page wrote shampoo under grooming
does it mean any pet shampoo?

i suppose u should use mild shampoo..

use one with anti-bacteria or such better la..

haha, good observations there... i've been reading the hedgehog thread for over a month before joining lyn, when i needed to post some questions regarding hedgehogs. i noticed both you and muchan86 posting quite regularly too at that time, just about to get your hedgehogs and bombarding questions... but i only bought a couple of months ago, after about 6 months researching infos about hedgehogs.

anyway, hedgehogs are pretty capable of keeping themselves clean, although they do have some smell which i don't think you can completely bathe away. i only bathe it once every 2-3 weeks, because i'm darn sure he'll get himself dirty again a couple of hours later walking all over with his poop...

yesterday my hedgehog fell asleep on my lap and i couldn't move for a couple of hours, he gets grumpy when i lift him up while he's asleep. always need one hand to cover over his head so it'll be dark, but he took advantage to gimme a good bite and self-annoint (had his shower yesterday) before dozing off. such a cute little bugger...

my baby like to lick and annoint with kain buruk
urghh

how fast ur hedgie on the wheels?
mine like 20 - 30km/j
haha

how come u can detect their speed?

set up a speed trap la if u dowan them to go faster..

one shop at tmn equine has this very fat hedgie not for sale.. i wonder how the hedgie walks.. so damn fat! obesity!

Actually not curling up when in water is normal behavior for all hedgehogs, its a anti-drown mechanism.
The reason why his nails bleed when you cut it is because you are actually cutting it too short
If you look closely at the nail, there is some pink flesh underneath the nail, this is know as the 'quick'
cutting the quick will cause bleeding. If he struggles so much that you cannot avoid cutting the quick you should try the method below or wait till he is calmer.
Cutting the quick is not a major thing but what if one day you accidentally cut of a toe? Its an accident that can happen to anyone with a struggling hedgie

Heres something you can try if your hedgie struggles alot when its nail cutting time.
Gently cover him with a cloth, hold his back against your body and expose his lower legs but keep his face covered.
The trick is to be gentle and patient, the hedgehog will relax and allow you to cut the nails without any fuss, because with the face covered
he feels like he is safe and 'hidden'.



Yes any mild pet shampoo will be ok, but NEVER use those with TEA TREE OIL it is highly toxic to hedgehogs.



Hedgehogs do not really groom themselves like cats, they do need bathing once in awhile.
What you can do is, once a week let her walk in a tub filled with shallow water, just to clean her feet. Then about once every 2/3/4 weeks give a full body bath with shampoo.
Hedgehogs who wheel regularly need bathing, because of the constant contact of their feet with their poo and pee, also when wheeling the urine will sometimes splash on their backs.
If you never bathe your hedgehog you will find that they may develop problems

Red urine burns on their belly and feet.
Yellow staining on their fur.
Foot/toe infections from poo trapped under nails.
Infections in the genitals.

Over bathing is not good, but not bathing at all is also bad.

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Added on May 11, 2008, 8:12 pmSpeaking of bathing, its time for me to bathe the two smelly ones.

This post has been edited by Cimredopyh: May 11 2008, 08:12 PM

err, i so afraid of cutting hedgies nail.. their feet is like so fragile that i may break it.. huh..

btw, glad to see cim's long lecture.. kinda miss it actually..

lecture

all of us here let's hedgies drink using water bottle right?

is there anyone using bowls?

just curious to know how dangerous is it for a hedgie to drink from a water bottle...

Im using bowls,but im also using cloth liners as bedding
i think most people that use wood shavings will use bottles.

Bottles are actually not good for hedgies
Ill try to find and old 'lecture' about it, brb