Sometimes my Mimi use her tongue to lick quills and slaver stick on the quills. Is that normal ?? even my Crusher also the same

i just got my hedgehog!

so i left it in a cage with a lid over it. It was sleeping when he got home so i thought ok la keave the lid lightly on.

...then i go shop for the togoyo box(its huge!) + wheel + wood shaving etc. Then when i got home, the lid is open! my room door is busted and he's gone! The great escape!

So i looked all over and he's downstairs. I live in one of those houses that have holes between staircases...so i really wonder if he fell all the way down from first floor (gulp). Or he's smart enough to walk all the steps? Luckily he looks ok and active. I cought him with the carpet and put him back inside his cage.

After i caught him i think he's pissed ... he huff and puff go drink water and go hide in corner again. I will pretend to watch naruto and see if he escape again...and this time  i am gonna keep my room door locked!

Wow bledig...adventurous hedgehog you have there!
tot in your previous post you mentioned you getting a pair? what about the other one? hope you can give them a better home     
mine is afraid of height, whenever i stand up holding her in my hand she'll turn round and round with the butt sticking to my hand don't dare to jump, luckily~ 
I think i'll name her Vixie, coz my mum keep saying her face looks like fox   

yea.. bt not sure whether i have diffrent smell cuz no other type of animal in my house.. even wen my mum & bro let my hedgie lick sure resulted in softbite... wil it be like puppy? .. teeth gatal den love 2 bite smthng 

hi.. i'm new here. got a hedgehog for about 1 year. did anybody really know about wobbly hedgehog syndrome? read through the info from internet but still dunno wat really is. i suspect my hedgie diagnose with this thing la. his left body side its like very heavy and walk very slow. i'm worried la. anybody can help me. he's about 1 year ++ albino.

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Added on October 24, 2007, 6:06 pmthis is my hedgie. name him piggy zai

whs is the hind legs i think, not sure if it affects one side only.
help the hog exercise and make sure he can reach his food & water
if u bred him before, u shld probably let the owners who bought his offspring know so that they can look out for this

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Added on October 25, 2007, 12:22 pmhere's something for us to ponder about hog being solitary. i have a pair of hogs. 1 male and 1 female. i keep them in a petroom where i used to have my sugar gliders & hamsters. in separate toyogo boxes. but the female always climbs into the male's box & they like to sleep together in the same hidebox. every time i separate them, this happens, she wil climb into the next box.

so much so that i have to put them in separate rooms now to prevent accidental mating. so is it true that hogs are solitary animals? sure we have read about hogs in the wild being solitary but i believe as they get domesticated(in terms of diet, habitat, breeding habits) after generations of breeding , we chg their behavior too.

what do you think, ppl?

yeah.. now he slim down a lot d lor.. tat was last time pic.    feeding orijen mix with acana.
i do give him the wheel but nowday bcoz of the sickness, didn't play the wheel d.
he jalan just like orang tua. slow and senget sebelah to the left side.
always find some info about this sickness through internet but its like no cure. sad 

no no no.. when i 1st bought him, he was not this fat.. and i think not a year+ old. should be less than a year hedgie.
i bela him for about a year d. recently only saw him got this sickness.. this hedgie was actually from Reanne.

that day i notice there's some blood stains on the wheel together with the poo stains
after checking i think one foot of my hedgie's hind legs was bleeding 
but for one day only, now ok already...

but she's not eating...eats very little since after quilling...now eat even lesser..
i wonder is anything wrong with the kibbles or something's wrong with the hedgie?

Hi,

I've tried searching for some info regarding Orijen & Acana feeding to hedgies in this forum(and prev), but can't seem to find what I need to know

I just want to know that between Orijen and Acana, which one is better?

Both are similar to having fresh meats & vege contents, but if not mistaken something in the percentage of something is different(I can't remember )

Can someone help me out?

Owh, and since Acana has separate ones for kitten & cat, which one is better to be used?



Thanks!


KP

Orijen & Acana are under the same manufacturer & IINM they are almost the same but might have different percentage on Analysis.

Here are the analysis for both brand:
Orijen Cat
Protein  45.0%
Fat  20.0%
Carbohydrate  15.0%
Moisture  10.0%
Fiber  2.0%
Calcium (min.)  1.6%
Calcium (max.)  1.8%
Phosphorus (min.)  1.3%
Phosphorus (max.)  1.5%
Omega-6  3.8%
Omega-3  0.9%
Glucosamine (min.)  500 mg/kg
Chondroitine (min.)  150 mg/kg
Microorganisms  80M cfu/kg
pH  5.0
Ash (min.)  7.0%
Ash (max.)  7.5%
Acana Kitten
Protein (min.) --- 35.0%  Calcium (min.) --- 1.1%
Fat (min.) --- 22.0%  Taurine (min.) --- 0.16%
Fiber (max.) --- 2.5 %  Omega-6 (min.) --- 3.0 % *
Moisture (max.) --- 10.0%  Omega-3 (min.) --- 0.6 % *
Magnesium (min.) --- 0.09%  ME (min.) --- 4,570 kcal/kg
Carbohydrate (max.) --- 23.0% 
Phosphorus (min.) --- 1.1%  * Not recognized as essential by AAFCO

Acana Cat
Protein (min.) --- 32.0%  Carbohydrate (max.) --- 23.0%
Fat (min.) --- 20.0%  Taurine (min.) --- 0.16%
Fibre (max.) --- 2.5%  Omega-6 (min.) --- 3.8 % *
Moisture (max.) --- 10.0%  Omega-3 (min.) --- 1.0 % *
Magnesium (max.) --- 0.09 %  ME --- 4,250 kcal/kg
  * Not recognized as essential by AAFCO

If choose Acana, go for kitten. Coz it may be smaller in size compare to Cat.

p/s: If the pokimon has taken RC all the while, i think you might have trouble in introducing either this brand to him/her. My boy just doesn't bother about Orijen. End up my sumos & sakais (gerbils) take.

Did you try mix the Orijen and RC together and feed him? I hear that gradually introducing them with new food can work

Yeah, I know about White Palace's offer, but it is "extremely" difficult for me to get from him... I'd rather get the 2.5kg and share it with my friend


KP

aiks i tot keep in those normal plastic box can already   
anyway where to get the oats bedding?

Congrats to both you and Donut