Hi Nikki let me share with you a neat trick to stop them from digging under the liner

Go to a hardware store and buy some self stick velcro
Be sure to buy both the fuzzy and scratchy sides, buy enough for all your liners.

Cut them into pieces and stick pieces of the fuzzy side on the liner and correspondingly located pieces of the scratchy side on the base of the cage (perhaps one piece in each corner? its up to you)
This way the liner will attach securely to the base of the cage but you can still easily remove to wash. (velcro is washable so just leave it on the liner and wash them together)

This is what velcro looks like, they are sold either in packets or in rolls which you can buy the amount you need by the length.

I got mine from Ace Hardware. I used it when Demon was small, once he figured out that he couldn't get under the liners anymore he stopped trying. Now in his new cage i do not use velcro but he no longer goes under the liners.





This post has been edited by Cimredopyh: May 30 2008, 04:38 PM

Velcro is a wonderful invention!

Great idea Cim!

Hehehe.

*sorry to bump in *


KP

back for more HG actions... for the moment...
so many new owners these 2 weeks...
going to b away for 1 more week...

hmm can i ask where to get the cheap velcro from?????

easy...u go to shop that
selling accessories for tailor...(zip,ribbon...)
that shop selling this oso..

Wow thanks Cimredopyh. Never thought of using velcro. Lol. I got a meter of it today and I made a little hedgie bag for Oakey to sleep in. Now he doesn't try to crawl under the bedding again.

nikki : can post the pic of ur new hedgie bag? xD
i'm still looking for one thou... tomorrow wanna go back to ikano to see if there's sumthing i can buy for my boy...

@muchan86

Oh it's just a little bag I made out of his fleece bedding. I just sewed the ends and left one end open.

Here's a similar picture of it I found on the Internet. Mine's just smaller.



Source: Hedgie Hut

This post has been edited by NiKKi3010: May 31 2008, 10:20 PM

can they run in wobust wheel actually?? curious!

now,my j-co can accept me...can touch him now...but not try scoop him yet..i put my clothes for two day..then his relation with me become good..anyway...after i throw away my shirt...he go in and out of his home...WHY??he likes to find something...is it my shirt he try to find??i'm not prefer to put shirt inside..coz the smell is very bad...

nikki where did u get ur velcro from??? how much was it for a metre???

Don't have any hedgehog.... but come across this news.... I think I need one because can use as a weapon to protect myself

MSN News

Not suitable for them because

1) They have a tendency to look to the side when they run, the holes on the wheel have the same risk as wheels with spokes to cause injury by hitting the face and possibly causing eye injuries.

2) They pee/poo on their wheels while running, since the wobust wheel has a closed front design the pee and poop stays inside the wheel. The hedgehog will be running in this slushy mess all night

3) The width of the running area wheel is too narrow for larger hedgehogs ( yes even the wobust size is too narrow )

Wobust and other sizes of the Wodent Wheel are great for rodents, and wonderfully designed with their needs in mind. But unfortunately hedgehogs are not rodents.

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Added on June 1, 2008, 4:06 pmSimilar cases have happened in the past, one a few months back, nearly always the hedgehog is either severely injured or killed.
Simple case of human stupidity, unfortunate case of animal abuse.


This post has been edited by Cimredopyh: Jun 1 2008, 04:06 PM

I got it from those shops that sell buttons, lace, zips, etc. Those sewing materials. I got mine RM5.90 for a meter.

just came back from ikano....
i bought hideout from petshack this afternoon....
he seems to like it.... hoop inside when i finished arranged it.. <3

nikki, u quite good on diy ne... nice sleeping bag for ur boyboy...

muchan, what time you were at petshack? Were you the girl at petshack at around 12?

No is not her, she only arrive around 1.30pm after you left.
Just pass by only, hehehehe

This post has been edited by babydugong: Jun 2 2008, 10:19 AM

blah... my 'owner' came to pass by only... wan to see how good i promote ur shop?
talking bout hide out... it was so funny that he can actually PUSH the big box till another corner n sleep!! LOL
I wonder how to teach him not to push things like that... before this he likes to push the litter box and it;s really annoying... haha

Lolz... Okok...