Just a question, how come most hoglets for sale are usually males?

I'm thinking if I'm going to get one, I would prefer a female, but I don't see a lot of people having female hoglets...

Salt & pepper looks beautiful...

Coz the breeders keep the females to breed more hedgehogs. Well, I don't hahaha....

Ok i will try for that. But what you mean the fish food? Those fish pallet ? or

Hahaha, yeah, that's the reason I wanna get a female one too. But if someone volunteers to help me breed i won't mind getting a male...

Was just thinking, hedgehog's lifespan doesn't even exceed 10 years, if I were to have one as a pet, I wouldn't want to see it die on me after several years. At least their next generation (and next and next and next....) will still be keeping me company...

Yah... those fish pellet. If you don't use fish pellet, dry dogfood or dry catfood also can.

Erm.... never breed if you do not have the right intentions..... also.... hedgehogs are quite depressing to breed. A female may eat up her young, like what mine did and foster caring is never easy. Keeping it's generation.... not a very good goal for breeding. Stressed hedgehogs would not breed properly, and it cannot breed after it is 2.5 years old but if you did not start breeding before it is 1 year old but after 6 months old, the pregnancy could be fatal and can kill a female hedgehog.... best is only 1 litter every 6 months and it involves careful planning and lots of monitoring.

For me it was never easy. And this is also why the price is high.

For my hoglet, I had to feed her every 3 hours, keep under a warm heat lamp, stimulate it to defecate... also I must make sure she doesn't get bloat and diarrhea..... so breeding should not be taken lightly lah.

[quote=crazymouse_yyh,Nov 30 2007, 01:53 PM]
Yah... those fish pellet. If you don't use fish pellet, dry dogfood or dry catfood also can.
Erm.... never breed if you do not have the right intentions..... also.... hedgehogs are quite depressing to breed. A female may eat up her young, like what mine did and foster caring is never easy. Keeping it's generation.... not a very good goal for breeding. Stressed hedgehogs would not breed properly, and it cannot breed after it is 2.5 years old but if you did not start breeding before it is 1 year old but after 6 months old, the pregnancy could be fatal and can kill a female hedgehog.... best is only 1 litter every 6 months and it involves careful planning and lots of monitoring.

For me it was never easy. And this is also why the price is high.

For my hoglet, I had to feed her every 3 hours, keep under a warm heat lamp, stimulate it to defecate... also I must make sure she doesn't get bloat and diarrhea..... so breeding should not be taken lightly lah.

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Ouch, hahaha, guess I was thinking too far ahead...

crazymouse_yyh, how old are your hedgehogs? It seems like you have plenty of pets at home, I', guessing they should be quite few years old already right?

It's been very informative participating in this forum, didn't expect replies to be flooding in so fast...

I got many pets.... hobby lah.

My hedgehogs, my oldest is Sparky, my snowflake S&P that is 2 years old. Then I have his daughter, Donut that is gonna be 1 year old. Then a male called Crinkles, he is only about 6 months old. Their lifespan is short..... I keep coz of colour too. Hhaha... Crinkles is a Cinnicot, Donut is a normal S&P and Sparky a snowflake S&P.

Breeding hedgehogs needs alot of reading up and research. I had to plan when to breed, count the gestation days, get ready proper stuff just in case my female rejected her hoglets.... well, luckily I was ready.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Nov 30 2007, 02:54 PM

Ok maybe i try for dry cat food, hmm later those mealworm very high in protien

High protein good mah heheheh.....

Is the toyogo box safe enough to be the cage for hedgehogs? Someone mentioned that their hedgies escaped from their cage by climbing out, which I find a bit weird since the boxes are quite deep...

You of course need to DIY your own lid. Hedgehogs climb out by climbing onto their hideboxes or wheels.... so it acts like a ladder. If you do not have a hidebox or anything solid for it to climb on, then as long the toyogo box is more than 12 inches in height, then it is safe without a lid.

guys , i wake up this morning and saw my hedgehog 's nose bleeding .
anyone know y ?

Could be allergies to the bedding or an infection. Change the bedding to only newspaper or cloth. If bleeding is still occurring after a day, bring to a vet fast.

Wow, hun...u so free ar ?? monitor ur hedgie every 3 hour
Anyone mind to share your D.I.Y hidebox for your hedgie ? I would like to make a better hidebox for my hedgie

DIY hidebox first page got :thumb:
but i use terible big water pipe for my hedgehog sleeping place. Somemore he can play with it by rolling, knocking or push it until stand and knocking back again...

yeah, i using D.I.Y as stated in 1st page.
How long of your big water pipe ? mind to post some picture here ?

I just use tissue box LOL....

Think CUTE!..........Think cute.........................think.............. cute.......*Bulu on the neck starting to stand*

Edit: fixed quote

This post has been edited by Cimredopyh: Dec 1 2007, 10:09 AM

haha...my mom saw this pic too...then she asked me "you gonna feed this to your hedgie ar?!?! yer!!!" hahaha

Not necessary, you can choose to feed boiled egg or chicken meat as a alternative supplement besides mealworms, but not every hedgie will take it, and it's kinda messy too if you ask me =p