OMG, your hedgehog got me so addicted to this topic, crap. Must...not....fall...into trap.....

hahaha...

crazymouse_yyh, it's a pity your cute little hoglet's already found an owner. He/She is real lucky.

Reading all these posts made me feel like getting one myself too, but I think I'll need to check with the family first before I make any additions, right now the house is full of animals I'm afraid my mom will start screaming at me!

Anyway, I guess I'll probably get it later, perhaps early next year or so. Need to do plenty of homework in these few months if I decide to get one (man, I think I'll succumb to this lure...).

crazymouse_yyh, can I ask if it's possible to identify hedgehogs which are bred? I know there's plenty of breeders here selling, but I'm just wondering if we can find any hoglets at petshops which are bred.

Thanks in advance.

Yeah, I would've assumed that petshops rarely sell reliable pets since they're all about the money...

Perhaps I can look for you when I'm ready to get one...

Just out of curiosity, the mealworms you give to your hedgehogs as snacks, do you breed them yourself or you keep stocking up from petshops?

Oatmeals?

I thought I read somewhere you can feed these mealworms leafy vegetables and they'll be fine.

And yeah, I think it's pretty sore for the eyes too if you breed mealworms in the house, haha, but in a way it's saving a bit of cost here and there since you won't have to feed it so often.

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...

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...

[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...

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...

Hahaha, crazymouse_yyh is right, lots of commitment if you wanna get one.

That's why even though I'm so keen to get one I'm trying to refrain myself from buying until I think I'm ready for a hedgehog. And it's killing me!

Now doing a lot of homework, and when the timing's right I'll get back to one of the breeders here in the forum, hehehe...

Yes, yes, my sifu...

I think with my hard work and commitment sooner or later I can convince crazymouse_yyh to let me adopt one of her hedgie as a reward, ahhahahaha...

Just joking... but when I already get one you may expect to be bombarded with lots of questions...

well, it's good that you tried, perhaps now you know you have to do more reading before you get one, good luck to you...

btw, i was in butterworth last week and saw a few hedgehogs for sale, didn't bother to check the price, but those little fellas were pretty sad, all clumped up in a small plastic box (i think there were 5-6 hedgies there). some adults and some hoglets, they don't look very healthy.

one of it got its head stuck inside the food in the tray and it's motionless, i was wondering if it's dead...

btw, happy holidays people!

Wow, it's like biology lessons all over again, hahahaha...

BTW, a belated happy new year wish to everyone here!

congratulations to your cousin...

that's some good news...

looks like all will gonna be albinos huh?

i think you meant 'so basically hedgehog food is cat's food'...

hahaha, yeah, i think it's a bit unlikely too to feed and feel a wild porcupine...

but escaped hedgehogs are kinda rare too, isn't it?

yeah, i'm guessing someone in your neighbourhood must've lost it, considering it's not native here. how often can you find a long-eared hedgehog wandering outside your house, moreover in a country where we don't really see any of this species?

hope your hedgehog brings you lots of luck!:)

speaking of vets, has dr yeoh from tmn megah closed down?

i pass by ldp frequently and a couple of days ago i thought i saw the signage removed...

like what cimredopyh said, feeding orijen alone as staple food is not recommendable, better to mix it...

yesterday i saw some hoglets on sale at irene's aquarium in seapark (i was scanning for tortoises but saw hedgehogs there as well).

they're selling the little ones at RM250, but from what i see the hoglets aren't even 2 inches long yet, i'm guessing they're just about 3-4 weeks old the most.

and worst of all, they're feeding the them rabbit pellets and cabbages.

such a sad case when we see these petstores trying to make crazy profits out of these pitiful little creatures.

umm, it was me who saw the sign removed, or i 'thought' i saw.

anyway, i live around the area, i'll take a quick look again tonight when i pass by.

pass by yesterday, you guys can count on your blessing as he's still there, hehehe... sorry for my 'blurred vision' before this, it was another clinic which was closed down, not dr yeoh's...