How much depends on your source lo. Now garagesales got people selling. You can go there to check. Buying from petshops will cost more and is not really recommended.

Maintaining is easy, it requires little attention but if you don't like a pet that hides itself throughout the day, then this is not for you.
Setup cost below RM 200
Monthly expenses on food around RM 20 - 30 depending on quality of it

If you're up to it, maybe you can adopt Reanne's if you don't felt like buying.

hmm, i'll think about it la...

btw, what types of house are there? or are all the houses standard type?

and i dont mind giving hedghog that little amount of attention

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House depends on your liking. I'm keepig mine in a Toyogo Box (< RM 50). Some people buy ZooZone 1 / 2 (RM 50 - 150)

If you can afford a bigger place, then you can just fence up a corner in your house and keep it there. Generally the bigger the place the better.

Good luck in your research =)

like what empty_reg said, most owners keep their hedgehogs in either toyogo boxes or zoozones, just make sure it has enough room for them to move around. just make sure it's not the wired-cages like those you keep sugar-gliders etc. hedgehogs are pretty clumsy pets, they climb around but aren't very good climbers, and there are high chances that they can get their fragile legs stuck in between the wires.

i jz got mine today...it's very active n doesnt scare at all...but myself quite scare lar and the most important is it's try quite hard on prison break make me worry so much...
it's jz 2 months n nt clumsy at all + very active + keep moving fast +nervous, so quite hard to control and also scare it'll hurt itself

nw i switch off the light ady(maybe it can calm down a bit) n dunno wat he doing...haha

This post has been edited by zoeyhanz: Jan 6 2009, 01:36 AM

You can buy a wheel for it. Then it'll more likely to be running on the wheel than prison break. hehe

ohh...ic
get it

and one thing...if he's quite tiny...so...is it i need to feed more? like he finish n i add again , he finish n i add again....

This post has been edited by zoeyhanz: Jan 6 2009, 09:59 AM

younger hedgehogs (less than 6 months old) tend to eat a little bit more than adults. when i first got mine it takes about one and a half spoons of RC, but the older it gets, the lesser it eats. now it takes only about a spoon, and sometimes can't even finish the spoonful, but is still a bit obese despite running in the wheel every night.

just monitor your hedgehog's intake of food for about a week or two, you'll roughly get an estimate of how much your hedgehog eats in a day. start with one spoonful, if the next morning you see the bowl is empty, add a little bit more on the next day, and so on. but i'd advise not to put more than 2 spoons of RC per day. RC catfood has the most similar diet needed for hedgehogs but in actual the percentage of fat is still too high for them.

i started off feeding RC34 kitten before changing to RC32 fit which has lower percentage of fat, but my hedgehog is a little bit picky and won't eat, so now i have no choice but to revert back to RC34 and monitor its intake.

How many spoons are you feeding your hedgehog? If it's eating none stop and yet *thin (not tiny), then maybe you can bring it to the vet to check. Thin in sense till can see backbone shape. You can consult a vet for supplements too.

If it's just tiny, then you can adjust the hedgehog's food intake according to livingmonolith's method. =)

Is no surprise the hedgehog you get is tiny, cause you just got it recently ma. Hehe, so don't worry so much.

Just want to know, do you guys feed anything to boost up hedgehog calcium?
Just wonder is it mealworm enough calcium for my hedgehog.

haha...i'll try n observe...
and i stil dunno hw much it will eat since this is juz the 2nd day n it keeps sleeping...(but i noe tis is normal rite? it jz a abt 2 months baby) so i jz did saw it finish 1 spoon n then i never saw it eat or drink oh...it jz...sleeping

so wait n see tonite, after it wake up got eat or drink or nt lor~

to empty_reg: hehe...if thin means like wat u told jz now , then actually it's nt thin jz....tak fat onli


tis morning....n he got eat leh! but nt sure he gt drinks or nt coz sum water ady pour n i try 2 times to put the water in front of him,he jz smell but din drink ohh...b4 i bring him bac,he's using water bottle...is it bcz of tis n he dunno or dun1 drink the water in a bowl?

This post has been edited by zoeyhanz: Jan 7 2009, 10:49 AM

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Usually they'll drink the water. But is still better to use a water bottle if you can help it. So less wastage on bedding if he turn the water dish upside down.

@vincent09 : I thought about it too, and ask other previous keepers, they say hedgehogs no need to give extra calcium like gliders. But mealworms should be fed sparingly. Mine doesn't take mealworms now, I give her sausage, chicken and hard boil eggs whenever I come across some.

empty_reg, is it ok for that sausage????
Hmm I didn't feed mealworm for sometime, but my hedgehog walking like shaking sometime, is scare he didn't enough calcium to build up the bone, because hedgehog easy getting bone problem if not enough calcium.

hehe...finally saw him drinking yesterday... but come jor 3 days...he pee for 1 times onli ohh....is bcz he drink a bit onli?

n actually he's ok wif it's new home(new box) ady de but my sis kacau him yesterday n make him scare ady...nw he become very fierce. whn sumthing near him, he'll scroll a bit n then jump or rush to front a bit...
so ths few days..i should let him alone or calm down 1st? or...?

n nw he's sleeping on his own poo alamak...

In that case, remove the wheel if u have one. Scared he will injured his legs more if not strong enuf.

Start feeding some mealworms that has been gutloaded. Gutload with foods that r high in calcium like choy sum, rolled oat, wheat germ, so on.


Kelvin

Wana try to use sausage today la...sounds yummy....
But usually sausage is a bit oily...is it ok?

Thanks kelvin_faye, I try see how is it.
But at least I need to feed mealworm to help a bit....
Hope everything is fine

I'm thinking of bringing ma hedgie to the vet...
Nothing wrong with her, juz want the doc 2 check her up...
Do i need to get any shoot for her?
And could u guys recommended me any vet out there that is good with hedgei..
Do info me a bit about the price also if possible...

Thanks in adv..

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I'll try Dr Jenny on weekends. Shots, I'm not sure, you can consult her. = )

Sausage, oily, yes even after boiling. but still as long as feed abit is alright I think. Cause I only come across sausage like less than once a month. Most often I give hard boiled eggs, hehe.

@Vincent09: I'm not really sure as I never come across such problems (leg shaking). How long has it been going on? If problem presist for quite some time, maybe you should check the vet or see if any other forumers here can help you. Hope it's nothing.

@zoeyhanz: erm, if can help it, don't disturb it, like harrass it, using things to poke it, it scare of people later on. Handle it with care by *gently picking it up and playing with it is alright. Never try picking it up with cloth (unless necessary) or by pulling it's quills.

Thanks empty_reg
Can u give me the cont. no and location plz...wana do appointment if possible...
Hope others could suggest more which vet specialize in hedgie yaa..
Thanks u all...