hmm.. don't see any quills dropping yet... hopefully it's nothing serious... yesterday when i brought Pepper home, she was quite active... roam around her cage and use the wheel... today she seems not so active... keep sleeping.. just now walk a while in the wheel, then go to sleep again...

BUT! i manage to pick her up today!! Yay! But now my palm feels pokey and itchy...haha.... still cannot manage to take picture of her ears for you guys to see if there is anything wrong... the environment too dark.. don't want to use flash in case the flash scare her...

Do you guys use flash when taking picture of your hedgie??

if your hedgie is scratching alot, it might be mites. better observe carefully and bring to a vet for check up. where did you get your hedgie from?

runner i think its becoz of mites or else becoz of dandruff...
try check her skin...
got dandruff or not...
dun use any flash...
coz animal eyes sensetive with flash n red light...

i got from someone who sells in LYN lor... *sob sob*...

will try to check closer when i can hold her for longer period of time...

Young hedgie will tend to sleep more even at nite, so don worry.

Dandruff u nid to see whether got skin flakes or not.. But i don think such a young hoglet will have dried skin problem..

I never use flash to take any pic of my pets, unless they are not facing me and looking at the camera. Usually i jus on the room light and capture.

Dear all hedgehog lovers...

This is my first post and ive looking into getting one hedgehog for the longest time. really want to get one however i do not know where i can get one.

Kindly advice where i can get them whats the going price and a reliable source or breeder.

i tried looking around the forum i realised prices varies from 200 - 488.

Pepper still hisses at me and curl into a ball when I touch her :-(

Give her sometime.. Hissing is jus their natural response when something approach...

Yup~ Now my hedgie still hisses when I go kacao him, but after he knew that is me, he will relax himself from the curl ball. So cute...

so u hold him when he's curled?

Kenken~~


Kenken: Don kacau me, i am reading newspaper...


Kenken: What u wan la??


Kenken: Shud I call Mary and say sorry to her? erm...


Erm...which leg to bite ler...left or right...

Introducing...... Pepper !! Will try to take better quality pics of her soon... hehe..

runner...she looks so much like kenken...

but mine now so fat T-T

today is the 5th day and my hedgehog is still unfriendly to me

There's few things I would like to share with you all....

A young hedgehog, when change homes and owners, will tend to sleep more when they realized the environment changed.
So yea, it's normal if they sleep all the time for the first 2 weeks. Give them time. They will slowly get use to your smell as well as the environment.


2nd, avoid using flash with taking pictures with ALL animals. It's not just hedgehog, but the strong flash light will annoys animals' eyes. Making them uncomfortable. Flash that is too strong can cause their eyes to become blind oso. ^^


3rd, i see you mentioned ur hedgie's ears are "crusty". Is it something like white flakes coming off from the skin?
If yes, then it could be 2 posibilities. 1 is dry skin problem. A hedgehog with dry skin problems will scratch very often.
Another one is mites. Mites cause hedgehog to scratch alot. But it MIGHT also cause dry skin problems. (Not all dry skin is caused by mites). And a hedgehog that scratch too much will make their skin "flaky" oso.

skin problems will show signs behind the ear as well as on the feet.

So it's best you bring ur hedghog to a vet for checkup. ^^

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Added on June 19, 2009, 1:27 pmhave patience ~

some hedgies take longer time to get used to their owner.

talk to ur hedgie more, and they will feel ur love. LOL!

This post has been edited by Hiyuki: Jun 19 2009, 01:27 PM

Talk? Like how?
I do try to spend time with him by placing my fingers near him and he will sniff sniff and turn away

wah my casper color also same with u but my casper face a bit darker than u..

talk as in TALK lo..hahahha..sit infront of the cage, or hold it and put on ur lap..then talk to the hedgie..sing to him...

hahahaha eric u sing wat song to kenken?? me just talk like come here.. time to eat...

i also dunno Pepper is what colour... i think not as dark as S&P, but also not as light (quills) as Snowflake...

i still have to use my baju to hold Pepper... otherwise very pokey!