please refer to babymoli's post. She had said all stuff on my behalf
bout the litter n food better changed it to the one we had recommend.. its up to u though

Thanks for the tips on the food and litter. I'll probably finish the silica gel first, since I bought a packet of it, then only change to wood shavings. How often do I have to replace the wood shavings? Now all I do everyday is scoop up his poop and mix the gel. If not enough then only add in. At least that was what I was taught.

My nephew has 2 hamsters, and my brother changes the wood shavings every two weeks. Is it like that as well

I'll go buy a new pack of food for him after work today. Dun want to feed him inferior food.

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Depending on what kind of silica gel, the poor grade with crumb and might stick to the male pokimon's penis. Never experienced it before, but thats one of the many precautions I read from several caresheets.

Not sure about Iams as well, saw in forum that they use pets as test subjects in a cruel way, so Iams is out of the question for me.

If Sammy is potty trained I supposed you can change the silica gel to wood shaving and use fleece to replace the newspaper. A 15L wood shaving may last you more than a month, possiblity two months. I prefer Chipsi over Delikate, Delikate is somwhat more dusty to me.

Good luck Gaigene. = )

I dunno if the silica gel I'm using is poor grade or not. I'll get the brand and let you know tomorrow.

Yup, Sammy is potty trained. I'm worried that if I change from silica gel to wood shavings, I'll have to potty train him again. Would tht be necessary? Also, I've been reading about fleece... but dunno where to find it. Does it mean that instead of using newspaper as the underlay to his cage, I use this fleece instead? Can the fleece be washed or do I need to change it like the poo litter.

For his food, I'm going to buy RC for him after work and change his food immediately.

Thanks.

Fleece can be found at jusco hypermarket. Is sold in form of blanket. It cost about 14 bucks and washable. To identify it, something like "XYZ Brand Fleece Blanket" is printed at the price tag.

I'm not expert in silica gel, cause I never used it before. But you can observe it, if is not good, then maybe then you can change it. After all, since the seller has been using this all awhile, I think it should be okay, otherwise she would have recommended something else. And the potty training part, I'm not sure as well, maybe you can put two trays inside, one with wood shaving, the other with silica gel, and try to teach him to use the wood shaving. = )

This post has been edited by empty_reg: Oct 28 2008, 06:23 PM

I don't think you need to potty train him again. Cox they recognize the tray. Hmm.. About the fleece, you can get it at Ikea IINM. The light blue color one which only cost you at RM12.90. You'll only need to wash it if it is dirty. But I feel it is better you can have at least 2 to interchange. Wash it every week or 2 weeks once.

As for the food, since he is on Iams now, slowly change it by mixing Iams & the new one. Then day by day slowly increase the amount of new one.

Ohhh.... I know what fleece is already. I also have the Ikea one. I got 2.... . So i just use it like the newspaper rite??

Need to slowly change him ah..... ?? Coz I've only been feeding him since Sarturday. I'll change his diet slowly. Thanks to all for the advise.

Empty_reg: Thanks. I know what fleece is already.

For the litter part, IF, in case the hedgie wont regconise the tray n simply poo again after u change the bedding to wood shavings, then u have to do it this way:
use back the silica, but add in half of wood shavings n mix them up. then day by day slowly change the bedding until it's fully shavings. that shud do the trick.
It's just the same way as the food.

whats that mean?
anyway... the food please try what babymoli had said.. slowly changed the food.. if not it will cause stomach problem to ur sammy

and the litter... if can better got for breeder celect as its the most recommended for litter. me n babymoli have experienced before that the wood shaving stick to our hedgie's private part and also sometimes it can also stick with the fur near the stomach... and its really hard to take it off without hurting the pokimon if u aware. So now I changed to BC for more safety

as potty trained, normally I just pick on spot everyday if he got poo and throw the BC inside the try n changed to a new one... i changed his beddings all 2 weeks once when I think its dirty then I changed

What I mean is that I just picked him up from the breeder on Saturday. So only from Saturday I started feeding him with the Iams. But I bought RC Babycat already. I'm gonna change his food from tonight onwards.

I'll go search for Breeder Celect this weekend. Then will change his litter box.

I'm also gonna change his bedding this weekend. Will go to Ikea to buy the fleece. Thanks for all the advise.

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Added on October 29, 2008, 11:27 amJust a small update. I changed Sammy's food yesterday to RC Babycat. I put half the old and half the new. He did not really notice the difference as he was eating the RC more. But one thing I realised was the it seems the RC is harder than the Iams ?? I'm not sure.... Coz when ever he eats it, I can hear the "crunch" "crunch" sound, like its very hard or crunchy. Did anyone notice that?

This post has been edited by gaigene: Oct 29 2008, 11:27 AM

yes, RC kibbles are generally more solid compared to iams. naturally because iams is somewhat a bit lower in grade and the kibbles are not as compact as RC's. i think you can figure out yourself when you compare the prices alone, there's a reason why iams are selling their catfood much cheaper. besides, you did mention that your hedgehog was eating RC more, so that explains the quality.

even hedgehogs know good food when they see them, don't you think?

Yes, I agree that even our hedgie knows which is the better one..... Anyway, thanks for the explanation.

since everyone is talking bout foods.....may i ask a stpid question?? what are the side effect if this cuttie pokimon eat chocolate??

they change into a choclate - mon

I noticed something yesterday nite. Sammy was sleeping in the litter box the whole nite. I don't know why he did that. Is this normal?

Why would you feed an animal chocolate? Chocolate is not really good for animals. Like dogs. Better not do it :]

This post has been edited by abesabraham: Oct 30 2008, 06:00 PM

i do not mean im feeding owat.... jz asking lol...
wat is the side effect?? coz i know ev1 is saying choc is not available for this cuttie... hence i wanna know y oni...=.=

U try to feed for a week, then u tell us the side effect la ya! Thanks.

did u provide hide box for him?

hm... quite normal if compared with my hedgie, coz he used to do that. but not sure bout others.

it could be either u din provide a hidebox, or the hidebox is too hot, not "airy" enuf, too small, or not comfy enuf(din have any extra bedding/blanket to snuggle)...
and ur litterbox is filled with beddings. Hedgehog can be cranky.


Echt wont sleep in the hidebox now... he would sleep outside whenever the light is off.