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Haha. How fat is Echt now? Post some picture and see see.
If eating means healthy. Unless eating like a pig and yet skinny like a stick then maybe got some problem, worms in stomach or something I can't remember. The BC part, maybe some other forumers will know more about it as they use BC. (Or maybe not enough food, asking you to give her more.)

Dark green poo is okay also, I describe that to the vet last time, she told me unless is forest green, otherwise is alright.

And good luck in your cinny, looks like high demand for cinny in the market. Haha.

lol.... thanks...hope my pig is okay.
and i will wait n see wat those BC users say.
I will post up a few comparison pictures of Echt when im free.

you're hedgie is most probably gonna suffer this: OBESITY

with that kinda diet, you have (MUST) offer him wheels and lots of running...

So nice.... your little piggy always eat. My Sammy does not eat very much. I gave him 1 teaspoon of food since Monday, until today still not finish half yet.

Also, I've been noticing that he is shedding his quills. I see them all around the floor of his cage on the fleece. Can anyone help me? Not sure if there is anything wrong with him.

how old is your hedgehog?

hedgehogs around the age of 2-5 months are still shedding their baby quills, and will be replaced with longer ones. usually you will only see the real colour of your hedgehog after 6 months, when your hedgehog's quills are all fully replaced.

when i got my first hedgehog, it has almost the same amount of white and banded quills, as it grow most of the white ones were replaced with banded quills.

added info there, but yeah, so you don't have to worry about the quills shedding off. it's normal.

Sammy is about 2 months old now. Really happy to hear that there is no problem with him. Thanks for the info.

Take a good look at the quills, if the start of the quill is shaped round like a little knob then is okay. If is shedding alot and the start of the quill doesn't have a little round knob then maybe you have to look at the skin, might be infected by mites.

But young hedgehogs tend to shed their young quills to give way for longer quills as they age, so no worries.

I'll look into the quills. I really hope he is ok. I'm worried that he got mites, coz he keeps scratching and scratching.

guys..

i have a question... how do u make the hedgie tame? coz each time i wanna play with him, he kind of afraid... then, he starts to pops... huh...~ the hedgie have been with me for 2weeks now...

Put ur shirts that u din washed yet after u sweat, not wet ones ya, dried with ur sweat or smelly shirts, in the cage.. Let him used to ur smell. I do this till now for him to SAYANG me. hehe

After a while, he knows it's ur smell, get used d, so not afraid sumore. Then u can approach him slowly.. I approach mine from front, but he din bite me. U have to be careful la k.

Minei get is already an adult, a year old plus d. Urs if still young, shud be easy.

i tried with the tshirt.. but he still afraid of me... my hedgie is good, never bite me even i approach from the front... but the start pointing out the quills and give me the 'ssssss...' sound.. huh.. really scary....

Mine do that when i approach, but when he smells me, he begin to feel comfortable d.. hehe

owh.. so its normal la..??.. huhuhu.. i was afraid if that is abnormal.. hehehe

They will be frighten quite easily.. Unfamiliar smells, even a bit of difference, sudden movement, r things that make them terkejut ma..

So u have to make him used to it la, like a routine for him, so he wont afraid d..

Mine, u ketuk anything also he can still sleep soundly. I wonder if he is deaf or what. haha But when he hears the RC being "krook krook" into the bowl, he can wake up pulak, even when the clay bowl is outside the zoozone 2.. haiyo, fat noty durian..

hhahaha.. that's true.. my hedgie do get shocked most all of the time... i wonder to y'all bath your hedgie??.. huhuh.. how often?

once a week, coz mine very very smelly n pee poo too much d..

I use Johnson n Johnson Wheatgerm shampoo.. See first page = got direction to bath durian..

waiting me to bring towel for him :wub




*sorry if the size too big*

hi everyone,


i'm living in serdang, can anyone suggest where can i buy the hedgehog??
n the price range??

i try to read all the hedgehog corner's post, but tooo much until i getting pengsan..
i'd surf the hedgehog central (HC), hv very little knowledge bout hedgehog, so how's large is the 6 weeks old hedgie??
beside the info frm HC, anythin tat i ned to beware of when breeding hedgie?

This post has been edited by jc_shino: Nov 8 2008, 08:10 AM

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You're planing to breed hedgehogs? Price range around RM 150 - RM 200. (In garagesales)
You can find some in garagesales. 6 weeks old hedgehog is slightly smaller than an average palm. If you're going for breeding project, you should get a big one. 6 months - 1 year is a ideal time to intro mama hedgehog to breed. <Trying to breed mama hedgehog younger than 6 months is not advisable.

You should do some research in breeding and keeping first. They should not be kept together, when the right time has come from breeding, the mama hedgehog should be placed into the habitat of the papa hedgehog for about 1 - 2 weeks before removing her back to her own habitat.

For first time nursing mama, she may be inexperienced and cannibalization may occur if you're not careful. At nursing duration, you're best not to play with mama hedgehog, might cause stress. You should also prepare a bigger hideout box that has about an inch height bottom entrance to prevent the hoglets to stray too far from mama.

Generally, there are two person that is selling mama and papa hedgie, if you're going for breeding project, those might be better cause they are more experienced. (There's one person that is letting go his breeding pair, inclusive of enclosure and food). Good luck.

Basic items you need:
1) two habitat / enclosure (The bigger the better)
2) two feeding bottle
3) two feeding dish
4) bedding for both enclosure (BC, Chipsi, Vitakraft, No PINE)
5) two running wheels for exercise (they need lots of exercise)
6) food (RC 32 for big hedgehogs, RC kittens for hoglets) & Can supplments with mealworms, crickets, boiled eggs or chicken

This post has been edited by empty_reg: Nov 8 2008, 11:29 AM

Hello everyone. I have a hedgehog by the name of PinCushion and he is the nicest and best hedgie around! he doesn't balled up and he's really friendly. in fact before i got him, i did a lot of research (with this forum of course) and i was quite nervous. But when i got him, he's a sweetheart. Just a couple of question and hopefully someone can help me:-
1) do i need to give him any supplement? currently i am feeding him RC Kitten pellets (2 spoon per day and 2 mealies every other day)
2) Pincushion doesn't like any kind of fruits or vegetables- is this ok?
3) should i be changing to adult cat RC? he's now appx. 4 months++ and he weights around 290gm.
4) any other places which sell big wheel? the one selling in Pet Safari is just the right size but %$#$% expensive!!
Thanks.