jojoness
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- Jan 29, 2009
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Hello my fellow hedgie friends. I am in a pickle here.
My 2 1/2 year old hedgie has been losing A LOT of quills lately. My boyfriend is housing him right now and says last night when he was giving him a bath that he saw his skin was so dry that it flaked off with quills on it. My poor little boy has a small dime size bald spot from where the quills fell off. My boyfriend automatically suspected mites and looked for any signs of it on his dry skin/quills but did not find any signs of anything.
We are both very concerned and are wondering if this is normal? We suspect that it's the combination of the heat and dry air in his room. His behavior has not changed. He continues to eat and drink well, and he runs on his wheel every night.
Is there anything we can do (besides a vet visit) to help the situation? Has anyone used any sort of products (such as lotions) to help the dry skin? We do use Aveeno body wash for his baths! We also are aware that too many baths in the winter might not be good for them so we are trying to limit it for his sake.
Of course if we suspect that his condition is getting worse we will definitely go to the vet. Thanks so much guys!
My 2 1/2 year old hedgie has been losing A LOT of quills lately. My boyfriend is housing him right now and says last night when he was giving him a bath that he saw his skin was so dry that it flaked off with quills on it. My poor little boy has a small dime size bald spot from where the quills fell off. My boyfriend automatically suspected mites and looked for any signs of it on his dry skin/quills but did not find any signs of anything.
We are both very concerned and are wondering if this is normal? We suspect that it's the combination of the heat and dry air in his room. His behavior has not changed. He continues to eat and drink well, and he runs on his wheel every night.
Is there anything we can do (besides a vet visit) to help the situation? Has anyone used any sort of products (such as lotions) to help the dry skin? We do use Aveeno body wash for his baths! We also are aware that too many baths in the winter might not be good for them so we are trying to limit it for his sake.
Of course if we suspect that his condition is getting worse we will definitely go to the vet. Thanks so much guys!