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I recently adopted an adult male hedgehog from the Humane Society. All was well for the first three weeks or so, but then he suddenly began losing large numbers of quills - 15 to 20 every night. I suspected mites so we did three treatments with Revolution, cage cleaning etc. The quill loss...

Has anyone ever given their hedgies chia seed as a supplement? It has a lot of fatty acids in it that I think would be good for them. I just want to make sure its safe first.

Here is a video of my funny little diurnal hog doing his thing. I had just scrubbed (and thoroughly rinsed!) his wheel, but I guess there was something irresistible left over... http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/sfielder/Martin/?action=view&current=MartinAnnointing.mp4 I know his ears and...

Martin has a lot of that black gunk/fingers along the edges of his ears. Will vitamin e oil work to remove it, or does it have to be vaseline?

Martin has acquired a new habit - daytime wheeling. He wheels in the morning while I am getting ready for work. I've heard him wheeling at 10 am, noon, 3 pm, 6 pm, and all night long. He wheels with an audience, with the lights on, and with the camera going! I've never had a hedgie that would...

Hi all! I know I haven't been around lately, but I have a behaviour question. My Phoebe is approaching her fourth birthday. I had noticed that she quit wheeling and tried her on Metacam in case it was an arthitis issue. Now that she's on Metacam she is wheeling like made and is her usual...

Hi everyone! My little Phoebe has once again decided that she doesn't want to eat on her own. She went off her food about a week ago and I've been syringe feeding her ever since. Usually when this happens I only need to syringe feed her once or twice and then she starts eating again. This time...

I realized that I haven't introduced our newest addition here! His name is Martin, and he is one year old. Unfortunately I have no decent pictures of him because he is extremely shy, but I'll keep trying. I adopted him from a girl here in Calgary who was moving and couldn't take him with her...

A while ago, I got a hedgehog cookie cutter as part of a set from Ikea. Tonight I finally made hedgehog cookies!

I went in to do morning cleanup the other day and found this in Phoebe's cage: It's her toy elephant with it's head stuck in her tube! :hilarious: And here is the silly girl herself:

As some of you may know, Xander has an ongoing issue of super stinky loose green poops no matter what I feed him. He's been tested for everything and comes back as perfectly healthy. The only other thing the vet can think of is that maybe he just has a really sensitive tummy. I've tried many of...

I peeked in on Phoebe this morning and she was sound asleep in her igloo with a toilet paper tube on her head! (Yes, it is cut down the side so she is definitely not trapped in it.) I tried to get a photo but I would have had to wake her to do it.

Xander has really ratty looking ears, but he won't let me near them to rub in Vaseline to get the stuff off. Is that stuff harmful to his health, or just unsightly? If it's harmful I can take him to the vet and have him lightly gassed so that I can get at his ears and get it off.

Now don't get me wrong - I love my little boy more than anything. But my God - he is horrifying! His front end looks like something out of Beatrix Potter, but what comes out of his back end is something out of Clive Barker! I've been working hard to keep his cage clean and to keep the odour...

A coworker sent me this and I had to laugh...

I was in Ikea today and came across this cute set of cookie cutters: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30133046 In addition to the hedgie cookie cutter, there is also a moose, squirrel, fox, bear and SNAIL! They are so cute, and were only $3.99. I think when I make hedgie cookies I...

Hewwo!

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Both Xander and Phoebe were up and about early tonight, so I took some pics. I used a different soap to scrub Xander's wheel, and he seemed to really like it... he annointed all over himself! See the foam on his sides? He needs a nail trim, but that's easier said than done with this little boy...

I woke up two nights ago, about 2 in the morning, to find that my apartment was freezing cold. The heat had gone off! I rushed out to check on the hogs and found that the temperature in their cages was only 68 degrees. Although neither was showing any signs of attempted hibernation (Alexander...