I think I must be doing something wrong when it comes to hedgehogs. So I'm hoping someone here can point out the error of my ways.
As you all know Tula came home just over a week ago. She is adjusting very well. She loves her wheel, eats well and LOVES snuggle time. I have started her on the same routine I've used for many years now.
8pm. Hedgehog time! Wake hedgehog up. Feed mealworms. Offer snuggle bag. Cuddle hedgehog while reading, watching television or browse the web. Play with hedgehog when hedgehog wakes up.
This routine seems to be of Tula's liking. When I wake her up, she now looks for the mealworms. She sits on my lap looking up at me and at the location of the bowl of mealworms.
During cuddle time, she will sprawl out in her cuddle bag and nap for a while, then often she will wake up and start to peak out at me. If I start to talk to her, she comes out. The last couple of evenings she has been pushing herself under my hand and sprawling out. She seems to like being held while napping.
I have discovered that Tula loves baby food sweet peas. She's had them a few nights in a row. Two nights ago she went immediately to the location of her pea bowl when put back in her cage. Last night I decided to try baby food green beans. Again she goes to check the food bowl. Pokes her nose in, looks up at me with a bit of a frown, and runs off behind her wheel. An hour or so later (after I was asleep), I woke abruptly to a loud noise. It was Tula. I got up to see what was going on. She was banging her "pea" bowl against the side of her cage. In it was the still untouched green beans. After discovering the problem, I told her to just eat the green beans. Her response? Huff Huff Huff, bang bowl against cage wall, huff huff huff.
This is not the first hedgehog to do this! I think I've already created another monster. What am I doing wrong?!?!?!?!
As you all know Tula came home just over a week ago. She is adjusting very well. She loves her wheel, eats well and LOVES snuggle time. I have started her on the same routine I've used for many years now.
8pm. Hedgehog time! Wake hedgehog up. Feed mealworms. Offer snuggle bag. Cuddle hedgehog while reading, watching television or browse the web. Play with hedgehog when hedgehog wakes up.
This routine seems to be of Tula's liking. When I wake her up, she now looks for the mealworms. She sits on my lap looking up at me and at the location of the bowl of mealworms.
During cuddle time, she will sprawl out in her cuddle bag and nap for a while, then often she will wake up and start to peak out at me. If I start to talk to her, she comes out. The last couple of evenings she has been pushing herself under my hand and sprawling out. She seems to like being held while napping.
I have discovered that Tula loves baby food sweet peas. She's had them a few nights in a row. Two nights ago she went immediately to the location of her pea bowl when put back in her cage. Last night I decided to try baby food green beans. Again she goes to check the food bowl. Pokes her nose in, looks up at me with a bit of a frown, and runs off behind her wheel. An hour or so later (after I was asleep), I woke abruptly to a loud noise. It was Tula. I got up to see what was going on. She was banging her "pea" bowl against the side of her cage. In it was the still untouched green beans. After discovering the problem, I told her to just eat the green beans. Her response? Huff Huff Huff, bang bowl against cage wall, huff huff huff.
This is not the first hedgehog to do this! I think I've already created another monster. What am I doing wrong?!?!?!?!
