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RoniM
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Hi everyone!
I am new to hedgehogs and have just finished setting up my little guys cage. He's all litter trained so I wanted to get rid of the wood chips. I saw one of the ladies (Nancy I believe) had a wonderful setup and wanted to do something similar.
The difference with my little guy is that I needed to keep a litter pan for him. Also because of the nasty mess he makes every night running on his wheel, I had to go a bit bigger with the litter pan so that anything off the wheel didn't end up on his blankets. Then, because I couldn't find an actual "litter pan" I had to use a sterilte container and the lip was a little high so I had to add a "bridge" for him to use if he didn't want to climb over the side. The bridge doubles as another hiding spot for him so it's at least double purposed.
Now that I have so much stuff in there he seems a little crowded. Which I guess is the question I'm getting at. Does he need alot of room if he has a wheel to get his excercise on? He runs all night long, so he deffinately gets his excercise.
The second question is about the wheel itself. If I'm going to be away, my hubby will feed and water him but is not going to want to scrub his wheel every morning, so is it better to remove the wheel for a few days to avoid the disgusting mess of an uncleaned wheel?
I've attached a picture of the setup I have now.
Thanks for any advise you can offer!
Roni
I am new to hedgehogs and have just finished setting up my little guys cage. He's all litter trained so I wanted to get rid of the wood chips. I saw one of the ladies (Nancy I believe) had a wonderful setup and wanted to do something similar.
The difference with my little guy is that I needed to keep a litter pan for him. Also because of the nasty mess he makes every night running on his wheel, I had to go a bit bigger with the litter pan so that anything off the wheel didn't end up on his blankets. Then, because I couldn't find an actual "litter pan" I had to use a sterilte container and the lip was a little high so I had to add a "bridge" for him to use if he didn't want to climb over the side. The bridge doubles as another hiding spot for him so it's at least double purposed.
Now that I have so much stuff in there he seems a little crowded. Which I guess is the question I'm getting at. Does he need alot of room if he has a wheel to get his excercise on? He runs all night long, so he deffinately gets his excercise.
The second question is about the wheel itself. If I'm going to be away, my hubby will feed and water him but is not going to want to scrub his wheel every morning, so is it better to remove the wheel for a few days to avoid the disgusting mess of an uncleaned wheel?
I've attached a picture of the setup I have now.
Thanks for any advise you can offer!
Roni