Aggie
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Hello,
I went to go check on Hailie (my hedgie) after getting home tonight. She was in her pvc pipe, which is unusual bit not completely different. So I started talking to her and didn't get the normal hissing greeting. So I pick the tube up.
She didn't hiss or seem to reacte to my touch, which is unusual. So panicking I dumped her out. She curled up a little bit and slowly started to hiss. I assumed she was hibernating so I warmed her up. But when I touched her stomach it was giving off a little bit of heat. I don't know how much heat she is supposed to give off as she doesn't let me touch her stomach usually. (I got pricked a lot doing it tonight.)
She has been out twice today. Once for about an hour, and again for about 30 minutes. The second time she was around a lot of people as they wanted to see her. (Which won't be happening again, not that amount of people anyways.)
Her thermometer read a low of 71.6. But that would have been right at the point her heater would have turned on. She is usually kept at a minimum of 73. However, when I checked on her the temp was 75.6.
Her cage had also been moved to the other side of the room today, close to the in room heater.
She is about 5 months old.
So, my question is, does this sound like hibernation or a sleepy hedgehog? Could it have been stress from a VERY busy day and having her cage cleaned and moved?
I went to go check on Hailie (my hedgie) after getting home tonight. She was in her pvc pipe, which is unusual bit not completely different. So I started talking to her and didn't get the normal hissing greeting. So I pick the tube up.
She didn't hiss or seem to reacte to my touch, which is unusual. So panicking I dumped her out. She curled up a little bit and slowly started to hiss. I assumed she was hibernating so I warmed her up. But when I touched her stomach it was giving off a little bit of heat. I don't know how much heat she is supposed to give off as she doesn't let me touch her stomach usually. (I got pricked a lot doing it tonight.)
She has been out twice today. Once for about an hour, and again for about 30 minutes. The second time she was around a lot of people as they wanted to see her. (Which won't be happening again, not that amount of people anyways.)
Her thermometer read a low of 71.6. But that would have been right at the point her heater would have turned on. She is usually kept at a minimum of 73. However, when I checked on her the temp was 75.6.
Her cage had also been moved to the other side of the room today, close to the in room heater.
She is about 5 months old.
So, my question is, does this sound like hibernation or a sleepy hedgehog? Could it have been stress from a VERY busy day and having her cage cleaned and moved?