Courtney
... and the Dynamic Duo!
Some of you may remember that I took in an abused hedgehog last month named Chance. His previous "owners" had allowed him to fall of tables and found great pleasure in getting him high (on drugs). As a result, he's rather... skittish and has a few broken teeth. From what I can see, his 4 front teeth are all broken off. The girl who rescued him drove him to Edmonton from Grande Prairie, and made sure he had a vet check prior to coming here.
He's been living in our living room since he moved in on June 25. He was in a smaller plastic bin that was getting smaller and smaller as he got bigger and braver. I moved him into his larger bachelor pad in the hedgehog room last night, simply because he ran out of room and I figured 2 days premature wouldn't hurt anything.
Let's just say the bigger cage created a cleaner hedgehog. In his small cage, he managed to destroy the entire thing every night. It was just so small that he couldn't really do anything without smearing his mess around. In his larger cage, he didn't have a mess anywhere aside from in his litter box and on his wheel. He had all sort of room to drag toys around, explore and move around. He was very impressed with his tube.
Tonight, the second level is going into the cage to give him even more room. When I pick up some ramps from Sasha (mine went missing in the move), the rest of the hogs will have their second levels as well. With these additions, their cages will go from 6 square feet to just under 9. I'm not sure how they'll handle the tunnel to get up to the second level, so that will be an experiment.
I'll post pictures of everyone and their new digs when I get it finished. It took me a little over an hour to put the hardware mesh on Chance's cage, and it looks pretty awesome. It should work swimmingly to keep little hedgehog heads from getting stuck between the bars, without obscuring anyone's view -- Cuda seems to enjoy looking out of his cage, especially.
He's been living in our living room since he moved in on June 25. He was in a smaller plastic bin that was getting smaller and smaller as he got bigger and braver. I moved him into his larger bachelor pad in the hedgehog room last night, simply because he ran out of room and I figured 2 days premature wouldn't hurt anything.
Let's just say the bigger cage created a cleaner hedgehog. In his small cage, he managed to destroy the entire thing every night. It was just so small that he couldn't really do anything without smearing his mess around. In his larger cage, he didn't have a mess anywhere aside from in his litter box and on his wheel. He had all sort of room to drag toys around, explore and move around. He was very impressed with his tube.
Tonight, the second level is going into the cage to give him even more room. When I pick up some ramps from Sasha (mine went missing in the move), the rest of the hogs will have their second levels as well. With these additions, their cages will go from 6 square feet to just under 9. I'm not sure how they'll handle the tunnel to get up to the second level, so that will be an experiment.
I'll post pictures of everyone and their new digs when I get it finished. It took me a little over an hour to put the hardware mesh on Chance's cage, and it looks pretty awesome. It should work swimmingly to keep little hedgehog heads from getting stuck between the bars, without obscuring anyone's view -- Cuda seems to enjoy looking out of his cage, especially.
