HOME | DD

DarkMindsEye In reply to ArtofSilvandar [2011-03-30 12:11:19 +0000 UTC]

No,they're not soft anymore My hands are used to hedgehog spikes though.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ArtofSilvandar In reply to DarkMindsEye [2011-04-06 16:13:41 +0000 UTC]

awww are you planning to release them? Or are they going to a sanctuary or something?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

DarkMindsEye In reply to ArtofSilvandar [2011-04-06 16:19:37 +0000 UTC]

All the hedgehogs in the US are pets. They can't survive in the wild here, because pet hedgies don't have the ability to hibernate anymore. So I'll either find people to adopt them, or keep them. I'll make sure they go to good homes though.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ArtofSilvandar In reply to DarkMindsEye [2011-04-07 13:04:54 +0000 UTC]

wow, pet hedgehogs sound awesome in the UK they are still wild, so the only time you normally see babies is when they are rescues

what kind of pets are they? i mean, are they interactive like rats, or more like hamsters that do their own thing?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

DarkMindsEye In reply to ArtofSilvandar [2011-04-07 18:52:54 +0000 UTC]

I've never had rats or hamsters to compare. Hedgies are nocturnal and you can wake them up during the day if you have to, but they're most playful if you wait until 9 or 10 pm. They also poop large amounts every time you hold them, so you have to keep a paper towel nearby. They'll play with cat toys or paper tubes (from toilet tissue). They'll try eating almost anything, and when they eat something new, they do a funny thing where they chew it up into a foamy spit and put it on their spikes, so some people really enjoy trying to find things their hedgehogs have never tasted so that they can watch them.

My hedgehogs will escape their cages and roam the house whenever possible. Spikey (the male) was in love with a satin sheet that my daughter had...every morning we'd find him rolled up in the sheet, until we switched cages so he couldn't get out. They'll also swim if we put a couple inches of water in the bathtub, but they don't always like that.

One nice thing about them is that they don't smell. If you're allergic to other furry pets, you're not likely to be allergic to hedgehogs. The males have a bit of a musky scent, but the females don't smell at all. They eat cat food, so they're not hard to feed.

They are prone to tumors and diseases...I haven't had one develop cancer, but my first hedgehog died of wobbly hedgehog syndrome.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ArtofSilvandar In reply to DarkMindsEye [2011-04-07 22:55:46 +0000 UTC]

OMG I wish we could have them as pets in the UK, they sound awesome

Wobbly hedgehog syndrome? I have to google that, it sounds awful

👍: 0 ⏩: 0