r/Hedgehog

I have been having my pygmy hedgehog for some time for around 8-9 months..

Now I feel like hes slowing down

Walking a little wobbly..

With no energy.. sore...

Have been feeding him hight quality cat kibble and some freeze dried worms and live worms too.

Hes becoming a bit wobbly day by day is what I feel

first two pictures are from when i got him in november! now he is more active and can actually anoint himself lol! so proud of my boy ❤️

Had a bit of peanut butter on my pants from baking. Someone got a little too excited about it. 😂 (I had already attempted to wipe it off previously. It’s just a tiny bit of flavor.)

Mocha hated me for dressing her up after her bath.

this is my spike man yucca. he’s not very smart but i love him. you will be hearing more from us

It's been a while since I've posted Nutmeg on here especially post surgery. She's been doing super well and I've just been letting her stitches slowly come out on their own. I also may have found a better way for me and her to cut her nails faster and easier. (Not by how I'm holding her in the first pic lol)

Hello all! Currently setting up for a pygmy hedgehog, any ideas on how I can make it better? I have a hide, a dig box, and a wheel, with fleece strips just laying around. Is there anything else I can use to make sure it’ll be happy and comfortable?

I’m assuming this is just silly, normal behavior.

She ran for about 7 minutes, puffed up but settled and fell asleep on the wheel for 5 minutes, rolled halfway off the wheel, then all the way off the wheel, and finally laid there for a good 15-20 minutes. Video is spliced and sped up a bit.

Then, like nothing happened, she walked to her food bowl, ate, and burrowed in her blanket.

Here’s a video of her grooming herself as tax, but Pepper has crossed the rainbow bridge this afternoon with help of my amazing local vets. I was able to hold her the whole time. She’s finally pain free now. Thank you everyone who gave advice and kind words. I’ll be posting her prints in the comments.

Yesterday around 5 pm I noticed this hedgehog that was hiding in like this box for water bottles. I thought that maybe he was hiding or something and would move in the night. However the next day (now) at around 1 pm he is still in there and now I think he might be stuck. I don't want to stress him too much but is there anyway I could help?

The last picture is of a box that is similar to the one he's stuck in

+++Update+++ We got him out and rn he is in a dark box with some water. I don't drive so I have to wait to drive him to the nearest animal rescue I'm located in Germany btw

hi — i have an african pygmy hedgehog, yucca, who i rescued last november from an animal hoarding situation. i’ve never owned a hedgehog before and did SO much research on husbandry before getting him as well as consulting an exotic animal veterinarian. he was morbidly obese when i got him and very neglected. i’ve gotten yucca down to a nice weight and he is much more active and looks a lot healthier! but, while i am very bonded to him, i wish i felt like he was a bit more bonded to me.

i’m not sure what his history was like before i had him, but from day 1 he is just a nervous little fella and he does the hissing noise a lot. he’s gotten much better about me handling him but i don’t feel like he feels bonded to me like some of your hogs do. what am i doing wrong? :(

Hello! I adopted this hedgehog from a previous owner who was rehoming him due to a personal issue. I have had Meatball for about 2 months now and I know he is around 2 years of age or old (from what the previous owner has told me). This is the 2nd time I’ve seen him wobble like this but this time it seems much worse. At first, I thought it was because of nails because after a trimming, he was just fine. But now it seems to be coming back much worse this time around. He seems to be eating/drinking normally and he still wants to run on his wheel even though he gets wobbly. I’ve read that he could be cold that’s what might cause it since I do run the window ac unit in my room often due to it being the hottest room in the house. Is there anything that I can do to help him feel better?

Ok so my boy is about to turn 3 (in August) and for the past month he’s been a bit off. He’s normally a runner and that all he does at night. I’m at the point that I don’t sleep well without the sound.

But, he started having diarrhea and just not running anymore. He eats and drinks and lets me hold him. He’s just not running anymore. I did take him to the vet and they cleared him for having any parasites or salmonella. Just said that he would take his meds and it should go away.

He’s still got a bit of diarrhea, but it’s better than before. I’m just trying not to freak out because he’s also my ESA, so I just really depend on him to be ok.

The vet did give me a new food to put in the mix and he seems happy with it. I just have no clue as to what started this whole thing or what to do at this point.

The first picture is when the lump first appeared to us. In 30 days, Pepper has lost her fight to this aggressive cancer. The lump grew quite large in only the span of a month, but I don’t want her to be remembered by the size of her tumor. I want her to be remembered as my spiky little ball of love. She may have been a grumpy old lady, but regardless she was patient even when my little brother bothered her, and even when I wouldn’t leave her alone at first when we noticed the lump. I wish I had more time with her, but I couldn’t let her suffer any longer. I held her in my hands as she was given the injection, and held her until her little heart slowly stopped. I love you Pepper, and I will miss you so much.

I found her fast asleep on her wheel this morning. According to her wheel odometer she ran for 8 hours (corroborated by the camera) and a total of 15 miles. It seems slightly unbelievable, but over the last week of monitoring she seems to run 5-7.5 miles over 3-4 hours, so the speed matches.