r/Hedgehog

Is this a male and female?

A hedgehog has been living in our small garden for around 2 weeks. The last days it started ripping out grass and carrying it inside the compost. Do you think it’s pregnant? If so can i help her somehow or should i just leave her alone. My garden is really small (40m2) so i am bumping in her on a daily basis.

Pretty nasty migraine and thought we’d snuggle…she manipulated me with her adorableness AGAIN! Lol! That leg hike for tickles kills me ever.single.time! 😂

is this a normal sleeping position? found him at 8pm bst

is he alright or should i contact someone

never had hedgehogs in garden before so wondering if it's alright, left water for it

Hi everyone! We visited our local exotic pet shop to get a supply of dubias for our bearded dragon while we’re waiting on our delivery to arrive. While there, we were chatting with the owner, who we’ve come to know. They asked us if we’d be interested in a hedgehog that was surrendered to them since they know we take great care of our animals. They don’t know the history of the hedgehog at all. We thought it over, researched and went back to get her the next day. She was in a tiny broken aquarium with no enrichment. We never anticipated getting a hedgehog, but we also knew we could give her a better home that what she’s had.

Right now, she’s in our beardie’s 4x2x2 spare quarantine/boarding enclosure. We’ve ordered her a new enclosure, a wheel, fleece liners, a hide, fleece sock/carrier, some toys, multivitamin, etc.. We had an extra dome heat light for our beardie so we have that set up for her along with a thermostat. We have an appointment with our exotic vet to get her a checkup on Monday.

Thankfully, her diet is similar to our beardies and we have cats so we already had food for her (Wellness Core).

Is there anything else we need or anything we need to change? I have no idea how old she is, she seems pretty sweet and was very active yesterday evening, but we want to ensure the rest of her days of good ones whether that be years or months.

I’ve attached a few pics of her on the way home yesterday.

Fritter isn’t a huge fan of me taking pictures of him, so I have to be very careful when I do it lmao. Today he really wanted to know what the heck my phone was and after poking his head out got up close and personal with my phone lens

Hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July 🇺🇸

Love, Raisin ❤️🤍💙

Hi my dog was near this hedgehog i think just sniffing it intently and swatting it with her paw occasionally. I called her away as soon as I saw it happening. I unfortunately am high right now and cant tell if it's spines look weird or if im being paranoid. People who are used to seeing hedgehogs in 'ball mode'- do the spines look normal? Please help I'm far away from any sort of rescue and idk what to do if it is actually hurt.

I got Snowflake❄️ when he was 5months old , he is about 1yr 10months old now.He was really cheap because the breeder didnt get him used to sitting on a palm and said if its not done early on its likely impossible.So I have had a rough couple of first weeks with my little dude.Fast forward we made a really good connection in his own grumpy way.He would always fall asleep on me .He was 615-635gramms most of his life which definitely puts him on the chonky side of hedheghogs.10days ago he stopped eating completely even his favourite mealworms.I was finally able to find a vet in the area and we found out he has a lump under his throat which prevented him from eating properly.The vet wasnt sure if it was a lump or just some kind of inflammation so I have been feeding him vitamins, medicine mixed with water for the past 10days.His appetite hasnt changed though and he went down all the way to 575gramms which means he lost roughly 10% of his body weight so quickly.I am waiting at the vet currently and the vet said there is one more medicine that we can try along with a steroid injection but if it doesnt help we shouldnt just watch him die from starvation in the upcoming weeks.and damn when she said I just felt my heart beat ,I am just tearing up so hard rn, its just say way too soon for Snowflake to leave :( deep down I knew the vet would say something like this but still.

My hedges lost alot of quills today, i dont know if hes shedding or not (im new as a hedgehog parent) and i would need help knowing, thats around how much he lost but there were many others that i cant see no More.

A few seconds later, his back was covered in saliva🤣🤣🤣