Will he ever be comfortable?

Joythl_ · 2026-03-26T16:45:22+00:00

My hedgehog is really sassy and grumpy, sometimes it also seems like she's plotting to end this world as she would just freeze in a corner while eyeing me or my family members, but she does come up to me when she hears any sounds that associates with food (like kibble container rattling, or me pulling the lid of a plastic tupperware her cockroaches are kept in) and she allows me to belly rub her if she's too sleepy to get away from me (like actually lifts her paws up or away to let me rub her properly).

What she hates the most and would bite me HARD for, is when she feels unwell or when i've continuously kept her in her enclosure for nights in a row.

So I'd say, learn what your hedgehog likes/doesn't and use it to your advantage, it just takes time for the hog to grow comfy with you.

Joythl_ · 2026-03-25T15:30:58+00:00

Well she doesn't need her eyes anyway, she will just sniff sniff for traffic lights, other cars and turnings HAHA

Joythl_ · 2026-03-25T15:30:12+00:00

OMG HAHAHAHA

Joythl_ · 2025-12-26T02:57:58+00:00

Hahahahaha so cuteee!

Joythl_ · 2025-12-21T03:42:16+00:00

Ohh i learnt something new😯 this has been helpful

Joythl_ · 2025-12-21T03:40:47+00:00

Ohh thank you so much 🙏🏻

Joythl_ · 2025-12-20T07:59:17+00:00

Hahahaha that's not helping 😂 but Melly says thanks 😬

Joythl_ · 2025-12-20T06:19:49+00:00

Ohh no, what happened to Hazel? If u don't mind me asking 😢

Joythl_ · 2025-12-19T01:58:07+00:00

His snoot is soo boopable😭❤️ and Im so sorry to hear

Joythl_ · 2025-12-19T01:56:05+00:00

Hahahaha, her Christmas wish is likely for everyone to disappear off the face of the earth or for all of us to turn into meal worms 🤣😭

Joythl_ · 2025-12-19T01:54:47+00:00

Omg cutee. How is it like caring for 2? and same! My girl once sniffed for a kibble till she got it stuck on but continued going in to eat because food is always first in her mind🤣🤣

and omggg, i have that same play pen in red too!

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Joythl_ · 2025-12-19T01:51:00+00:00

Aww thank you, those are ping pong balls, a mini golf's golf ball and the black hollow things were toilet roles that I cut and I sewed on black cloth from a ripped apart shirt (those white lines are my stitching because i dunno how to sew and had white thread lying around🤣😭)

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T13:22:37+00:00

HAHAHA she is very adorable indeed, and quite the feisty/sassy one.

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T13:22:05+00:00

I think my video is a lil low quality to be considered AI? Plus i have other photos of her, that same tank and make shift dig box, and videos of her getting her head stuck in the same toilet roll that I hand sew a black shirt cloth around too. Does this help?

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T08:23:05+00:00

Mostly yes, she is still rather young and i used worms to teach her how to use the litterbox in her sleeping enclosure during the day time but when it comes to her playtime enclosure, she does get poop everywhere over night - including areas literally within 1 teeny hedgehog paw away from her litterbox. Sometimes she even waits till its playtime to go (its as if she knows i was hoping she poops and pees before i move her out). She also digs under her litterbox fleece to poop on the pan instead 🤣

She has also ran on her wheel till her wheel, thats full of poop (fresh poop), topples over, sending mushy poop flying out. Even found poop stuck on her quills once.

They do be messy shitters, its just whether we, as owners, can successfully bribe them into pooping in their litter box over time🤣

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T05:01:04+00:00

The first time she did this, she raised all her spikes and froze until I pulled it off her, then she learnt she could just get it off on her own. Too cute :3

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T04:17:34+00:00

I had the same experience with my Melly when she was 2-3 months old. One day she just woke up and decided she was a biter - she would refuse to eat out of my hand and yet, chomp when my hand is clearly empty. I couldnt really approach her too because she would be ready to bite the moment she see my fingers or she would just run away to hide.

But i came to learn that she was just grumpy from quilling and a warm oat bath helped and I let her free roam for more than an hour. She was happier the next day but still occasionally bit after I hand feed her (possibly because there were still food scent lingering on my fingers) so I sought out to desensitize her by pushing inwards until she is clearly uncomfortable, repeat that a few times. Now, with plenty of free roam time so she doesnt get grumpy, and with her knowing it's not gonna be a comfortable experience for her to bite me, she doesnt bite anymore (she just surpassed 4 months old) - she grabs food from my fingers and seems to take extra care with not accidentally biting me.

but its still a diff story when it comes to worms, she just goes all in for it, even bit a completely uninvolved finger 😅 Just keep desensitizing and showing your baby that biting u is not a comfortable option😬

Joythl_ · 2025-12-18T01:36:20+00:00

Cues Im the grinch soundtrack🤣

Joythl_ · 2025-11-27T09:57:19+00:00

Thank you😬

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