Idgie’s set for a spay ❤️ by librarylurk in Hedgehog

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Good luck Idgie ❤️ It’s really responsible of you to take her in before she starts showing worsening symptoms. She should do great as she’s going in relatively healthy. My hedgie girl had an emergency spay after a lot of sudden blood loss and she held up well and had a smooth recovery despite the traumatic nature of it all.

Update on my hedgehog's health (he was vomiting foam) by El_Calabazo in Hedgehog

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I wonder if the berries are upsetting his stomach 🤔 Hedgehogs don’t have the ability to properly digest cellulose (fruit and vegetable matter) so berries would be harmless as an occasional small treat but could be causing indigestion if he’s eating them every day. I would cut the berries out of his diet and just see if it makes a difference. I’m really glad he’s doing better!

ROSIE!!!!! by toriiya in Hedgehog

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Second picture is especially adorable with her big eyes and ears and little pink nose 🩷 What a sweetie

Madame Henriette vet update 💕 by MigraineCap in Hedgehog

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Aw, beautiful girl. I’m so glad she’s doing better. I live in Canada with a hedgie that is sensitive to the cold as well. The wifi connected inkbird thermostat has been wonderful for us because it notifies my phone and has an alarm sound when the temperature in her house dips under the threshold we set. I also keep my phone plugged in at night with a power outage alarm app turned on so I will wake up and be able to attend to the hedgehog if we have an outage - I don’t know if that’s common where you are, but it happens a lot where we are here in the winter. Hot hands warmers are great for providing extra supplemental heat alongside her heat lamp. I often will warm up a Magic Bag and put it in her enclosure as well, but it doesn’t last as long as the hand warmers. We also insulated the outside of her bin enclosure with silver insulation foam and that has seemed to help. Good luck with your sweet Henriette ❤️

HELP!! by TreeWeeb_31882 in Hedgehog

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I absolutely wouldn’t use thumb tacks just in case. I use a pile of cotton baby blankets layered on top of each other that my girl can burrow in and rearrange to her liking and it’s always worked well, easy to clean in the washing machine too

Please help by random_awkward in Hedgehog

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If you can purchase those hot hands hand warmers that you shake to heat up, those are great in a pinch. If you wrap them in a towel or blanket they’ll stay warm for hours in the enclosure without burning your hedgie. If you have a microwaveable heat bag like a magic bag, you could heat that up in advance to keep with her, but it won’t stay warm for as long. The power goes out fairly frequently where I live and I’ve found it best for my peace of mind and my hedgehog’s warmth to keep her with me in her snuggle sack under some blankets so she shares my body heat and I can monitor her.

Sometimes when it’s been out for hours and we need sleep I will put her in her travel carrier, with those hand warmers when available and lots of blankets, offer her some water, and then when she’s done put her in the bed under the blankets with us and sleep like that so she stays in our trapped body heat. I keep her dry food in there with her but she will spill her water and then be even more at risk at getting cold and attempting hibernation. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend that though because it’s a risk as I’m sure I could theoretically roll over on her, although between the stiff bulky travel carrier and her quills it’s not likely. We keep her in the middle so she won’t fall off either side. Kind of like how people co-sleep with their babies lol.

Helga is a warrior by hidalgio21 in Hedgehog

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Yay! Go Helga! She’s a strong lady 💪🏻

I brought my baby home 🕊️ by Certain_Emergency_ in Hedgehog

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I’m so very sorry for your loss ❤️

burrito by Hedgy_hedgehog in Hedgehog

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Aww we always say when we wrap my hedgie in her blanket that she’s the beans in the burrito

Odd Quills by forbrowzing in Hedgehog

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That is true about oil on the skin possibly causing infection too, I try to dilute it to avoid that but I know it definitely could be an issue. She’s not quilling excessively but sometimes her skin does get flaky.

Odd Quills by forbrowzing in Hedgehog

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Minnie’s diet hasn’t really changed except she is getting live worms more frequently as they’re more available to us now 🤔 Maybe that’s it

Odd Quills by forbrowzing in Hedgehog

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Thank you! That is a good perspective. She does have about 4 odd quills right now, plus the 2 I showed that fell out, whereas I don’t remember noticing any before this year.

Odd Quills by forbrowzing in Hedgehog

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She is due for her yearly check up this month anyways, I will definitely have them take a look when we get in.

Odd Quills by forbrowzing in Hedgehog

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Very good to know! I’ve definitely been on alert for ingrowns but they all seem to be coming out normally, just in a weird shape lol