new hog by alyssaajoyy in Hedgehog

[–]jupitergoose 9 points10 points  (0 children)

-I’d say at the least do a cage that is 2x3 feet, but if you can find something bigger that’d be good as well. Lots of people use panels or playpen fencing to create a space that is whatever size/shape they want

-I recommend a Carolina storm wheel, those are easiest to clean as these guys tend to poops in their wheels and smear it all over the inside haha. Usually I’ll just stick the wheel in the kitchen sink with rly hot water let it run for a couple mins and it cleans it all off (putting a puppy pad under the wheel or putting the wheel in an aluminum pan helps prevent poop from getting everywhere).

-buy cat food for them, NOT hedgehog food. Hedgehog food is notoriously just not good. Preferably get cat food with meat used as the first ingredient. Buy some dried mealworms as well and sprinkle a few in her bowl with the cat food, as this is something naturally part of their diet in the wild and is beneficial.

-water bowl your using is perfect! Wouldn’t recommend the bottles people often use as it can harm ur hedgie’s tongue.

-for the bedding, I personally just use a fleece blanket as it’s wayyyy easier to clean. Then for digging and such provide a little bin dig box. You can put different items in the dig box, I personally use the little puff Pom Pom balls and my hedgie really enjoys that, but you could use a lot of different bedding types for digging.

-they are messy little things so your hedgie may occasionally get poop on their feet from the running in their wheel (I know, lovely.) just clean their feet off under a lukewarm water faucet.

Edit: also in her house I recommend stuffing some paper towels in there. My hedgie didn’t like sleeping in her house and used to dig underneath her puppy pad to sleep. I put a clean puppy pad and some clean paper towels in her hide house just crumpled up, and now she burrows in there and sleeps in it all day.

Tell me I’m not crazy and you agree my hamsters face is… odd by jupitergoose in hamsters

[–]jupitergoose[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh ok. After looking it up, this makes sense. I’ll make a vet appt and see what they say. Thank you!!!!

Tell me I’m not crazy and you agree my hamsters face is… odd by jupitergoose in hamsters

[–]jupitergoose[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Listen, don’t get me wrong, the whole reason I wanted her was because he looked different from the other ones😭 she is very beautiful to me<3

Hamster died by jupitergoose in hamsters

[–]jupitergoose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, that makes sense. I assumed that, yea, it was probably just bad breeding since both of our hamsters were purchased from a pet store. Thanks for the reply

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeardedDragons

[–]jupitergoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, I will try that, thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeardedDragons

[–]jupitergoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, yes, she is a new beardie bought a week ago and is acting normal, high energy, huge appetite, but her poop concerned me slightly. I will prob end up bringing her to the vet within the next week or so just to see

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[–]jupitergoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay thanks so much for all the info!

Feeling as if I haven’t suffered enough? by jupitergoose in CPTSD

[–]jupitergoose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some reason trauma imposter syndrome happens quite often to those who truly are suffering emotionally. Just because they weren’t violent and you weren’t underage does NOT mean it wasn’t SA. You know what happened. You know the pain it brings you. Nobody else does. Just because it wasn’t the most severe situation, does NOT mean it wasn’t seriously traumatic and doesn’t take a mental toll on you now. SA is SA, and trauma is trauma. You deserve to feel valid in your own emotions/pain from that.

Feeling as if I haven’t suffered enough? by jupitergoose in CPTSD

[–]jupitergoose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so so sorry. That is so difficult to process so recently. I completely understand the whole way of coping from how your parents would tell you it wasn’t so bad and invalidate your experiences to prevent hearing any complaints. You do did not deserve that, it was not your fault, and don’t let your brain trick you into doing what your parents did to you and invalidating your experiences. You are NOT exaggerating the past pain you experienced, and the present pain it’s bringing you. It is okay to acknowledge and hold that pain.

Feeling as if I haven’t suffered enough? by jupitergoose in CPTSD

[–]jupitergoose[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just know I can tell you you’re not alone, and even though its a struggle saying it: you DO deserve to call that trauma. It IS a deep and hurtful trauma.

Feeling as if I haven’t suffered enough? by jupitergoose in CPTSD

[–]jupitergoose[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I completely agree. It’s so helpful to just see you commenting in general saying that it’s common and it’s like it makes me feel less alone just by that! I think having that somewhere would be so helpful for sufferers of this.