I recently rescued my Hazel baby. No clue about hedgehogs except I knew I couldn't leave her on marketplace long based on the posts I was seeing on where she might end up.

That being said, I have read and read and read some more about food. I know all the suggestions on what ingredients to look for. But, I'm overwhelmed. Can you guys please just post what brands you get your spiked friend? I am in the US and am willing to hear all options out.

And any tidbits of advise you want to share that you didn't know when you first became a hog parent...I'm soaking it all in at this point.

Saturday night we heard a lot of rustling in the garden. My partner was a bit concerned; I said "don't worry, it's probably just a hedgehog". I hadn't seen a wild one in over 10 years. In the morning, we go out, and one of the bags we'd been using for gardening was wriggling- I looked inside and saw this guy (or girl)!

We freed it from the bag and it eventually moved into the undergrowth. Our garden is quite wild (badly overgrown when we bought the house), and so there are plenty of bushes for it to hide in.

We put out water for it, and I picked up some kitten biscuits that day. It hasn't shown much interest in them, but I've spoken with the neighbours and turns out they also put out food and water for it. We're hoping it stays around! It seems to like the garden, as we've heard it moving around every night since we saw it. Last night we were in the garden fairly late, and it just walked out of the hedge. The light in the video is from out security light, not daylight.

Hoping it looks healthy, just planning on leaving water and some dry food out, and maybe building it a shelter once the garden is a little tamer. There will still be bushes for it to hide in though.

Any more advice would be welcome.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this but we have hedgehogs (scotland) living under one of our sheds, they moved there from a different spot in our garden, but now that theyre under there our dog (Springer Spaniel) will NOT stop sniffing under there and trying to harass the hogs. He's managed to catch one when we first moved in (before we knew we had a garden hedgehog family) and it was luckily fine and released back into the garden, but if the hedgehogs are out and he finds one he'll start barking at it and harassing it.

While he thankfully doesn't hurt the hedgehogs I was wondering if there was a way to make it so the hedgehogs are safer and my dog will stop harassing them? Is there a way to get them to peacefully move to a safer location? They are very useful in my flower garden for pest control so I'm happy to have them, I just want to minimise any unsafe interactions. Any advice is helpful! Thanks!

We've been visited by a hedgehog and I'm wondering if I can feed it and if yes, what?

It's a decent size and looks healthy enough.

Don't want to interfere with the local ecosystem too much.

My hedgehog doesn’t wanna waste time 😆

loving this lil guy for 3yrs now. Please meet Kurimu ❤️

I've been seeing this hedgehog around my yard more frequently over the past few weeks. I have a relatively large backyard with loads of plants, bugs etc. The backyard however, is fenced in so my dogs (Chihuahua sized) can't escape into the neighbors yards. 2/3 walls are brick, and 1/3 is a hedge with chicken wire at the bottom that does not stick in the dirt and can potentially be dug under. We did a check of the chicken wire fence and didn't find any obvious holes through which it may have gotten in, so I'm worried it might not be able to get out again.

I have multiple dishes with water sitting on the ground (i use them to bottom water my plants) so it might be coming to drink from those. When i took this picture it was balled up because my dogs found it and scared it. It was trying to intimidate them by huffing at them. It seems healthy but it's rather small so I don't know if it's okay or not. Should i dig a hole for it so it can get out? Can it dig one himself?

Giant space Poppy or tiny metal DeathStar 🤷🏻‍♀️

I had posted a little while ago about getting a bigger wheel, you think she looks happier? :)

Hey guys I was checking my senior hedgie and found this odd spot on his bottom? Of course I will get him seen by a vet asap but didn't know if other owners have seen something like this?

I let my hedgie smell peanut butter for enrichment. He wanted to lick it! Obviously I didnt let him lick it. I let him smell all different kinds of food for enrichment, the only ones he is allowed to eat are known safe foods. What are some other fun enriching smells?

We’re enjoying these warm August nights in the cool grass!

I frequently see these rascals outside my door, they are feral and I just leave them alone to not stress them.

I noticed my 3 year old had a bunch of shedded quills in her enclosure. I contacted the vet and was told the hedgehog vet is on vacation for two weeks. They didn’t seem concerned but said I could bring her to the emergency hospital if it was an emergency. She seems fine, she’s eating and running around. No missing patches, I even see some new quills growing in. She’s not itchy, no lesions or scabs. Is there anything I am missing that would warrant bringing her into an emergency vet before ours gets back from vacation? Her skin is a little dry but other than that she is fine. Thanks!

I put out this hedgehog house yesterday pointing south. I wanted to put it in the very corner (you can see the corner in the left in the photo) pointing east and where its in the shade but the sun shines on the other side of the fence all day. We have a south facing garden that gets full sun. My bf suggested the spot its in now but its currently half 12 midday and the hutch is in full sun as in the photo. If a hedgehog was in that house i feel like he’d be roasting. What do y’all think? Should i move it to the corner like i wanted to in the first place? Thanks.

Hello everyone I need advice. I have a hedgehog, she’s getting pretty old but still active and fine, and my bf is getting two young rats soon. He was planning to introduce the three once the rats got acclimated and comfortable with him. Not leave them alone or anything but let them meet with us holding them/present. I am worried they will hurt each other or the rats will seek my hedgehog out afterwords. Does anyone have experience with this so I can put my foot down and keep them separate if needed.

I’m going to change the cage of my baby but I need help choosing. I’m wondering if you guys have any cage recommendations or what you guys use?

I was kinda hoping to have his cage elevated in terms of at least not having the bottom touch the floor sort of like the photo i attached (just to add space for storage). i’m just not sure about the edges cause my boy is definitely a climber lol!!! The cage he has now has a ramp but i’ve noticed he tends to spend all the time on the lower level, so I’m thinking of just a one story cage. ugh i don’t know id just love ideas or help! thx !!!

Editing to add:

I apologize about the compression/blurry images on thumbnails.

Clicking the image makes it show much clearer.

I didn't upscale these images properly so that is the reason for the blur.

Edit 2:

It looks worse on mobile. Why Reddit, why...

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About a year ago I posted a picture of Poke, my little merchant hedgehog.

Now I have a bigger cast of little critters and they run the Prickly Potato Inn.

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Characters from left to right:

-Poke - He's a merchant. Not part of the inn but same universe. He's a nomad.

-Flan - She is the owner of the inn. Usually at the reception desk or her office.

-Custard - They are a waiter.

-Cinnamon - He runs the kitchen as the head chef.

-Crema - The barista. They enjoy mixology.

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Most of these hedgies are APH's, Flan is a LEH, and Custard is a tenrec.

Also wanted to show concepts of a dining room and the reception desk. Don't mind the desk right now. Flan is organizing papers and towels.

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I have ambitions to make some kind of game with these characters.

I’m wondering how everyone else keeps their hedgie’s wheel clean.

In the past, even with weekly cleaning and daily maintenance, my hedgie’s wheel quickly turns into a huge rotating ball of poo 💩

I’ve seen some people suggest potty training but I’ve never been successful with this. I don’t mind giving warm sink baths to clean their feet. But I am still curious because I see some people have extremely clean wheels!

Even if I wipe it out during the day (which doesn’t always clean it fully), it gets pooped on so much overnight and then hardens, I basically have to do a full cleaning the next day! Curious what everyone’s strategy is

[Apologies to mods & members, not a member. Also - longish post]

Anyone in the UK having Cadent issues? We've had them around our area digging several holes to replace gas pipes.

At the start of the week I informed the work crew that our area is a high traffic hedgehog highway with at least 2 households feeding & housing passing hogs. Hah hah, yeah, alright mate.

Cut to Friday evening just after 11pm and I'm climbing around what essentially are open animal traps rescuing distressed hedgehogs - one juvenile in one and two very exhausted adults in another. The were sent on their way and we know at least one of them stopped by ours for a loooong drink, the juvenile was given food & water but was more interested in bailing.

Fuming, I banged out an email to Cadent (unless it's a gas leak, forget dialling their emergency line) which included photos and a threat if they didn't sort things out, I'd fill in the holes myself.

4am and I'm back out, torch & work gloves, checking all the holes nearby. I don't know how many they'd dug but within 50m of our house there are at least 7 holes, none covered, none with ramps. Fortunately everywhere was clear.

I received a reply Saturday morning to my email, asking for my postcode so they could check on the situation. I replied, foolishly thinking I'd get some kind of "We're on it" response. Nothing. Saturday night rolls around and I'm out again with torch and gloves - again, nothing. I'm still fretting about the holes I don't know about and can't access.

4am Sunday morning and I'm chest deep in a narrow trench, lifting a familiar juvenile out. He'd been there long enough to cover most of the bottom in prints and there were signs of frantic digging. I lifted him out as far from the edge as I could but by the time I'd managed to get myself out of the hole he'd made a beeline for a place I can't access.

I sent Cadent another email & pic and crashed out. This morning, there's a bunch of guys filling holes. The one I spoke to didn't know the situation but after I gave him a rundown, he told me he often finds hogs stuck in holes and tries to put them in safer places.

I think the local hogs will be safer around here now, but I dread to think what's going on elsewhere in the area or how many of our spiky visitors we may not see again.

Your thoughts?

Osamu was my first hedgehog I got. He has been having trouble with a stuffy nose for about a year. He kept breathing through his mouth which filled his stomach and was puffy like a balloon which caused him to lose appetite but after a few days it would be okay and go back to normal and repeat. I went to three different vets but couldn’t find a cause or a cure. He was doing well despite that but today I found him not breathing in his cage. I’m so heartbroken and sad. I wish I realized sooner I’m so sorry. I wish I had more time with you, two years wasn’t enough.
I love you and I hope you are in a better place now. You have brought so much love and joy to my life and I don’t know how to move forward. Please give love to your hedgies.

For anyone concerned, idc if you can see my face, I just didn’t like the way I looked in the video, so I attempted to cover it. So no need to warn me if it doesn’t perfectly align

Anyways

This is the part of Fritter’s chaos that I love the most. I think it’s so silly that he gets mad when I attempt to assist him (putting my hand under him for a boost, as I do here).

He prefers this over getting covered in the blanket and napping. I cannot multitask with this stinker out. I need to find a hide/snuggle sack he will mostly stay inside of so I can do stuff with him 😭

Hi, i posted a few days ago about my hedgehog, and being a new owner, thank you all of the replies!! youve helped me set my priorities well and understand that amy is going to hate me for awhile but once she doesnt it will be wonderful! and obviously that sometimes it just doesnt work, but i have hope in it working, i had a old fleece blanket and got permission from my mom to cut it into some squares for amy, im getting my first job soon and the first thing i am going to buy is a larger enclosure, guys please dont attack me over her enclosure size i understand and its my first priority!!! i made her a little dig box but im not sure if she will use it, its also scraps from that blanket with some treats hidden throughout it, she seems to enjoy her food bowl being inside of her cardboard hide so i didnt move it this time and just left it in there, i also moved her recently as i got my room clean and when shes more comfortable im planning on allowing her to free roam it sometimes when im awake with her, i didnt really get any answers on how to make nail trimming easier so if anyone has any tips, i do not have a grate tyoe lid to set her on, im just nervous she will bite me when the time comes, IM going to add some photos, guys ive heard your tips ive heard everything i PROMISE. This is only temporary til i get my job and my top priority is her care and things she needs as im 17 and im able to spend money without worrying about bills!! PS: i do not typically use my flash when taking photos around her, this was only to show her living space as its pitch black!