VinsonMassif Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 As title states. I am looking for a hedgehog baby to raise as a pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 may have some albino ones a bit later on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Damn, I'd love a pet hedgehog. Does anyone on here have one? Are they house-trainable? PS: Are you fo' real Mark?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Damn, I'd love a pet hedgehog. Does anyone on here have one? Are they house-trainable? PS: Are you fo' real Mark?! http://www.livingartwildlifepark.co.nz/future/animals/mammals/hedgehog.html I believe mark is fo' real :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 thanks dixon yea i iz fo real bro 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Oh yeah LivingArt. I am so up for one of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You best go put on a Barry Manilow record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I remember as kids we looked after the odd hedgehog when we found them. Once had a baby/juvenile one that we fed on bread soaked in milk, grubs, worms etc we always released them after a few months but they where good to watch getting around on the lawn sniffing out food Very interesting critters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 bread soaked in milk not the best thing to feed to hedgehogs http://www.hedgehogs.org/ http://www.petsonthenet.co.nz/hedgehog.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 not the best thing to feed to hedgehogs http://www.hedgehogs.org/ http://www.petsonthenet.co.nz/hedgehog.htm It was more of a treat :lol: than a main food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 We used to feed ours on cat food. We often found them in various states of disrepair so they didn't always survive but the ones that did survive and we set free again were satisfying for everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 An albino hedgehog would be awesome!!! They are so cute Only thing cooler would be an albino peacock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Oh I want one too! So cute! Last year a workmate thought she had a pregnant female hedgehog living in her garage. She was gonna capture it and get me a baby, but that didn't eventuate as the hedgehog disappeared and never came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 An albino hedgehog would be awesome!!! They are so cute Only thing cooler would be an albino peacock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have mixed feelings about hedgies. They are less cute when they are raiding my hens nests for eggs/babies. They seem to prefer partly incubated eggs. :evil: I trap them and take them for a drive, as I have discovered they can home for about a km (did a tagging experiment on one that I thought I recognised and sure enough he came back repeatedly). I put them in the local park where they can be of use eating snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 we got them they eat out of our big outside cats bowl they arent shy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 awwww... i want one too now! i used to catch the ild ones that were disease infexted in our back yard. feed them strawberries and then i used to let them go. definitely want a hedgehog or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 ours like KFC especially the mashed spods and gravy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Around here there are sometimes young ones born late in the year and don't have enough condition to hibernate. They are sometimes wandering about all forlorn and full of mange. We found one last year and gave it to hedgy rescue but they usually don't make it we were told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbreeder Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 can u pick them up and hold them, are they friendly?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 i was always told they are full of diseases, could spray it with Oust or Dettol :lol: Joking people, joking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Around here there are sometimes young ones born late in the year and don't have enough condition to hibernate. They are sometimes wandering about all forlorn and full of mange. We found one last year and gave it to hedgy rescue but they usually don't make it we were told. Yeah that's the trouble - we used to get them a lot when we lived in Taupo. Obviously the colder the climate the shorter time they have to get really fat before it gets too cold for them and they have to go & snuggle down for a few months (I wish I had that lifestyle!) Also then those pesky humans start burning their stacks of firewood and cleaning up piles of leaves and branches, and the poor little hedgehogs have to go out in the cold and find a new home. Then they are all slow and groggy and dogs harass them, or they go onto the road where it's warm from the sun and they get run over! Poor little things! The worst was when someone would have a bonfire in a pile of rubbish that had been sitting around for a few months and all the poor little animals had to run for their lives. We used to try to check through any pile before we had a bonfire but it's hard to find everyone tucked away all snug and asleep in the middle of the pile. We were always told that any hedgehog that's out in the daytime is likely to be sick and carrying mange, ringworm, etc etc. So should be handled with care - wrap it in a cloth to pick it up, be careful not to put your hands near your face, and wash your hands thoroughly after you have handled it. As for being friendly, a healthy wild hedgehog will curl up when you go near it - if it doesn't it might be a sign that it's sick. But once they get a bit more domesticated they will rarely curl up (unless they get a fright). On the other hand (so to speak) a scared hedgehog makes the best ever winter mittens! If you're holding one and it curls into a ball around your hand, its tummy is all soft and furry and warm and it holds on very tightly! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Guess what? A baby hedgehog is called a hedgehogglet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Guess what? A baby hedgehog is called a hedgehogglet. i call them soft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Guess what? A baby hedgehog is called a hedgehogglet. haha nice, whats a baby turkey called? turklet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 haha nice, whats a baby turkey called? turklet? don't be silly. A baby pig is a piglet, and a baby hog is a hotlet (actually, i think it's a piglet, but hoglet sounds better). Therefore, a baby hedgehog is a hedgehoglet. A baby duck is a duckling, so a baby turkey must be a turkling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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