He is so cute!! They are really great animals to have! The only drawback that I have come across is that their poo's are really bad. Other than that, with the right care, they are exceptionally great animals to have!
The hedgehog I have (or rather, my friend has, and I just help her care for it), does the same thing with the hissing. It is gonna take quite some time for it to get used to you guys, but with lots of good handling and love it should warm up to you! Though it is only 6 months old so that's good! Plenty of time to get used to you and young enough to learn things :D
Also, the best food for hedgehogs is NOT the little food that they sell for them. Cat food is the best thing to feed hedgehogs normally. It's usually better if you use one with a higher Crude Fat percentage because of the meat content in it. If you can find mealworms, they LOVE those! But only like 1 or 2 a week because more can constipate them LOL!
Uhm... OH! If you don't have one already for it, they love to have those little wheels they can run on, and either but some little cat toy balls in the cage with him, the like plastic ones that jingle, or maybe even some little Hot Wheels cars in there with him. They love toys and you really can give them most things you can a cat... it's weird how close they are to each other.
I don't know about other Hedgehogs because I discovered this by chance, but mine loves Washcloths. He loves to drag them into his little plastic house/castle thing and burrow in with them. Its like his favorite thing.
I really need to post my video of hedgehog cleaning lol!
If you have ANY questions I am happy enough to answer them! :D
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The hedgehog I have (or rather, my friend has, and I just help her care for it), does the same thing with the hissing. It is gonna take quite some time for it to get used to you guys, but with lots of good handling and love it should warm up to you! Though it is only 6 months old so that's good! Plenty of time to get used to you and young enough to learn things :D
Also, the best food for hedgehogs is NOT the little food that they sell for them. Cat food is the best thing to feed hedgehogs normally. It's usually better if you use one with a higher Crude Fat percentage because of the meat content in it. If you can find mealworms, they LOVE those! But only like 1 or 2 a week because more can constipate them LOL!
Uhm... OH! If you don't have one already for it, they love to have those little wheels they can run on, and either but some little cat toy balls in the cage with him, the like plastic ones that jingle, or maybe even some little Hot Wheels cars in there with him. They love toys and you really can give them most things you can a cat... it's weird how close they are to each other.
I don't know about other Hedgehogs because I discovered this by chance, but mine loves Washcloths. He loves to drag them into his little plastic house/castle thing and burrow in with them. Its like his favorite thing.
I really need to post my video of hedgehog cleaning lol!
If you have ANY questions I am happy enough to answer them! :D
And I will stop my rambling now... v.v