Recently, hedgehogs have become quite popular as an exotic hobby. Although hedgehogs are found throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, hedgehogs are usually classified as white hedgehogs and Algerian hedgehogs. These are often mistakenly called African hedgehogs.
Interbreeding has created a great variety of colors and markings.
If you want to see positive feedback from your pets like purging or joy with you, this hedgehog is not for you. It is indifferent to you, and you do not desire to be held; in fact, it takes some training to be a hedgehog.
Well, you want a pet hedgehog. First of all, make sure that there are courts in your city. Some states, California and Arizona, prohibit the observation of hedgehogs. Check with the local humane society.
If the hedgehogs are legal, you need to find a stinker. Check the web, your phone and local pet stores in your area. If there are none in your area, hedgehogs can be shipping but the cost is about $200 over the cost of hedgehogs which range from $60 to It runs $100. If you find it fertile, keep the animals in clean quarters and wean your hedgehog. Most people do sideline because they fall in love with hedgehogs.
When you get Hedgie home, make sure he has enough space. His cage should ideally be about 4 feet square. If the cage is wire, make sure the bottom is solid as the hedgehog’s feet can get stuck in the wire. The sides of the cage should be an inch or less. You should only have one hedgehog per cage, so that the other hedgehogs don’t fight each other. The cage should have a cover, like a cardboard box with a cutout entrance. Your hedgehog also needs a great exercise wheel. Cover the bottom of the cage with shredded newspaper. Do not use wood chips, as the hedgehog is allergic to many woods. litter-box with non-clumping litter. In wild hedgehogs they are insectivorous, but they are opportunistic and eat carcasses, eggs, fruit, etc. You can feed Hedgie kitten food (not cat food) but now the food is mainly made for hedgehogs.
Hedgehogs have been around since the dinosaurs roamed the earth as small animals. their wings are not barbed so that they do not harm you. When threatened, they curl up into a ball and shoot out their feathers in little points. The Hedgie should be held by starting slowly and gently and by increasing the Hedgie’s grip with the handle by which he is held.
Grasshoppers are nocturnal, but can be gradually changed to diurnal by gently changing, handling and feeding.
Grasshoppers have a very special behavior called self-sacrifice. When they find a new or strong smell or substance, they lick the substance, and then produce a foamy substance, which they then apply to their feathers.
Hericius live for 4 to 6 years, and are very attached to their owners, although humans seem to be indifferent.
