Our new lodger

[Boner]

Got up this morning to find it in the conservatory, we're going to coax him out once it starts getting dark.

[Kermit]

^^see even the hedge hogs are trying to nick car stereos in our country

[murphyscafe]

prob to feed his drug habbit!!! lol!!!

[Boner]

[cantona7]

is it wild or domesticated?

[Kingdoc]

Got up this morning to find it in the conservatory, we're going to coax him out once it starts getting dark.

Lol boner,They like peanut butter i hear.

[darkglobe]

Its probably searching for a warm cosy place to hibernate for the winter...They're great at scoffing the slugs though...

[Boner]

is it wild or domesticated?

It's wild, I dont think I've ever heard of anyone having one as a pet.

Lol boner,They like peanut butter i hear.

I heard they like dog food as well.

Its probably searching for a warm cosy place to hibernate for the winter...They're great at scoffing the slugs though...

Yeah, we haven't had that many slugs this year so he must of been living in the garden somewhere.

[Kingdoc]

Its a decent size of a hedgehog,Maybe hes just trying to fatten himself up as winter is not that far away now .

[metal4mullets]

That guy is adorable!

You're so fortunate they're wild over there. I'm pretty jealous actually

BTW, I actually had a hedgie as a pet...but he died two weeks ago His name was Monkey Trucker, but we called him MT for short. He was an African pigmy hedgehog, though and a bit different than your European variety. Your Euro-hedgies hibernate while the African types don't. In fact, if the African types become too cold they actually begin to slow down and if you don't catch them in time they go to sleep and never wake up That's not what happened to MT, though...he died from cancer which makes hedgies get all wobbly. It's really sad but unfortunately is very common in domesticated hedgehogs.

MT was a wonderful pet and my ex used to take him to her preschool class and all her students adored him. He really made a lot of people smile. We'll miss him terribly...I already do for sure *sigh*.

Thanks for posting, Bone...it gave me good reason to talk about MT...and I actually feel a little better now

[metal4mullets]

Sorry for the double post but I'm on the PS3 and this browser is a little wacky and hard to use regarding editing and quoting.

Hedgies are omnivores but are mainly insectivorious. If you're brave enough, find a petshop that sells mealworms (yes...they're really gross) and put a dish with a few of those in it out for him. He'll go bonkers for them!! If you don't want to handle worms a high quality cat food would be fine. Don't feed him nuts or peanutbutter as they get stuck in their mouths and can cause them to loose teeth or choke. Sometimes, they will eat finely diced fruits and vegetables as well.

[colinzeal]

That guy is adorable!

You're so fortunate they're wild over there. I'm pretty jealous actually

BTW, I actually had a hedgie as a pet...but he died two weeks ago His name was Monkey Trucker, but we called him MT for short. He was an African pigmy hedgehog, though and a bit different than your European variety. Your Euro-hedgies hibernate while the African types don't. In fact, if the African types become too cold they actually begin to slow down and if you don't catch them in time they go to sleep and never wake up That's not what happened to MT, though...he died from cancer which makes hedgies get all wobbly. It's really sad but unfortunately is very common in domesticated hedgehogs.

MT was a wonderful pet and my ex used to take him to her preschool class and all her students adored him. He really made a lot of people smile. We'll miss him terribly...I already do for sure *sigh*.

Thanks for posting, Bone...it gave me good reason to talk about MT...and I actually feel a little better now

very interesting, also explains your avatar (not that i thought it needed explaining)

i do like hedgehogs, sorry about MT......

[metal4mullets]

Thanks, Colin. I appreciate that. I feel a little silly getting upset over a small pet..but he was quite the extraordinary critter He brought a little happiness to a lot of people...for sure.

I picked my avatar in his honor...when he was still with us, obviously*sigh*. It's kind of dumb, but looking at it makes me smile.

[cantona7]

is it wild or domesticated?

It's wild, I dont think I've ever heard of anyone having one as a pet.

Lol boner,They like peanut butter i hear.

I heard they like dog food as well.

Its probably searching for a warm cosy place to hibernate for the winter...They're great at scoffing the slugs though...

Yeah, we haven't had that many slugs this year so he must of been living in the garden somewhere.

dunno about england but they are in the pet shops here. atleast they were a few years ago. as are/were ferrets.

[dogstar]

As a longtime hedgepig fan, I was surprised to discover how big they were in New Zealand, when I visited a few years back. The couple that I saw were the size of footballs, absolutely huge. I read that they were imported from England 200 years ago, and unlike the English ones don't have fleas, as all the fleas died on the trip over. Actually, as I'm writing this, it suddenly seems like bushlit... Going to google it now.