Hedgehogs - DON'T purchase before watching THIS!
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2013
- Answers to some common questions I have received about hedgehogs.
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*_"They should not curl into a ball and hiss at you"_*
Me in literally any social situation
They literally turn into hissing balls of spikes tho😂😂😂😂
yo thats funny
EdGeY FuNnEH
Lol sound like me
Agreed
I just imagine the hedgehog during the whole video asking in the softest voice "human, what are you doing?"
Alonelyspacecannon SAMEEE LOL IT'S HILARIOUS
Alonelyspacecannon hahahahahaha true
Lmaoooo
"You are not going to kiss me, are you??"
@@mudaquetoca sonic 2006 reference
I had a hedgehog as a pet. Huge mistake.
Kept eating all my chili dogs and telling me I'm too slow. Rude.
Princess Core agreed
You shoulda disowned them!
•Anna Rebel• or sell them back to the pet store and get your money 💵 back
I. L O V E. THIS COMMENT.
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The legs man! The tiny little legs! I NEED A HEDGEHOG IN MY LIFE!
But...ur a cat so...
@@dd-yy4yc exactly, they look delicious...
I might get one for my birthday
cornelia ptr I have one and those little legs can run pretty fast though..
WellHiThere you disgust me...
Whenever i try to handle my female hedgehog she always pulls out a revolver and points it at me and i find it troublesome,what should i do?
Mine does the same thing😢
wait.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You have an incarnation of Shadow the Hedgehog. Give her a Chaos Emerald and you'll get along fine.
+Hatsune Fakku
lol. Hedgehog revolvers!
am i the only one who watched this only cuz the headgehog is too cute?
Nope
+Sthm009 nope
nooooooo
definitely not
no
My hedgehog used to hate me, but now he hates being alone. Such a big loser, after a day of being left alone, he will start trying to climb out, squeaking at me and he won’t stop until I take him out and he cuddles into my arm. Fucking nerd. I love him so much.
What Kind of hate Love relation Ship is that
I need that in my life
@@celebishiny2912 🤣😂
@@rainearnstowski7049 🤭😂
how’s ur hedgehog now?
Mine ran off... I heard him whisper hes going to green hill to defeat eggman.
I wish him well on this great journey, and, hope he returns with many coins for you!
Earthling1984 rings*
She is like 'What is he doing with me? Why does he keep picking me up and showing my belly button arround!?'
But she stays calm and lovely throughout the whole video, what a cute hedge
Yeah lol, she's used to being bothered by me :P She was born in my home. I bred around 50 hedgehogs.
So sad for the hedgehog to be a toy.
I like how they roll up and spin real fast and get coins.
Danny Creighton made me laugh so hard.
Danny Creighton 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They're rings LOL
Danny Creighton rings not coins
damn you're a fuck cretin, rings not coins.
"I'm gonna do a hedgehog video"
Hedgehog - "oh god PUT ME DOWN WHY AM I UPSIDE DOWN THIS LONG STOP IT!"
My hedgehogs are very comfortable and calm with me, as you can see. :)
@@earthling1984 I want a hedgehog so bad ;-;
Hedgehog looks totally calm and relaxed to me. Your comment doesn’t match the video.
My hedgehog can't break the sound barrier or do loops DONT BUY
😁😁
Mine can break the sound barrier, but it's not blue, so there's that
+Bailey Pennell I get it
+Donut Boi whats a sound barrier
lol
what is the most common reason for them to die,,, our little guy franklin was soo well taken care of and fed and loved, we only had him just 3 years.. i found him iin his litter box yesterday morning.. i had held him and snuggled with him the night before, im just so devistated.... you want them to live forever. im debating on getting another.. i miss the noise he made al night... drinking, eating rolling in his litter, chirping... ALL NIGHT LONG. my heart hurts, I miss him so much already...
The average lifespan of a hedgehog is 4 years so your little guy was a senior citizen.
Cathy MacKay im so sorry
I’m in tears reading this I can’t even imagine my little Henry just losing him like that. I’m so sorry for your loss 😢💕🦔
They're general living Tim is 3 -5 years, BUT, they can live up 9 years if very lucky
OMG that’s so sad. Did you get another ? I am really thinking about getting one . But I hve only just found out that they can be pets ... don’t worry I will do a lot of research b4 I do get one , I wouldn’t know where to get one... I’m assuming you don’t take them out of garden!
My Black Hedgehog keeps on saying Damn all the time and keeps on looking for the werid emerald
*throw him away*
give him some more emeralds
ALL HAIL SHADOW!
I saw him rocket boosting atound my room
Oh yea, my pet hedgehog called him a faker.
"if the hedgehog doesn't run around and curl itself in a ball and spin around and collect rings I don't want one!" -My mom
my friend has a hedgehog and I come over to her house so much that her hedgehog got used to seeing me there, I FINALLY GOT TO HOLD HIM >O< IT WAS ADORABLE.
Me too! My ex called him big 🧐sir
lucky
That hedgehog is tame, but it still doesn't look too happy at being held.
+Liuhuayue Because it's morning. They're supposed to be sleeping so they are kinda uncomfortable being held when they're supposed to be sleeping. But at night which they are active, they could be pretty much happy with it.
Liuhuayue most hedgehogs don't care to be held
Depends on their personality
no cause he's annoying him flipping him all the time
Beautiful. We have them living in the wild here in uk. I rescued one from the roadway and it hurt so much. He was bit and heavy and the quills stuck into my hands. I hopped out of the road and put him in a garden quick as possible. Lovely creatures.
Why do you keep flipping it over and over omg lol.
That's what I was thinking
To show us the quills-up/down and to show it how relaxed the hedge is in his hands!
to show us how nice it was and how clean the hedgie was and how it was easy to handle
Even I felt dizzy just by watching it.
Chaotic Horizon
Very logical Hedgehog owner here. The hedge is extremely comfortable with the owner and good for him for not selling babies too young!! Great video!
How i bonded with my amazing (first) hedgehog:
The first Day i had him i let him get used to his new case and i talked with him and i fed him mealworms with my hand i was very patient
Next Day i put one of my used shirts in his case so he would get used to my sent i then later that Day careful grabbed his sleepingbag that he was laying in up and placed it in my hand
Next Day i rolled him carefully out in my bed and let him walk around and at a point he wasnt even scared anymore so i showed him my hand and i picked him up and now its been 2 Weeks since i Got him
And were still Bonding more and more ❤️❤️
Edit: it’s been a year and all i Can say is my english really sucked back then woah
im thinking of buying a hedgehog and if i do end up getting one, i might try this! thanks!
ella freed how did it go?
@@nicholasprato1257 haha, im still saving up! they cost a lot, so im thinking if i cant get enough money by my birthday (october 28) i might ask for one for my birthday :)
Mine doesn't go fast and doesn't collect the rings I put around my room. Horrible pets don't buy!
Lmao!!
+Seth Marose GOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCHGOTTAGOFASTBITCH
+Seth Marose Was it blue? If not then it can't because it's not special
Darn.. they must be rare. I asked the staff a hundred times and they said "No.. we don't sell painted pets" And I was like wtf..
Seth Marose That is why it doesnt go fast
I still find it odd people having hedgehogs as pets. Here in England, they're not available as pets. They just live wild in our gardens, pinching our cat food (we don't mind) very noisily (crash bang!) and gobbling up the slugs and snails. They're considered the gardener's friend. We've just made a hedgehog hibernation box and put it in the garden full of straw and dry leaves for a little darling to over Winter in.
+Bush Baby Films Well then again, you guys have European hedgehogs while the main ones used as pets are African Pygmy 0: Two completely different species of hedgehogs!
I live in England and up here if you go on pets4homes you can get them as pets. I got mine on there and they're amazing pets.
We do have them in England..
go away -
skyxer msp definitely available in the uk
I've had mine for nearly 4 years x
Thanks! My husband surprised me with a little girl She was a little huffy and nervous.. Shes only 10 weeks old. Ive been using lavendar oil and holding her a lot and shes very happy now. She doesnt huff at every noise anymore and once shes out of her cage shell crawl all over you. I even got her on her back. They just need love and patience. Thanks for your video it helped alot!!
The most memorable thing I will take from this video is that hedgehogs are at risk of drying up if you don't water them properly xD
Soshi Uso
NOT THE PURPLE WATER IN CHEMICAL PLANT
Soshi Uso but the blue breed are very bad with water, just feed them a regular amount of chilli dogs
I have three pet hedgehogs
1- he’s really fast, blue, collects rings and spin dashes, and his favorite food is chili dogs.
2-A black hedgehog, who calls himself the ultimate life form, he sacrificed himself and got revived with amnesia but we got him back to the way he was. To this day he’s still looking for that DAMN fourth chaos emerald.
3- A hedgehog from the future, he has telekinesis powers, he tried to kill my blue hedgehog because of him being the “IBLIS TRIGGER” and I kept hearing “ITS NO USE, TAKE THIS.” but he’s our friend now.
The best commentary. XD
My hedgehog is mean right now. Gets scared and hisses. I've heard that's nothing out of the normal. He is 3 months almost 4. The breeder said she's passed off hedgehogs to people and it takes them about a week to get comfortable. So I don't think because he hisses or his quills go up that he's mean? He's just in a new home. Just like us, we would be defensive in a new home too.
Bri&Niss how is it today?
He's just scared my hedgehog does it too bet I've only had her about a week take him or her out every night and let it run around the more you handle it the faster it will get used to you
Did you try giving it golden rings?
yoyoyoshio267 hilarious
yoyoyoshio267 good one 😏😂😂
I would like to thank you for your videos, I’ve had my hedgehog for almost two weeks now and everything is perfect, he’s so happy and social and I learned tons of stuff from your videos and I think he really likes being treated so well 😊
Thank you so much for making your hedgehog care videos! My boyfriend and I just brought our very first one home today and we are so excited :) It was nice to know what to expect from a knowledgeable source.
misslyssx12 Hope you are enjoying your hedgehog still!
+Earthling1984 We are, he is great :)
@@Lawam12 where did you buy your hedgehog I have been trying to get one but no one has them
"Drying out their hedgehogs" Idk why i laughed so much at that
That's good to know, I've been thinking about getting a hedgehog, it's usually really quiet in my room and I miss having another animal in my room to keep me company when I get home from school.
My hedgehog sleeps aaaallll daaayy but goes wild at night. I've only had her for about four days and she's so cute. She jumps and tries to catch strings and toys like a dog.
So cute..I saw Hedgehog family in our neighbour😃
In all honesty, I decided to youtube hedgehog videos after finding out it's my Patronus on Pottermore...
lol. well welcome to my video :) I have plenty of hedgehog videos for you :)
Me too! I feel like I have to get one now...
Earthling1984 thanks for cleaning sonic
Your patronus is hedgehog too? SAME
Yo that’s literally me
Thanks for all the information about these cuties. I've never own one but I had a good time listening to you :)
Thanks for the upload! I'd love to get one in the future
I am in the UK so i don't even know if it is possible to have a hedgehog but oml they are so adorable!!! Want one:'))
Star Shinebright, in the UK we have our very own native species of hedgehog. AND THEY NEED OUR HELP ! Google : hedgehogs uk
I bought a hedgehog yesterday and when I got her she was nice but now when I put my hand in the cage she pops and quills and i don’t know what to do
This is so informative, one of the local breeders near me gives them at 2-3 week and I knew that didn’t sound right 😭 glad I came across your channel!
That is a horrible breeder.
At two weeks old their eyes aren’t even opened yet so if their eyes are open then they are at least close to four weeks.
Great to see you hold your hedgehog and show us how to BE with it. To see those front legs so agile, moving sideways completely, I had no idea! And that nose is twitching all of the time, they must've a very good sense of smell. The movements she makes with her head, when she's on her back, it looks like she prefers to be turned around with her face down, trying to wriggle back to normal.
I dont have to buy them, they just come to me.. 😅 and had also neighbours, friends bringing me hedgehogs they found on the street or sideways, after hearing that i shelter them to give them winter-survival-help. Someone eaven brought me one in a shopping-bag 😂 Recently got one adult and 2 babys moving into my garden.. if you want to adopt a hedgehog and own a garden: just put a fox-safe hedgehog-house into the garden put enough straw and hay inside, to make it warm and cozy, put water and hedgehog-food or dry catfood, apples, bread beside the entry and they will usualy move in by themselves... they come and go as they please, but mostly will sleep in their house during winter and just come out to eat and drink. If you find one still rooming around in autumn, it means he couldnt find a safe shelter yet and is still to underweight for a wintersleep.. this means he will probably starve/freeze to death without some human support: then he needs urgent help! You can just pick them up, they dont bite. Once they moved into your garden, they will mostly stay there the full year, hiding somewhere in the bushes and eat all the nasty slugs, bugs and spiders they can catch. If you dont bother them once in their winter-shelter, they will feel safe and come back every year as long as they live, sometimes eaven bringing you their babys.. so its realy rewarding to shelter hedgehogs.
Ms XY
As far as i read the comments: the only one with useful information. Thanks
rip they're illegal in california
Ariana Sanchez you can smoke weed but not have a hedgehog wtf
SlenderFoxy13 Yeah, it's a rule that it is a hazard to the ecosystem. Food webs and all that
Ariana Sanchez: I absolutely hate the People's Republic of California. Communists won't let us have hedgehogs!
Charles Anthony It's a rule that the introduction of the hedgehog would throw the current Californian ecosystem out of whack.. sorry about that ::
Charles Anthony :/*
The first time watching this video I spent most of my time just laughing at how cute this hedgehog is and how she holds her arms and all lol
You know what your vids has been REALLY HELPFUL so without further a do imma subscribe
Thanks! And welcome!
"Bro listen, i'm cool with you handling me frequently but why are you spinning me arround so much? I'm not Sonic, okay?"
Have you heard of the blue hedgehog? It's meant to be a myth but I think it's true. I hope to get him as a pet.
*s a n i c*
came across this video. we have many wild Hedgehog in our area. I always liked them. There are so many of them here no one have them as pets. My mastiff dogs found a Hedgehog the other night we just put it in a container and released it back to the bush. cute little things
wow yours is so calm
Sooooo cute! I'm in love! Lol
Will they jump out of their cages like not like store bought cages but cages like you have with the clear bins
He most like has some sort of lid for when he shuts the cage. Not having a lid on any pets cage other than like a fish isn't very safe as it's possible they can escape
The cage has to be tall enough so the won't try to climb out. But they don't jump that often.
That is not her everyday cage it just one for the video. You can use tubs but much bigger ones and high enough walls. I recommend C&c cages because you can change them up and there cheaper then store bought
This video helped a lot because I got a hedgehog from someone that was moving and they had him for two years so I got him and I was worried that if I got super busy and didn’t have enough time to socialize with him (when that happens I make sure he has water and food) for about a week or so it wouldn’t be good for him, and now I know when I should give him a bath because the people we got him from said about once a week but I haven’t been doing that I’ve only given him a bath when he needs it :3
So adorable :3 also thanks for the advice
When I found a wild hedgehog I decided it should be free, so released it.
Yes. You should never take a wild animal and keep it as a pet! Animals that were born in the wild, should stay in the wild. They have a life out there, they have lived there since birth; it's not fair to put them in a cage. Now, my hedgehogs are captive bred African Pygmy Hedgehogs. They were born in cages, their moms, dads, grandparents, great grandparents were all living in cages. This is what they know. If you want a pet, always only buy captive bred.
Fed's World cant save the world otherwise
, where can I buy a young Hedgehog pet in Seminole or St Pete or Clearwater Largo
Wasn't it always free it was wild, im confused. Also I don't wanna be mean
We don’t have wild hedgehogs in the USA
I found a baby hedgehog in my garden and i called him sonic. XD
Adorable. I had to look. I don't even think we have em in my country lol
Thank you so much this was a very big help!
Should they not have alot of time outside their cage every day? Can they walk freely inside your house?
I bought a hedgehog and my home temperature is about 65 degrees. I turn my space heater on in my room to about 72 degrees and leave the door closed but at night it goes down to 65 again. Is that too cold for a hedgehog. I know they like the heat but mine seems to be acting normal. I just don't want him to go into hibernation. He sleeps all day until like midnight. He is 5 months old is that normal?
+SuperMechaFrieza too cold. 65F way too cold. Anything under 70F is risking it, and most recommend over 72F. 75 to 82F is the range most prefer.
+Earthling1984 And he wouldn't go into hibernation at 5 months, that is too young for that to happen. But soon it will be a possibility, and it can/will most likely cause death. Try to get your heat consistently above 72F. If you don't want to run that high wattage space heater, get yourself a light, probably around 50 to 75 watt for how much you need to raise the temperature (7F or more). Get something like a red or purple/blue reptile heat lamp, and hang that over the cage. Leave that on 24/7. Put a thermometer in the hedgehog tank as well to test the temperature and make sure light is keeping it in correct range.
Thank you. yeah I went to the pet store today and bought a red light lamp heater for him.
@Redneck Hillbilly Most hedgehogs are from warm climates.
@Redneck Hillbilly I said most, did I not?
Awww she is lovely bless her
I rehome my baby hedgies around 8-10 weeks when they have opened their eyes and eating food on their own. 4 and even 5 weeks is too small to me. I got mine at the age of around 6 weeks but bonded with her and she was fine. I did not get her from a breeder…just from someone whose pet had babies. Mine done well and became super trusting of me. She used to love for me to put her in the pockets of my tshirts while I cleaned or sat around the house. It gave her time to bond with me and feel safe. I handled her frequently and now she never hisses or spikes up with me. Since getting her, she has had two litters of babies and has allowed me to get close to her babies. That may not be the case with every mother hedgehog because some will abandon their babies, but mine trusted me and I trusted her and out of the two litters she had, every single baby hedgie became tame and was used to being handled by human hands. Like I said though, this may not be the case for every other hedgie. I do not recommend handling newborn hedgies because your mother hedgie may abandon them. I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with my mother and father hedgies and both of their litters. All the babies were extremely calm and sweet and that’s because I bonded with them and handled them from a young age. That’s not the case with every hedgie. Each one is different which is why I don’t recommend handling newborns in case your mother hedgie abandons them.
I can't get a hedgehog because they're illegal here:( BUT it's still fun to learn! I wish I could get some!
shaylen sanders depends on where you are. but if you get a permit you can own one.
shaylen sanders where do you live
HEDGIES ARE TOO CUTE
+jo dallas I agree 100%
Hedgehogs aren't considered exotic in my state, so it's perfectly legal to buy one at some pet stores. My parents actually asked me if I'd like a pet hedgehog. I understand they need a fairly large enclosure, need to be kept warm, need an exercise wheel, and prefer a diet of insects like crickets and meal worms.
DONT FEED THEM MEALWORMS !!
@@englishcple Okay. Thanks. I haven't gotten one yet due to other commitments.
Reminds me of the wild one I had as a pet in Nairobi 55 years ago!
Your videos are really helpful! My mom is letting me get a hedgehog for my birthday. Do you know anywhere I could get a healthy baby male?
Ab Abbie a breeder
Llama Time Your prifile pic made me laugh so much when I looked at the comment XD
lel
I recommend female hedgehogs
+Cookies N Cream why female??:0
can you walk hedgehogs like on leashes i just want to know
You can tie a scrunchie to yarn or string lol and it is like a leash
wow, i don't normally like the idea of pets but that thing looks adorable
VERY helpful!!
Hedgehogs are just like big hamsters😊
I would more say a guinea pig is a big hamster..
+Amelia Shipley They're more like small soft, porcupines. Or giant, moving miniature porcupine figurines.
Big spikey hamsters
No more like a Guinea pig with Quills
Amelia Shipley f*** you! Hamsters are shit!
The whole video I'm just like "Put her down! She wants to sit, she doesn't want to be in your hands!" Cos you'll put her down for a second and you can see she's like YESSS and then you pick her right back up.
sounds like a personal problem.
+michelle rara is not my name thats my mom's name
+Earthling1984
I really like your videos..
seems like you like pets
+Earthling1984 that is a stupid response i hate when people say that bs
I've been watching your hedgie videos for hours! no complaints at all and it's been fun learning. i dont even have one. im assuming that having to juggle between divorced parents would be quite difficult to handle plus my 4 siblings. though I've definitely considered getting one for when im older and on my own. i'll just go on to replay these amazing videos then! thanks!
I have done so much reasearch on hedgehogs but am always open to learning more i cant but on yet because I live in a none pet friendly apartment. I also live in utah and plan to buy from prickle farms. I have gone up to them and i trust them
I've been reading up on keeping a hedgehog as a pet a lot and have completely filled out a complete journal of caring, housing, diet, grooming, bathing etc etc. And I know that hedgehogs in the wild will usually always have fleas and ticks. In my research I only gathered and trusted information that would come from experienced and/or licensed sites, owners and sanctuaries. But sometimes I'll google something for a quick answer, and someone on yahoo said "Hedgehogs NEED to have fleas~ blablabla stuff ~ something something for the blood circulation." I highly doubt this as other sites haven't mentioned this at all and I just spent two full days gathering information and tomorrow I'm going to call around the city to find a vet that'll take hedgehogs. But, I just want to be sure eh. So, do hedgehogs really need to have fleas or was that guy just misinformed or referring to wild hedgehogs?
No that's incorrect, African Pygmy Hedgehogs should not have fleas or ticks. They do sometimes get mites which you can get treated in the vets. And believe it or not, you're one of few people to actually do actual research, a lot of people say "They're cute" buy it and mistreat it, so.. Thanks :)
Thanks for clearing that up, I thought it was weird haha. I spent 2 more days and night doing research and asked the previous owner/breeder a lot of questions too. Last friday I brought my new hedgehog home and she is still a bit shy but it's going really well! She has a fabulous cage and fleece bedding because the petshop had to order the bedding I wanted, but she seems to love the fleece but I'll be alternating since the fleece does capture the smell a lot and I don't like that haha.
angelkity1 I can't beleve people do that :( I always research proper care on a pet before i get one.
I taught my hedgehog to make clicking sounds and say “do you know da wae”
Cringe
Knuckles is not even a hedgehog. Cringe
I think you should’ve taught that to an Echinda
This is a great video, so informative. Thank you for sharing. She's adorable 💜!
They should be out in the gardens, in the wild. Lovely things. One evening we heard such a lot of scraping and thumping coming from the hedge. Out popped a hedgehog, just sauntered off calm as you like. I thought it was going to be a badger for all the noise he was making. Lol
Yeah, in the UK you guys have European Hedgehogs living wild. In the USA we don't. We have many other animals such as squirrels, skunks, racoons, possums, deer, coyotes, bears, elk, etc., etc., etc.. We keep African Pygmy hedgehogs as pets. They aren't wild here and are only cage pets in the USA.
um... I need advice my nana got me a hedgehog from a breeder and what does it mean if it is biting me all the time!!!! because I've had it for at least 2 or 3 years I mean I wear the gloves and it bites through the gloves!!!!!!!!!! what could I do to make it stop biting
I really need advice!!!!!
damn. long time to own without it being tame. I've never been bit by a hedgoehog and vast majority of mine were sweerhearts. only real advice is keep it in a very nice cage and handle daily.
+Earthling1984 ok great advice
***** African Pygmy Hedgehogs are captive bred and don't live naturally in the USA. It would not survive being let go.
***** most hedgehogs that are being sold today come from long lines of captive bred pets. They may have been shipped over years ago, but, the ones currently being sold as pets are used to living in cages. Their parents and parents parents parents have been captive cage pets. They would not survive in the wild. But, yes, I do agree that we should leave wild animals alone.
+Skyler Metcalfe Bullets?
ok I got a question my mom only hates pets because they stink. dose hedgehogs stink like badley. I know u said they don't need a bath like EVERYDAY but I'm just trying to see if they stink
Derek Smith Hedgehogs don't smell at all. Especially if you bathe them and clean the cage. like, ever.
Derek Smith no smell :) just keep the cage clean.
Spinestein approves
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Bullshit answers to very valid question.
Hedgehogs definitely smell, their urine and poo smell and without bath they would smell too. And it's quite bad smell. I had lots of different pets and hedgehog actually surprised me with his smell. Also when it runs at night it spreads the smell around.
Ultimately hedgehogs aren't naturally clean. It's opposite - they smear smelly things into themselves for some reason. Owner needs to keep them clean himself.
But if you will have it clean, pick poo every day, have proper substrate and change it regularly and wash hedgehog monthly it won't smell. Well, there will be a scent but nothing unpleasant.
This s a very good video. I personally am in no position to buy a pet as I already have a dog to tend to, but who knows if a hedgehog is in my future. plus it's good to know this in case a relative or friend wants to purchase one.
omg that was so totes helpful thanks soo much😁
when you were caring him he was like what were am i😅😅😅😅
Natalia mateo what is life?
Hey! I want to buy a hedgehog for my younger brother who adores them,but I am a bit worried about some things.
1)do they carry any diseases?
2)do they bite?
3)do they need occasional visits from the vet to get vaccines or anything of the sorts?
4) do they smell? (Like bunnies for example)
I understand you have to wash your hands after playing with the hedgehog
I got my Hedgehog when he was up about 13 weeks old. He was really grumpy when I first got him but I carried him around during the day while I was at work inside of my hoodie. I just turned my hoodie around so I could keep an eye on him he was in the Hood part and after about a week he came around we've had him a year-and-a-half now and he's so funny. His name is sunny and we had a hamster named Cher
So cute So soft
is it better to get a female hedgehog or a male?
katy rose Well if you got a male and a female the female would like to have a baby's if you got 2 males they would fight for dominate if you got a female then got another female nothing would happen but they would have company so I suggest getting a female
or an male with no female
Even females should be kept alone. So just get one. I haven't noticed any difference in temperment of males vs females.
Ive seen nice and mean ones of both sexes , like the other commentors said, unless your trying to breed them just pick a nice one regardless of sex (although in my opinion the grumpy ones are absolutely adorable as well)
how can i buy a hedgehog from you?
Sorry I don't currently sell hedgehogs :(
Earthling1984 aw, man. thanks for the quick reply!
just look for a breeder
JAY PARKKKKKK
she is so adorable😍😍
She is the most precious thing I've EVER seen. You can tell she's REALLY sweet ❤❤❤
I have a question
if a hedgehog bit me would it hurt like when you got a small boo boo? (sorry for my bad grammar)
They typically do not bite, they quill up to defend themselves, when they quill up if feels like being stuck with a toothpick, it is not painful really.
oh thanks, but my hedgehog hates me, when I go to him he hisses and quills up
yeah he is super scared, he is always under a blanket, when I cough he hiss and gets scared. but thank anyway
I was bite by mine and it was really cute lol, he just wanted to see what I taste like. It feels like a week pinch
I think he is assuming Julia is a little girl? By her use of the term "boo boo".
No one likes a dried hedgehog
Just letting you know that I've been in contact with a breeder near me for a while now and am getting my hedgehog this weekend finally and I have found your videos really helpful! So I guess this is a thank you. Stay Awesome :P
im about to get a pair of hedgehogs. thanks you im starting to get excited about it. thanks bruhh
sanic
I hate sanic to me he doesn't exist
+Cesar Melendez lol
@DON'T READ MY PROFILE PICTURE yea
saTAnic?
You give really nice advice Earthling thank you now I know to not buy 2 week old hedgehogs :P.
2 week is insanely young! any breeder selling that young should not be aloud to keep pets! 10 weeks at the youngest, preferably 3 months!
Thanks for the advice!
*Hedgehog face*
1:26: BRUH, STOP LIFTING ME
I got my hedgehog when she was about 11 weeks...and surprisingly she is very social and whenever you put her down she'll run back to you
Unitaters Yup. All my hogs are calm tame and nice. Lots of bad breeders out there. Glad you found one who was raised well.
So, im getting an albino hedgehog. Is it safe for it to go out in the sun? And is it even safe for it to walk with a leash? Or however you spell a leash. 😂😂
yes, yes
Can hedgehogs swim in water?
Yes, they can. Watch some videos of them taking a bath.
Bronco Turbo someone's gotta tell Sega that hedgehogs can swim
Rings get LOST like a MOTHERFU****!
I just got mine today. Both of them are less than 2 months old (male is 1m 3w, female is 1m 2w). I have them in separate enclosures. Will it be okay if I put them together until they both reach 2 months?
I have a question, I think my hedgehog might have mites. I didn't quite see them in the beginning but after a few days, I noticed some dry skin and some very extensive shedding of the quills. And also like some yellow and red looking blood spots where the quills are missing. Now I don't have the money to go to the vet. So what do you recommend for a home treatment just in case