by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Care
VIDEO.: Tip to avoid being pooped on 😉 Baby Hedgehogs Young hedgehogs are especially prone to releasing their bowels on their handlers. When you first get your hedgehog, expect to get pooped on! Hedgehog babies typically get better as they get older. Wake-Up Ritual...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Handling
Aggression Hedgehogs are not naturally offensive or aggressive to either perceived or real dangers. Instead, they are instinctively defensive, because their primary concern in life is survival! Hedgehogs are shy and can easily feel threatened when confronted with...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality
Climbing Hedgehogs will attempt to climb and are often quite adept at climbing. However, once they are up, they cannot easily climb down. Their body mass is not proportioned for climbing. For example, squirrels, monkeys, and other animals that climb tend to have long,...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Care, Hedgehogs As Pets
Naturally Clean Some hedgehogs are naturally clean and tidy. They use their litter pans faithfully and leave their cages pretty much as their owners arrange them. Other hedgehogs are slobs! They will try to defy every attempt at cleanliness and make complete messes of...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Biting, Biting Behavior, Handling
 Hedgehogs Biting Each Other If you have more than one hedgehog and when they are together you notice them biting each other’s quills, this may be a precursor to anointing or a fight. Often, hedgehogs will chew on each other’s quills and then anoint with the smell of...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Handling, Steps To Handling
Perceived Signs Your Hedgehog Hates You Snuffles and raises its quills when picked up Is grumpy Runs and hides when lights turn on Runs away when owner tries to hold it Hates to be touched Is startled at every little sound or movement Wrong! Your Hedgehog Does NOT...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Biting, Biting Behavior, Handling
Introduction Most hedgehogs do not bite. But, any animal with teeth has the potential to bite, so hedgehog owners must understand the possibility of getting bitten is always present. Hedgehogs aren’t like dogs, whose bites are usually intentionally mean or aggressive....
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Biting, Biting Behavior, Handling
Keep in mind that hedgehogs are natural hunters. Their instinct is to hold on until what they have bitten is still. Do not attempt to shake off your hedgehog (or other small critters). Regardless of your behavior modification preference, should your hedgehog...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Health, Physical Characteristics
In the Wild European hedgehog species hibernate in the wild when the temperature becomes too cold. They spend the warmer months building fat reserves to sustain them through their periods of inactivity. In the wild, African hedgehog species may go into a dormant...
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by Millermeade Farms | Behavior & Personality, Biting, Biting Behavior, Handling
Overview Don’t be discouraged and don’t attempt to punish your hedgehog. The most important thing to do is to NOT give up or to quit handling your hedgehog. This is often easier said than done, but there are some things you can do to make handling easier. First and...
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