by Millermeade Farms | May 24, 2013 | Behavior & Personality
Introduction Self-anointing is probably the strangest and most unexplainable of all hedgehog behaviors. It is completely normal and causes no harm to your hedgehog. Some references refer to self-anointing as “anting”. This term refers to a similar behavior in birds,...
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by Millermeade Farms | May 21, 2013 | Behavior & Personality, Biting, Biting Behavior, Handling
The Need To Chew Hedgehogs are not rodents, so their teeth do not continue to grow throughout their life. They do not need to wear down their teeth by chewing or gnawing. Hedgehogs are not destructive and do not destroy their surroundings like rodents. Even though...
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