hedgehog newbie

hello just got meself a little 7month old albino and am new to hoggies and want to do a good job any advice will be much appreciated he seems very jumpy will this calm down as he does little kinda headbutt just gonna leave him for tonight to settle in

awwww, that is normal......just keep handling him everyday for at least half an hour a time......could get him a bonding bag form helen in the recommended sellers bit......where you carry him around your home in this!! they are great!!
he will eventually calm down......x

any questions or queries ask away, some one will be happy to answer them!! lol you will have to pop up some pics ov him!!

Hey Richard welcome to the forum .... You spoke to me on Crazy .. 7 months is considered to be a older hog .. so you will probably have to work with him/her for the next few weeks ... you said that it was for your daughter i would be careful for the first couple of weeks until you work out his /he rtemperment .x
I would leave him/her to settle in for tonight .. then get into a routine of same time every night giving mealies as treats .. only when you get him/her out ... bonding bags are good Nellie on here sells them .x
Good diet is important i will pop my link on so u can have a look .x

I have moved your post into introductions Richard .x

Hi and welcome to the forum x

Hello Richard, welcome to the forum, would love to see pics of your hoggie x

hi and welcome to the forum

hi and welcome xx

Hello Richard and welcome to our happy friendly place x

Hello Richard! my oldest hog poppy came to me as a 9 month old and she was quite set in her ways. I worked really hard to calm her down and it has paid off really well. I would spend time sitting by her enclosure and talking and making sure I hand fed her treats so she became familiar with myself and linking me to feeding her nice things.

Im happy to say that two years later our bond is awesome! shes a little madam but I absolutely worship everything about her! the hard work will pay off! xx

this is pic of hoggie !!!
cant put pics on here if you add me on face book im richard peck and have python as my thumbnail there you will be able to see my hoggie

to upload picture use photobucket xx

this is hoggie (hope this works )!!!

yey it worked !!!

awww he is lovely i love Beanies .. ask as many questions as you like Richard i would make sure he has a varied diet ...

mince
chicken
peas
sweetcorn
if u need dietary information let me no .x

Aww he is lovely Richard, I have a beanie too x

beanies???? whats that i been told he was eating dry cat bickies got him some meallies (dry) been told they like live too
some one said fruit what is ok ?? and peas and sweetcorn (didnt know that ) got told to use cat bikkies as staple and subbstitute other things ie mealies and fruit and veg as treats and meat is pork ok ?

Hey

beanies is just what we call Albinos ..x Dry cat biscuits are good yep live mealies and wax worms , wax worms are quite high in fat so only a couple a week . Fruit is fine banana strawberrys not grapes ... or citrus fruits .x I don't use pork tend to stick to chicken and mince .. I will inbox u my webpage and u can take a look at the care sheet might help .x

beanie is an albino......white with red eyes.

cat bikkies with no fish in the ingrediants......hedgies are lactose intolerant so no milk or dairy products.
peas and sweetcorn or eggs are good.
some fruit are ok but NOT grapes!
strawberrys, bananas, apples are all good and veg!!
chicken, beef and lamb or mince are all fine!!

Snap lou!! lol

lol ..mine love scrambled egg but made with water / or just the egg .x

poppet isnt fussed, should try her again.....i use just an egg!! peas sweetcorn and mince is her fave!!

cool thanks for all the help guys

i keep snakes and am quite knowlegable but when it comes to summit new lol im like

aaaaaaaaarrrrgg ned to now everything lol might see if the local libary has a book

gorgeous beanie i love them xx

Oooohhh Richard...I really don't do snakes...so if you are going to post any pics...then please put a warning up....thankeeeee!xx