African pygmy hedgehogs How to take care of them Many positive elements to maintain An African Pygmy Hedgehog as a pet, we have listed below!
African pygmy hedgehogs are fast becoming one of the most popular exotic animals kept in the United Kingdom.
They do not take huge amounts of space and exercise outside the cage.
They are not noisy animals, no falling out with your neighbors (if any),
We have not noticed a distinct odor as long as you keep them clean.
They are not difficult to feed and you can even find a hedgehog food from online stores, or food for cats in a local store for pets, chicken is the best basis for high quality and without charges.
You do not need to walk like you do large animals, you can buy a hamster wheel, they will have hours of fun.
You can find different colors, natural, chocolate albino, other colors are being developed by breeders in the United Kingdom.
African pygmy hedgehog care sheet
A hedgehog healthy can live 3-6 years. Please see our information guide below on what to buy for your new baby pigs!
Your new hedgehog will live inside unless you can hold heat in a nice shed or outside. The ideal temperature for hedgehogs 65-80F (18-26c) which is the average temperature of the house, nothing below 45f (7.2c) and it is very risky because they can go into hibernation, which is dangerous for them, they can be purchased from hibernation, but unfortunately, it might be too late. African Pygmy Hedgehogs Your new will also mean 12-hour daylight, you can get with either daylight or artificial light used.
African pygmy hedgehogs can be kept on their own or two females can work togther, no two men will not agree and a male and a female obviously multiply, they are more than happy on their own.
The ideal accommodation for adult African pygmy hedgehog a rabbit cage is within 36 "by 12" because they need plenty of exercise, being nocturnal, they will be up all night. It has been said that Africa pygmy hedgehogs use their wheels during the night and play some 10 miles up in the wheels.
Housetraining African Pygmy Hedgehog on your
You'll need to try a litter in their cage, if they continue to make a mess outside their litter try to keep putting them back in they pick it up, give them the time and patience. You can fill their litter box with clumping kitty litter or sawdust, cat litter is the safest natural.
Building materials for your pygmy African hedgehog
African Pygmy Hedgehog will need a nest box, a bottle of water (rabbit or hamster bottle etc.), food and dust bowl dust free, if not free of dust can cause serious problems and butcher their bladders, so make sure it is not made of cedar (vapors can be highly toxic). Hedgehog Food
African pygmy hedgehogs need a strict diet that is rich in protein and low in fat. See our guide to what they can eat.
They can eat cooked chicken throurougly, baby food is chicken based, and any meat quality cat that has a high content of chicken. This will facilitate their digestion.
You can also use a cat biscuit made with chicken and some stores will even stock hedgeghog food, it is always worth registering your interest in food hedgehog otherwise there will never be enough demand for manufacturers to consider do.
They eat insects such as livefood that can be purchased at pet stores or exotic pet / reptile store such as mealworms, crickets and wax worms, some of these stores are also on the Internet. If you really do not like the idea of feeding live food, buy htem frozen or dried, but we believe fresh is best!
Fruits and vegetables are allowed to repeatedly as low fat yogurt and boiled eggs. .
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Posted on May 22, 2010.
