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Hi! Some of you may remember me from the hedgehog forums, my little tri-hog passed away in March and I've been absent from the board ever since. Just wanted to introduce my new furry friend to you guys as I loved this forum for all the support I received! Her name is Pookey, she is a 9 year...

Hey, Just thought I would post this website that I'm using to make a collage of my little Thistle. When trying to decide on my favourite pics I remembered that Thistle was perfect and only took amazing pics so I thought maybe one collage would be better. It's a pretty cool site...

My little Thistle passed away today, with the help of her vet and with me right there with her. I just got back from the vet and am a nightmare but thought writing about how much she was loved would help me. I got Thistle from a pet store (yes, I know, bad) right as my best friend was moving...

Hi... The ongoing saga continues :( Tonight while torturing..uh, syringe feeding, Thistle I noticed that she has red little blistery dots on her snout and potentially one on her forehead. These are brand new, like in the last 24 hours new. Any ideas? I'm so sad for her.

Hi, Has anyone ever had a hedgie have a stroke or seizure? If so what did it look like? Thanks

Hi...again, So poor little Thistle is fairly rough times right now. As I mentioned in my last update about her cancer lump removal ever since she had the surgery to remove the tumour she has a bit of trouble walking. She has 3 legs but they had never posed a real problem (she can't wheel but...

Hey! Thistle, my 3 legged hedgehog, is in a book! I found it by accident and it's from the website, animalswithcasts.com . http://www.amazon.com/Feel-Better-Little-Buddy-Animals/dp/0811877604 She's on page 28 & 29 and 4, with all 4 legs (sniff), looking adorable! I'm so proud :)

Hey, So I went with the surgery to remove the cancer lump on Thistle's head. Her lab results showed that she did not have a recurrence of the dreaded mrsa so that helped that decision. While the tumour was apparently removed successfully, it was not attached to anything, muscle or bone or...

Hi, A few of you are familiar with poor little Thistle and her health issues. There are a few posts in here about her front leg amputation and her mrsa problems. After the leg was amputated December 2009 it was discovered that she had squamous cell carcinoma and mrsa in the leg and after that...

Hey everyone, This is more of just a post of interest for everyone with hedgehogs. I was recently diagnosed with MRSA, the superbug. It's not too serious or anything but I got to reading about it and came across something that said you could get it from pets. Some of you may remember that...

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has a photo of what an ingrown quill looks like? Thistle has had a lump on her head for a year, it is all of a sudden looking more sinister. A vet had taken a look at it a year ago and figured it was an ingrown quill but does anyone have a photo...

Hi, Some of you may be familiar with my poor Thistle's ongoing health crisis. You can take a look at this post for the tale of her amputation. http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11715 So, it turns out they misdiagnosed her in SEPTEMBER and it was cancer afterall. So that...

Hi again, Just a quick question for hedgie experts on quill loss. As many know and can see from the below post, my poor Thistle has been through a ton in the last few months. She is 3.5 years old...closer to 4. I have noticed she is losing more quills than normal. Not enough that I notice...

Hey everyone, Just thought I'd update you all on Thistle's amputation story (see post below) since so many were concerned. After 4 months of infection, antibiotics and bandaging, Thistle's front leg was amputated on December 22. It was a hard decision but her leg ws intensely infected and...

Hi everyone, As some may know poor Thistle has been through a lot the last few months with a nasty leg infection. She is on baytril and doxycycline and they finally seem to be doing the trick, leg is healing. She's 3.5 years old, eating, drinking, pooping, peeing normally and runs on the...

Hello, My hedgehog thistle is on a number of medications right now and one of them I can not for the life of me get her to take orally (metacam). I have been giving her a small amount of wet catfood as she eats it up so quickly and putting the metacam on it, at the vet's suggestion. Her main...

Hello, I used to post a lot on here a few years ago under the name nicole1719. I have a 3.5 year old hedgehog named Thistle. The last few months have been somewhat of a health nightmare for her. She got a super infected leg and we were never able to figure out how it got like that. I have a...