damik
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When I got my hedgie he was just starting in the quilling stage and he was a grumpy little boy. Still I tried to take him out and interact with him so he wouldn't get anymore anti-social.
I'm pretty sure that his quilling time is over and like I feared he hasn't gone back to being the sweet little loving hedgie I picked out. Now he pops and hisses, rolls up into a ball. He will go in his hedgie bag and relax some, while he's in his cage he will look at you in the face. I want to resocialize him. I tried to get him meal worms to become my friend but he won't have anything to do with meal worms. Maybe I could give him some other treat when I bring him out. I don't know, what is the consensus on bribing your hedgie to like you when you pull him out?
He doesn't curl up when I stick my hand in his cage, hoping he'll be brave enough to climb on. The most I get though is him sniffing my hand and deciding it is a great smell that he has to lick off and spread all over himself. I find it cute, except he gets so into it he bites me and I'm not a fan of that.
My last hedgie was an angry little thing that I never go to trust or like me. I don't want Shay to feel the same way, I want him to like me. The hedgie before last was the sweetest thing sense chocolate dipped pixie sticks. He would sit in my lap and watch TV with me. I was able to take him to the preschool I worked for at the time and all the little kids were able to touch him and he didn't get scared or nervous at all. He had a good time. He was blind I don't know if that makes any kind of difference... But I want Shay to feel that comfortable with me.
I don't know where I am going and I don't know what I am saying, any tips on how to make friends with frightened hedgehogs would be appreciated.
Thanks
I'm pretty sure that his quilling time is over and like I feared he hasn't gone back to being the sweet little loving hedgie I picked out. Now he pops and hisses, rolls up into a ball. He will go in his hedgie bag and relax some, while he's in his cage he will look at you in the face. I want to resocialize him. I tried to get him meal worms to become my friend but he won't have anything to do with meal worms. Maybe I could give him some other treat when I bring him out. I don't know, what is the consensus on bribing your hedgie to like you when you pull him out?
He doesn't curl up when I stick my hand in his cage, hoping he'll be brave enough to climb on. The most I get though is him sniffing my hand and deciding it is a great smell that he has to lick off and spread all over himself. I find it cute, except he gets so into it he bites me and I'm not a fan of that.
My last hedgie was an angry little thing that I never go to trust or like me. I don't want Shay to feel the same way, I want him to like me. The hedgie before last was the sweetest thing sense chocolate dipped pixie sticks. He would sit in my lap and watch TV with me. I was able to take him to the preschool I worked for at the time and all the little kids were able to touch him and he didn't get scared or nervous at all. He had a good time. He was blind I don't know if that makes any kind of difference... But I want Shay to feel that comfortable with me.
I don't know where I am going and I don't know what I am saying, any tips on how to make friends with frightened hedgehogs would be appreciated.
Thanks