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+1 for the Limited Ingredient Natural Balance. I feed that kibble to my little girl, Kismet, who has an insanely sensitive tummy. Everything else causes an on-slaught of nasty, green poop. The Limited Ingredient has worked wonders for her, and seems to be doing a bit for her skin. She's not...

Not yet, but my photographer for the wedding agreed to include a photo session with the hedgehogs in as part of our engagement photos. I don't have any photos of me and the hogs (I'm always behind the camera), so I'll have some of those soon.

You know you obsessed (not just living with hedgehogs, but obsessed) when you spend more time checking out accomodations for them than you do yourself. I booked the first hotel I found for my honeymoon, but I've been interviewing places since April for them.

Actually... I think Chance is being a bad influence on the others, especially Kismet. She keeps trying to crawl up things she shouldn't. Just a few days ago, she crawled UP the inside of the table. We have a solid oak table with an inner cut out, and she crawled up inside. Somehow, she managed...

He's such a sweet little guy, so it breaks my heart that someone could think it was okay to abuse him like they did. He's a little scared, but he's trying so hard to learn to trust. He's very willing to let me clip his nails and care for his raggedy ears... he's just not sure how to interpret...

Some of you may remember that I took in an abused hedgehog last month named Chance. His previous "owners" had allowed him to fall of tables and found great pleasure in getting him high (on drugs). As a result, he's rather... skittish and has a few broken teeth. From what I can see, his 4 front...

I used Macs all through junior high, and I have to say... I never fell in love with them. I'm a PC girl all the way, even though I really want to love Macs. I currently run an HP desktop and an HP tablet laptop. I love them more than any sane person should love an inanimate object.

You know you live with hedgehogs when you go to work and your coworkers ask you, "so, who were you snuggling before work today?" based on the fact that you have some quills and a few hairs on your shirt. You know you're a slave to your hedgehogs when you cut a camping trip short to drive 2...

No idea. She felt like a rock star last night. When the scab came off, I got really excited and I guess she felt that and started getting excited too. She started wiggling around, twitching her ears and making really happy snuffling noises. I also figured out that she enjoys eskimo kisses...

Update: Kismet went to the vet a week ago because some of the skin around the wound was looking rather gray and dead, and I was alarmed. The vet clipped that skin off, removed the scab, cleaned out the wound and roughed up the edges. He packed the area with antibiotics and sent her home with...

Thanks for the suggestions! She loves veggies (especially green beans), so I'll make sure she has that around. She also like apples and plain oatmeal - how is oatmeal for fat content? I know it's very filling and it doesn't mess with her stomach.

Bath time - she's iffy on that. Sometimes, she tolerates them quite gracefully, and others, well... let's just say she spends the majority of her time trying to crawl up the side and ends up very angry. She doesn't eat mealies. I guess the Diva just sees nothing appetizing about them. How far...

I've been working with Kismet for a few months to help her slim down. She's about 550 grams, with what appears to be little fat pockets starting at the tops of her legs. I don't know if she can curl into a complete ball because she's not the type. She hasn't curled into a ball for something like...

Well, things seem to be stepping in the right direction. The area around the sore looks a bit pink, but that's due to him removing the scab, roughing up the edges and packing some form of antibiotics in there. It definitely looks smaller though, so we'll see how things progress.

Update time: Kismet is on her way home now. Her vet called me with the verdict and it's very positive. First of all, he said he loved the dye job - apparently, she's the first hedgehog he's seen that came in with blue quills. Her mouth is completely healed and looking great, and her gums aren't...

Kismet now has some snazzy blue quills. I couldn't find the proper paint at Michaels, so I went on a hunt for a non-toxic marker. It's not washable, but that's okay. She only has about 4 blue-tipped quills. She's not pleased about her new "streak", but I think she looks trendy. I just want to...

I don't have chinchillas, but when I go away overnight, my mom checks on the hedgehogs at least 3 times a day - morning, noon and night. That way, they're not waiting too long if the heater blinks out, or something. It might be excessive, but it helps me sleep at night to know that my hogs are...

Are you very stressed right now? I get ear pain when I'm stressed at work (I know, it seems odd). The ear pain I get actually feels like someone is constantly jabbing a pen or something in my ear, and is bad enough that each twinge of pain causes me to squint and make the oddest noises. My cure...

I use this all-natural cleaner that I got from a pet store. I'm not 100% positive that it's safe to eat, so I make sure to rinse the wheel very well. I fill each wheel up with water, add a squirt of the cleaner and let it sit. The dried on poop soaks off and then I give the wheel a quick scrub...