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You can make cages from the closet aid or Rubbermaid closet cubes as well (see housing section for ideas). I have two liners for each cage but I also use paper towels under every wheel and in one corner of every cage so that I can change those out regularly. Bucket wheels can also be made if you...

It depends how he is shaking. It could be WHS (is he tipping or limping, does he stagger when he walks?) or it could be recovery from hibernation (is he ever cold when you pick him up) or it could be that he is simply stretching his male parts (especially at that age, this is a likely option)...

We have two doing the same thing. The only thing I've been able to attribute it to was food. I've since switched Ella to a grain free, gluten free diet. Quill loss has slowed. Quilton has just today gone to stay in his forever home with another rescue who has more room than I do. I will be...

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Welcome to the group! The search at the top is great (just be sure to specify the chin side or you will definitely get some strange information). If you can't find something, jsut ask!

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It is always heartbreaking when they go. But what a grand old age he reached! Welcome (back) to the group!

Welcome to the group! You've had quite a start into this, but what a nice family you have :)

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She is beautiful, congrats! Welcome ot the forum as well if you have any questions just ask :)

Lol Julie! Here are the promised pictures... Pre-bath (from the cleaner side I might add but you can definitely see an increase in quills) and then of course post-bath "Look at me mom! I'm the wrong colour - none of the other hedgehogs are white!!"

She is doing very well. Her antibiotics finished yesterday, and we've seen about 10 stumps fall out (though I may have missed some as they are tiny). I was really hoping for more though. There is defninitely new quill growth and I don't see any sign of obvious infection (though there wasn't...

An update on the little one - who was Felicity as named by the SPCA but she did nothing but pop and hiss at the name so it is now Willow (and she seems much happier with this name)....I don't usually change their names if they have had them a while but she had this name for two weeks and clearly...

I've had terrible quilling issues with Ella. She came to us with large bald patches and horrible skin (comes off in large chucks). We've treated her for mites (several times) with no improvement, had her tested every which way including full blood work up and skin biopsies. She continues to...

Yup, I too have had a few who just swap over fast (tired of starving I suppose). Acidolphilus is great and will help. If you can weigh him every day, that would be good too (make sure he isn't getting dehydrated and it really is only an adjustment issue).

I think so. It helps that she is 5 months, because she may still have a quilling to go through. She has some new growth which is excellent. I'm just hoping that all the little stumps will fall out as I worry they will get infected (I just could not get them clean).

There are a number of things that can be going on. Is she still eating properly and pooping (these things get hard to tell when they are housed together). You may want to separate them so that you can figure out if there is an illness going on. How old are they? This too plays a part. Start...

Let me introduce our latest addition - Felicity. Turned into the SPCA and re-adopted by us. Upon seeing her, she was unlikely to get adopted and since we thought she'd likely have some special needs, we adopted her. She will live out the rest of her days with us. Felicity is 5 months old (so...

It is likely just age, but there are some good ways to manage arthritis. Your vet may have some precribed meds to recommend. On the more natural side, glucosomine may help as well (just a pinch sprinkled on her food). IS she still eating a normal amount? I find usually they have trouble with...

Are you using a red light for heat or a heat emitter? A heat emitter is preferred because the red light has bugged a few in the past.