Hello all :) new hedgehog owner!!!!

[Kee_jade]

Hello everyone,
I'm a new owner of a 6 week old salt and pepper hedgie (Quilly Nelson)!! I've been wanting one ever since I can remember and now that I am up in my 20's I figured it's now or never )

I do have a couple questions to anyone willing to answer!! I bought him a heat lamp because my boyfriend tends to keep it pretty chilly in our house (about 68 degrees) does the heat lamp need to be left on continuously??

Also I know they can eat a lot of people food as treats but what are some of their favorites???

Thanks )

 

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[smhufflepuff]

Hello everyone,
I'm a new owner of a 6 week old salt and pepper hedgie (Quilly Nelson)!! I've been wanting one ever since I can remember and now that I am up in my 20's I figured it's now or never )

Welcome to you and Quilly Nelson

I do have a couple questions to anyone willing to answer!! I bought him a heat lamp because my boyfriend tends to keep it pretty chilly in our house (about 68 degrees) does the heat lamp need to be left on continuously??

Quilly will need supplemental heat if the house is 68F. You'll want to get a thermostat controller (like this: http://www.bigappleherp.com/BAH-1000-Thermostat Or this:http://www.petco.com/product/108340/Zilla-Temperature-Controllers.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch) and plug the heat lamp into it. Make sure your heat lamp doesn't emit light, so something like this: http://www.bigappleherp.com/Big-Apple-Black-Infrared-Ceramic-Emitters?sc=2&category=13 And NOT this: http://www.petco.com/product/111468...eat-Lamp-Value-Pack.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch because Quilly will want it dark at night.

Also I know they can eat a lot of people food as treats but what are some of their favorites???

Thanks )

Scrambled eggs (cool them first), banana, watermelon, unseasoned cooked chicken (cool it first), apple (cut into little pieces)... NO grapes. Grapes and raisins can be quite deadly.