susiandfilbert
New Mommy
Hi all hedgehog lovers & friends.
Im worried about Filbert
Background:
I've had my little guy for a month and a half (he is 3 months old). I initially had a plastic base wire top cage which after only a week realised was too small for him.
He slept all day and pretty much all night (deduced from the fact that when i went to bed he was asleep, when i woke up he was asleep, if i went out of an evening and came home at 3/4/5/6/7am he would always be asleep. At some point he would wake up as there would be food from his bowl gone etc. I bought him the flying saucer wheel but it didnt fit in the cage so I had to wait to use it.
I figured that perhaps the lack of energy was due to the lack of space.
I wanted to build a C&C cage but here in Madrid it is imposible to find the stuff to build it with. A couple of weeks ago my mum came over visiting from the UK and I asked her to please order and bring these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTERLOCKIN...R1A6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1334157213&sr=8-5 over for me to create my own version. She did so and I built him a wonderfuly big cage and got big fleece blankets for the lining. I transfered his microfleece blankets which he used to sleep under, to the new cage hoping that it would ease the transition but nothing. He doesn't seem to do anything at all. I tried to introduce him to the wheel, sticking him on it and slightly moving it to try and help him understand but he just stays there stock still until i move away and he gets down. He doesn't use it at all. He's been in the new cage about a week and a half now and although i know it takes time to get used to change he was the same in the old cage. I don't think it is a case of hibernation as he has a heat mat in one corner and an infrared heat lamp a bit further down but on the same side. He doesn't seem to like the heat mat (though he did in the old cage) and find him sporadically sleeping under the lamp or in another part of the cage where there is no heat and it is quite cool. I'm constantly checking his belly and it's always warm.
I know that quilling is normal but i'm finding a **** of a lot of quills and just wondering what amount is normal to lose at the height of quilling. He is eating normaly and has a habit of burrowing between the towel on the floor underneath the fleece liner and the fleece liner. In fact that is where i almost always find him.
Any input would be very much appreciated.
Im worried about Filbert
Background:
I've had my little guy for a month and a half (he is 3 months old). I initially had a plastic base wire top cage which after only a week realised was too small for him.
He slept all day and pretty much all night (deduced from the fact that when i went to bed he was asleep, when i woke up he was asleep, if i went out of an evening and came home at 3/4/5/6/7am he would always be asleep. At some point he would wake up as there would be food from his bowl gone etc. I bought him the flying saucer wheel but it didnt fit in the cage so I had to wait to use it.
I figured that perhaps the lack of energy was due to the lack of space.
I wanted to build a C&C cage but here in Madrid it is imposible to find the stuff to build it with. A couple of weeks ago my mum came over visiting from the UK and I asked her to please order and bring these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTERLOCKIN...R1A6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1334157213&sr=8-5 over for me to create my own version. She did so and I built him a wonderfuly big cage and got big fleece blankets for the lining. I transfered his microfleece blankets which he used to sleep under, to the new cage hoping that it would ease the transition but nothing. He doesn't seem to do anything at all. I tried to introduce him to the wheel, sticking him on it and slightly moving it to try and help him understand but he just stays there stock still until i move away and he gets down. He doesn't use it at all. He's been in the new cage about a week and a half now and although i know it takes time to get used to change he was the same in the old cage. I don't think it is a case of hibernation as he has a heat mat in one corner and an infrared heat lamp a bit further down but on the same side. He doesn't seem to like the heat mat (though he did in the old cage) and find him sporadically sleeping under the lamp or in another part of the cage where there is no heat and it is quite cool. I'm constantly checking his belly and it's always warm.
I know that quilling is normal but i'm finding a **** of a lot of quills and just wondering what amount is normal to lose at the height of quilling. He is eating normaly and has a habit of burrowing between the towel on the floor underneath the fleece liner and the fleece liner. In fact that is where i almost always find him.
Any input would be very much appreciated.
