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We have 16 African Pygmy Hedgehogs. We have 4 males called Humphrey, Hezakiah, Prickles
and Hercules. The 12 females are called Hettie, Holga, Tallulah, Poppy, Pearl, Gemini, Winnie, Tango, Safron,
Pepper, Lucy and Sunshine.
The names except Prickles, Tallulah were chosen by Victoria our 8 year old daughter.
Prickles, Tango and Saffron came from Prickly Hedge Hedgehogs.
Pearl came from Shropshire Hedgehogs
http://pricklyhedgehedgehogs.com/
www.shropshirehedgehogs.co.uk
Humphrey 16 weeks when purchased and is a Chocolate.
Hezekiah was 14 months old and is a Grey Snowflake.
Hetty was 10 weeks old and is a Brown.
Holga was 10 weeks old and is a Brown.
Prickles is an Albino
Tallulah is 6 months old and albino.
Hercules is 5 months and chocolate.
Poppy was 11 weeks old when purchased.
Pearl was 7 weeks old when purchased and is albino.
Gemini was 6 weeks old when purchased and is a chocolate Pinto.
Winnie was 6 weeks old when purchased and is a brown Pinto.
Tango was 6 weeks old when purchased and is Apricot
Saffron was 6 weeks old when purchased and is Cinnamon
Lucy is a Chocolate Pinto that we bred ourselves
Pepper who is a Grey Snowflake
Sunshine who is an Albino hoggy
Feeding.
We feed our hedgehogs on a variety of brands of dried cat food. We mix these together so that the
hedgehogs do not become dependent on a particlar brand. We feed the chicken flavour.The dried cat food must be low in
fat content.
We also offer small amounts of fruit and veg. We chop these up quite fine. Fruit we feed are apple,
pear, the odd strawberry, bits of banana.
We feed meal worms every other day and about 12 to each hedgehog. We also feed insect mix w.hich
is a food intended for wild birds or insect eating birds
As an occasional treat we also feed chicken cat chunks ( wet ). We feed a quality brand, not the
cheaper brands. We also offer fresh cooked chichen, as an occasional treat. Another occasional treat we offer is scrambled
egg mixed with a small amount of honey.
On the 17/07/2008 we puurchased some freeze dried mealworms to see if the hedgehogs would eat them.
We thought they probably have a better nutritional value than the live ones. They seem to love these and took them no problems.
|  | | | Housing We keep our hedgehogs in seperate cages.
Each cage is 39 in long x 21 in wide and 17 in wide. Each cage bottom has a layer of hemp bedding. The hedgehogs require a
house in which they sleep and retreat to. We place a large 12 in diameter wheel for the hedgehogs to exercise on. This is
discussed more in a later article. We either use dried corn
cob or hemp as a base material for the hedgehogs and place Ready Grass for the hedgehogs to use as bedding material. The enclosures are in a large room in the house that is thermostaticlly heated. This provides a stable
temp especially in the winter.
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Please use links below for further information
Exercise and Stimulation
Meet The Men
Meet The Ladies
Breeding
Our baby hedgehogs
Updates
debonaireexoticanimals@yahoo.com
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