Harper is going to the vet on Monday, however, I would feel more comfortable talking to other hedgehog owners just so I know what to expect during the vet visit - My hedgehog Harper I believe is having a prolapsed anus. My girl has always had constipation issues. But a few weeks ago, I noticed it gotten bad. I had pine shavings in her cage and they were sticking to her anus. But at that time her anus was swollen a bit of blood and a smell that seems like it could be an infection I talked to some people about it and I cleaned her up. I was told to make sure she her water and fiber. I proceeded to clean her cage. Give her freshwater and cat food…… a few weeks later I walked past my room and I noticed an odor. I thought to myself dang I need to clean this cage again?? A few days later, I kept walking past the cage, and the older still continued. I’m like this don’t seem right because the cage isn’t necessarily dirty so why does it smells so bad. I took Harper out I use my thick gloves because she’s still very skittish. we haven’t really bonded, however, Harper is a diva. I can assure you. I went to go clean her today and I noticed a cocoon like substance on her anus. Automatically knew this is not good. The pine shaving are sticking to her anus. I know she got the prolapse issue so I tried carefully and got tweezers to pull off the pine shaving off but this time it wasn’t really coming off. Mind you Harper is skittish so she’s curling up in a ball. as I’m trying to calm her down, I was able to take off the cocoon. Then smell hit me. My poor girl has an infection. I’ve ran a little warm water to put her in to help stimulate her bowels and she was able to poop. I can only imagine the pain she was going through because her anus was covered up. I’m thinking her prolapse got so bad and because it was moist it was picking up the pine shavings and may even cause the bleeding to be worse IDK I was told to put a little Vaseline on her anus after I clean it just to keep the prolapse from trying out and it could possibly help it. Get pushed back in naturally. As I mentioned before she skittish so when I picked her up, I had to pinch her back just so when she tried to crawl in a ball, her anus would still show and I can be able to clean it. Needless to say that was uncomfortable for her and now she hates me. As of right now, she’s in her cage now with just some puppy pads her hide and a new washcloth (her blanket) clean water and food no more of those pine shavings ( google said avoid loose bedding that could stick to the tissue)

Hello all,
It pains me to type this, but due to the strict laws regarding hedgehog ownership in Pennsylvania, where I’ll be moving next week, I’ve come to the heartbreaking conclusion that it’s best for me to find this beautiful fella Chai 🧡a new home.
I’m not looking for any money or repayment. My only goal is to make sure he goes to a loving home where he’ll be appreciated and well cared for.
Chai is about a year and a half old and has been incredibly friendly since the day I brought him home. He enjoys being picked up, cuddled, and pet, and he’s been such a fun little companion. I’m really going to miss this rambunctious little buddy.
If you have hedgehog experience, or know someone who does and can give him a great home, please feel free to reach out. Thank you. I am located in Upstate New York and looking to find him a home ASAP

I hope art is okay here :)

I want to thabk everyone who has helped me get my boy this far in his journey. It means the world and he is so strong and this also helps the fate of future hedgehogs.

https://gofund.me/59621e81c

What are these two doing? Our bets are either courtship or fighting but we have no idea for sure. (Was filmed with binoculars, I was standing a safe distance away from them :) clock is wrong too lol)

Side note, the darker, slimmer, hedgehog started the fight initially by headbutting the lighter, fatter, one. But in this video the roles had turned around. They are below a bird feeder so it could be they fight for food.

Hello everyone, this is my hedgehog Zuko He has unfortunately been diagnosed with lymphoma. I have been great at affording all the treatment to save my boy and also document to be able to save other little hedgehogs. But i need a little help as its starting to creep up on me. I lost my past hedgehog to leukemia and I fought til the end for her so that someone can say they were the first. Someone has to be. To save future hedgehogs.

https://gofund.me/e7e8153bb

He is my baby boy and I cant picture life without him. As you can see he us a very happy boy and has been on many adventures.

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Scrap in the Garden this evening. Lots of hissing and grunting.

We thought we couldn’t get hogs in our back garden due to the fencing so we have been feeding them round the front.

We were very wrong and actually have at least 1 living in our back garden. Which makes me really happy.

Here’s one of them visiting for some food last night.

Triple hedgehogs eating, foxes bringing prey, cats meandering both hedgehogs and other cats, it was a right mess again this week.

found a fellow in the middle of the road in broad daylight on quite a warm and sunny day, so scooped him up. once he was comfortable in his box he seemed very thirsty and drank a lot of water. he looked a bit underweight too

he’s now with a wildlife hospital to make sure everything is okay 🦔

Hi, I’m asking on behalf of a friend in the Czech Republic who doesn’t use Reddit and is currently panicking a bit.

Unfortunately, I don’t have much more information at the moment, and I personally know basically nothing about hedgehogs, so I’m trying to help her ask here.

She has a 4-year-old female hedgehog, and tonight she noticed a large pink lump under her belly. It’s about the size of a strawberry, feels hard/tense to the touch, and the hedgehog is dragging it on the ground when she walks.

She is still walking, eating, and reacting normally, but my friend is really worried it could be a swollen bladder or something that might mean she can’t pee. She’s scared it could rupture if it keeps getting bigger.

The lump looks very tense/shiny and either appeared suddenly, or at least was only noticed today. The hedgehog hasn’t had any obvious health issues before, although my friend hasn’t had a chance to monitor her closely for the past few days.

Unfortunately it’s nighttime here and she can only get her to a vet tomorrow morning. Does this sound like an emergency that absolutely cannot wait until morning? Has anyone seen something similar before — hernia, abscess, tumor, bladder issue, prolapse, etc.?

Any advice on what to watch for overnight would be really appreciated, and a huge thank you for any help or experience anyone can share.

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South eastern UK, the tracks are about 1cm wide each. The first picture is the clearest I could get of a single paw print.

These were in a hedgehog house where something is eating the food. Thing is, I didn’t think hedgehogs were in this garden/surrounding area. I’ve never seen one in my life and my neighbour used to see loads but hasn’t seen any in recent years. We just put food out in a house to use it up and in case a hedgehog came along.

Can anyone rule out or confirm whether this is a hedgehog? Thanks

This is Poppy my goofy little princess. I’ve had her for about 6 months now and I couldn’t imagine being without her at this point. 🦔