[mother hen]

you men or mice :shaking:  :shock:

[Vember]

Here's my little one I rescued



He's still got a way to go on the weight front, I'll be keeping him awake longer than he would be in the wild to make sure he's well over the 600g when he does hibernate.

The problem with them being under 600gs is they littrally starve to death whilst in hybernation  

Rob's right the claws can be quite nasty :shock:  If it's small the spines shouldn't be a problem.
The spines get harder as they grow so small hedgehogs have quite soft spines

Really hope you've had some luck catching it

Sarah

[Oliveview]

What a cutie the hedgehog is Vember   I´m very impressed with your nails too...............don´t aks for a photo of mine  :oops:
PAmela

[Vember]

  I´m very impressed with your nails too...............don´t aks for a photo of mine  :oops:
PAmela

I used to bite them  :oops:  It's taken 2 years to get them like this they were very brittle before  

Sarah

[poultrygeist]

How did you stop biting them

[Vember]

Mum stopped and she'd bitten her's for 40 years so I said if she can I can  so I just stopped
Took calcium tablets for the first 12 months

Sarah

[poultrygeist]

I've bitten mine all my life. I still maintain that it's given me a good immune system (don't ask :shock: ) so it's not all bad.

I've tried a few times and managed to grow one or two nails for about a week or so, while still biting the rest, but I'd lose concentration and find myself undoing all the good work.

If my hands are busy doing something useful and enjoyable, I'm fine. But doing college work or tryign to work out finances, etc and those nails take a beating  :?

Rob

[Daisycow]

Lol Vember, he looks like he's biting your finger!!    
Very cute though!!  

[SnooziSuzi]

Approx how big, front to back, would a 600g hedgie be?

we've had one hanging around for a few days (probably because we keep putting cat food out for a neighbours neglected cat but that's another story) and it's around 8" long.   It looks about adult sized and I've no idea how big a 600g hog would be so any help would be appreciated  :?

[Vember]

Hi SS

Mine is getting close to the 600g mark I'll ip out an measure him,

I'll be right back

Sarah

[SnooziSuzi]

LOL    

[Vember]

Hump is 6 & half inches so I would imagine yours is going to be ok SS

He was having his dinner bless him, didn't mind being popped on the floor to be measured  

Probably thought whats the mad one doing now  :roll:


Sarah

[SnooziSuzi]

Yay!

Thanks Sarah!

[Vember]

 Happy to help  


Sarah

[chickenlady]

Mum stopped and she'd bitten her's for 40 years so I said if she can I can  so I just stopped
Took calcium tablets for the first 12 months

Sarah

I stopped biting my nails when i started working on a pig stud farm!! (90 boars!! we packaged their goods :shock:  to send to the sows!!!!) couldnt bring myself to eat there yet alone bite my nails!! :shock: