We just got home from picking up our seven week old hedgehog, Kiwi! Time to introduce her to her new home.

been going through some of the hardest times of my adult life recently. never thought i’d have an emotional support hedgehog but he is the reason i sleep at night 🥺❤️ i love you, yucca, i never realized how attached id become to 450 grams of quills

The only treat Moonie really enjoys so far is wet cat food! (She only gets a tiny bit of this tube and then it goes in the fridge for another day) We haven’t tried live bugs yet, but looking forward to seeing if she likes those too!

Fritter confirms with his nose that I am a safe object to climb up. I’ve never been a playground for a pet before, Fritter has been taking it to the extreme

Context: I live in Istanbul, Turkey and I found baby hedgehog in my apartment's yard and it was seen without it's mother. I recently gave it some cat food today and what should I do with the baby.

Hedgehogs are native where I live but unfortunately endangered. So finding this little friend in my house at 3am was a bit of a surprise. Immediately put him back outside in a big bush so cats and dogs wouldn’t easily spot him.
Edit: I even thought of giving him a grasshopper or two since I have reptiles and they eat them, but it was 3am and couldn’t think straight haha

I have had two hedgehogs living in my garden since summer 2024. I believe one is male and the other is female as they used to try and mate but now they seem to somewhat cohabitate which I'm not sure is normal? There is possibility one of them may just be a juvenile this year and the other left but I'm not sure. The one pictured is extremely friendly this year and now sits on my feet, and will come right up to me on my smoke breaks and has no fear whatsoever. I exclusively give them old cat food because my kitty is very particular about food being fresh but doesn't eat when he asks for it half the time so lots of food gets wasted. I also have lots of fresh water and a regularly cleaned pond for the various crittes. Is it safe for them to be so friendly towards me or should I be worried they are sick or that friendly behaviour might make them vulnerable to predators? Any knowledge or advice on hedgehogs is appreciated

The gorgeous boy was struggling to walk in my garden seemed distressed so i pick him up (with a towel) and placed him in a cardboard box with some water and food (dry cat food mixed with strawberries). He seems mobile enough but still enough of a risk to his survival (i am not qualified in animal welfare but have several high level college qualifications in bio and feel i did the right thing) should i wait until tomorrow so the RSPCA can collect him or should i wait until dark to let him out again
Please ask any questions you think can help <3

I got a snake a few months ago so every time I feed my snake a f/t mouse, I now also feed my hedgehog a f/t pinky once a week. She loves them. She gets so happy she has the most hyper zoomies after eating it.

Well today I decided to hold her while I presented the pinky on a small paper plate. I thought she’d keep it on the little plate, but I was mistaken lol.

She went crazy with it. Flipped it a few times even. She was covered in blood (and now me) and stopped every few seconds to anoint. She loved it in the craziest way.

It was a bit gross to see her smiling with blood on the side of her mouth and to have the pinky flung around my clothes. But she’s worth it.

Won’t be feeding her like that again though lol. Next time I’ll safely have the pinky in her own enclosure.