Hey there everyone! My name's Jan, or Mistral, depending on where you know me from...the letter is more of a pen name and alias, but I readily answer to both
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1) My Bruce likes about the same temperature I do, so I keep him in my bedroom and he loves it. My grandmother, who raises them, once lost power to her animal house and didn't realize it for a day, and it got down to 19 degress in there, and her hedgehogs went into hibernation. Luckily, she was able to wake them up and they're fine. But I don't generally like that type of temperature, so it's not likely to happen in my house:) Bruce has no external heat besides what's in the house.
3) When I talk about putting mealworms in the fridge, I'm talking about a Can O'Worms I bought at Petsmart. I dunno about other people. But my grandmother raises them for all of her animals, so she gives her hedgies live ones. But mealworms metamorphisize into something that looks like a cockroach, so I doubt you would find that experience plesant. I feed Bruce about two a week, I remeber:) He LOVES them!
Thanks a lot for the information! Our house tends to stay on the cool side (~65 degrees...just enough so the birds don't get cranky ;) ), so I will most probably have to get a heater for him/her, but it's all goo! ^^ I remember my mother getting meal worms for one of our animals when we were younger, and she too kept them in the fridge. I wonder if they were the same type?
Thanks much for the information! Is that Bruce in your icon? ^^
1) I just use human heating pads set on low. I think that some reptile heating units might get too hot, but I'm not sure. And I'm not sure about a heat lamp. There might be problems with them being cold when the light is off, although that would be their most active time, so maybe not. Also, it depends on the hedgehog how necessary the heating pad is. Some require a temp close to 80, and others can stand a temp as low as 65, although I'd say 70 to 75 is the typical range
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1) Room temp is perfectly fine for a hedgie, the modern reptile heat pads are made to stay under 100 degrees, so it should be fine to use with a hedgehog. 2) I've never heard of hedgies having any sort of transmittable diseases. 3) Mealworms will stay dormant forever if you keep them in the fridge, you should only feed a couple a day to your hedgie.
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3) When I talk about putting mealworms in the fridge, I'm talking about a Can O'Worms I bought at Petsmart. I dunno about other people. But my grandmother raises them for all of her animals, so she gives her hedgies live ones. But mealworms metamorphisize into something that looks like a cockroach, so I doubt you would find that experience plesant. I feed Bruce about two a week, I remeber:) He LOVES them!
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Thanks much for the information! Is that Bruce in your icon? ^^
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2) I've never heard of hedgies having any sort of transmittable diseases.
3) Mealworms will stay dormant forever if you keep them in the fridge, you should only feed a couple a day to your hedgie.
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