HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR AFRICAN PYGMY HEDGEHOG

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WEBSITES~WEBSITES~AND MORE WEBSITES!!!:

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JOIN THE HEDGEHOG WELFARE SOCIETY TODAY!!!
This fantastic new and enthusiastic group was created in October of 2001.
Their primary focus deals with the Rescue, Health, Research, and Public Education, in regards to the African Pygmy Hedgehog. LOOK FOR THEIR LIST OF RESCUE SITES LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
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PET FOOD FOOD RECALL
Official Website
Washington state consumer complaints to the FDA can be directed to the
following phone number: (425) 483-4949


Judie Peters Cafe Express: The most awesome hedgehog artwork you will ever find. A MUST SEE!!!!!!


Holistic Hedgehog Oatmeal Lavendar Bath Product
A must for every hedgehog owner!


Brisky's Online Catalog: Food, toys, wheels, and many other products for your hedgehog and other exotic pets.

Marion Brown's Website: Oxyfresh Products.

Quality Cage Co: Collapseable cages and more!

MORE WHEELS:

(Pictures of these wheels can be seen on page 3 of my Caring For Your Hedgehog website)

SuperPogs: Bucket wheels; including double and triple bucket wheels! 8 in 1, L'Avian, books, toys and many other accessories.

Deborah Kirksey's Bucket Wheels.
She prefers orders to be called in:
Home: (828) 262-0804
Work: (828) 963-6400 Ext: 101


Melanie Abell's Wheels

ONLINE PET SUPPLY STORES:

Pet Smart

Pet Quarters

Petopia

The Ferret Store

Foster and Smith

That Pet Place

ADDITIONAL SITES:

Welsh Hedgehog Hospital: A wonderful resource for all manner of hedgehog care, as well as alternative therapies.

Hedgehog Welfare Society. Just click on the "Veterinarian List" link and look for a hedgehog knowledgeable Vet in your area!
*This list is by no means complete, and should not stop you from looking for a qualified Vet if you cannot find a listing here. Please be sure to e-mail me at sshalimar16@comcast.net and send me their name, address and phone number if you have a hedgehog knowledgeable Vet we can add to our listings.

Online Vet Locater; Can't locate a Vet that treats hedgehogs? Try this site.

Canadian Hedgehog Association

International Journal of Veterinary Medicine. Very worth bookmarking!

Low Country Hedgehog SocietyHeather Johnson's Hedgehog Care Site is one of the most comprehensive websites online. Highly recommended!

Heather Johnson's website: Cancer In Hedgehogs. A must see if your hedgehog is facing this issue.

Pet Loss, Dealing With The Grief

Cool Pet Sites: This is a really neat site, with lots of links to many categories including hedgehogs and other animals, supplies, alternative medicine and much more!

Jan Brett's Hedgehog Activity Site:Many different hedgehog-related arts and craft projects.



HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN INSECTS:

Here's a site to learn how to raise your own steady supply of mealworms! We raise our own and it is so easy to do.

Raising your own mealworm farm.





WHERE TO ORDER INSECTS:

Hedgehog Welfare Society.Ruby's Rescue Shop sells a variety of dried insects and insect/berry treats (as well as many other great items). And by buying from them, your supporting an organization who helps find homes for unwanted hedgehogs all over the USA!!

Fluker Farms.Crickets, mealworms (both live and freeze dried) wax worms, earth worms and fruit flies.

Rainbow MealwormsCrickets, mealworms (both live and freeze dried), sweetworms, wax worms, Superworms, Giant Gold and Giant Red worms.

New York Worms.Butterworms, earthworms, wax worms, superworms, Trevo worms, and wingless fruitflies.



Silkworms are extremely healthy for your hedgehog, and other insect eating pets. They contain anti-cancer properties and are lower in fat then other worms. Silkworms are also odorless and will not bite like other worms can. They are very soft, making them more easily digested. Check out the following websites and add these to your pets diet regimen!
Silkworm Shop
Ghann's Cricket farmCrickets.

Armstrongs CricketsCrickets.

Live Crickets Mealworms, crickets and waxworms.

Top Hat Crickets Mealworms, Giant mealworms, Superworms, Night Crawlers, Leafworms, and Crickets.

The Worm Man:Roly-Poly Bugs.




OUTSIDE THE USA AND CANADA:

For those of you who live in regions where the "European" species of hedgehogs live, PLEASE make note that the African Pygmy Hedgehog CANNOT and WILL NOT survive in your climate. No one should ever release one of these hedgehogs to live outdoors, nor should they be kept outside in cages. That goes for pet owners in the USA or abroad. Now that Europe is seeing more and more of this species arrive in their pet trade, we must get the word out that they are not to be lumped into the same category as the European species.


Swedish Hedgehog Association named “Svenska Tamigelkotssföreningen”:
http://www.tamigelkott.se

African Pygmy Hedgehogs in the UK: http://www.africanpygmyhedgehogs.co.uk

Hedgehog Friends of Denmark: http://www.pindsvin.dk

St. Tiggywinkles Hospital: http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk

The West Bretton Hedgehog Rescue: http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/onestophedgehogshop

The Fylde Hedgehog Rescue Trust: http://www.hedgehog-rescue.org.uk

The Finnish Hedgehog Society: http://www.suomensiiliyhdistys.fi

Beds and Herts: http://www.hedgehog-rescue.co.uk

Prickly Ball Farm Hedgehog Hospital: http://www.hedgehog.org.uk

The Welsh Hedgehog Hospital: http://www.whh.org

The Hedghogz Home Page: http://www.hedghogz.co.uk

CRASH Hedgehog Hospital: http://www.hedgehogs.org.uk

British Hedgehog Preservation Society: http://www.software-technics.com/bhps

Cleveland Hedgehog Preservation Society: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/donald.martin/CHPS/chps.htm

Meadow Hedgehog Rescue: http://www.meadowhr.freeserve.co.uk

Rüdis Igel Home Page: http://mitglied.lycos.de/dimpfel

Le Sanctuaire Des Herissons: http://perso.club-internet.fr/valleech

Hedgehog Sanctuary in The Netherlands: http://www.welcome.to/egelzorg

Egelopvang Zoetermeer: http://www.egelopvang.nl

The Hedgehog Helpline: http://www.hedgehg.dircon.co.uk/hedgehogs




HAVE SOME FUN!

Here are some links to a couple of cute hedgehog commercials.
They may take awhile to load, but are well worth the wait!

European Hedgehog Commercial

American hedgehog Commercial



Register Your Hedgehog For Free!



Clinical views of hedgehog brains, tenrecs and more. Interesting site for the
medically or scientifically inclined.


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