Meet and Greet: Tickles the Hedgehog!

Meet Tickles the hedgehog! She's adorable and grumpy and loves to push things off edges. She also poops... a lot.

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[lichtheimer]

Every time the bed was put on the table she promptly flipped it. I enjoy Tickles and her grumpy curiosity.

[the_schrecky]

"I should probably have used a paper towel" 😂😂

[miriam]

My hedgehog smears poop on his spikes. He's like a walking Vietnam war jungle trap. He never pooped on me though, thank goodness! He also hates crocs for some reason. Doesn't mind any other footwear, bu as soon as he sees crocs, he attacks them, chews them and throws them around.
He's a European hedgehog. I have him because I volunteer at the local wildlife rescue organization, and he came in at just 100g, severely dehydrated and covered in maggots inside and out. For some reason he never grew to full adult size, so he can't be released. He won't survive a winter long hibernation, so he stayed to become an educational hedgie.

[I_am_Lauren]

She's got a unique personality for sure I'm very glad that she has a good permanent home and be used for educational purposes.

[FireCatRich]

I have a hedgehog (Sigmar) and she is a little over a year old now. She is litter box trained (80% accuracy for all poops that are not on her wheel) and when I take her out for socializing and play time she is asked to poop (i.e. she is placed in her box and given a treat if she poops and/or pees which is approaching every time she is first pulled out during a day) in her box. I understand not every hog (or animal for that matter) is going to trainable like this, but it is possible! Also wet paper towel to her plastic wheel once a day and scrubbing it once a week seems to keep her under control on that front. =)

There has been a big scare in some news groups about salmonella from hedgehogs. I've been bombarded over the last few weeks by family members with articles and news clips and now they are uncomfortable handling Sigmar. Yes, they can carry it, but like all animals you should wash your hands after handling them. Good hygiene is an important part of living with an any animal.

[dollyperry]

Thank you so so much for this meet and greet. It covered some things I needed to know. I now know that a hedgehog is not the pet for me LOL

[rubymimosa]

I can’t imagine! We’ve had a cat with cerebral hypoplasia that we had to express her bladder and poop for the first few months of her life; in TX we rescued a ferret that would literally roll in her poop directly after depositing it (past abuse?). Our dobi/lab lost control of her bladder and bowels after she became paralyzed in her back end. We carried her around with a towel in front of her back legs for over a year until (at 18yrs) she told us it was time to let her go. I just can’t imagine needing to let an animal go because of poop issues. How awful for those poor folks and how wonderful y’all were able to rescue her!

[Magdahlana]

I rescued a 2 year old, over weight male, and he is such a good teacher! My 5 year old and both my nephews love him. He is the third I have owned over many years, and i have learned so much about each one and can tell you I had one girl who did the same thing with the poop on her wheel but only when she was "upset" with something like trying a new food. I aim to give him the best forever home I can!

[legendre]

Even considering the poop, hedgehogs are adorable. 😊🦔

[lukasdon]

Uuugh tell me about it! I worked at the local animal rescue facility for a while, and we had SO MANY HEDGEHOGS to take care of. Their poop is disgusting, and wild hedgehogs are also pretty mean.

SO MUCH POOP.

[Colbycowraffe]

My hedgehog looked and acted a lot like this! Quillem was a little poop machine! But he was so darn cute, and such a mommas boy. Loved him more than I hated the poop.

[jxdfjidpwoelff]

I have a 2 year old hedgehog Mabel and she is the best😍 I made her a huge enclosure and found a way to manage the poops. I have a cleaning routine every morning for her cage, and actually get happy when I see the mess cause I know she is healthy and happy. She is my favorite lil thing. 💜 thanks for taking care of tickles. What a cutie.

[henryjasonyauzhang]

My hedgehog only pees in one spot, near her wheel. She poops all over her wheel and runs over it but her wheel does not shoot the poop around so that is a plus. I have to wash Ginger's poop-boots off when needed. I take her for night walks and it helps to reduce or eliminate poop in her wheel.

[territepedino]

We've had our hedgehog for five years now (our 2nd passed away recently) and I'm always telling others how "clean" hedgehogs are. Our hedgehogs sleep in sleep sacks and have "never" pooped in them. They are housed in a large plastic container with a corner litter. Since they like to snuggle in the litter fluff, the don't poop there either. They only poop in one corner of the cage, which we pick up and flush every morning. They do poop on their running wheel, which we have to clean every morning. They also "do not" poop on us when we handle them. They do poop / pee if we let them walk around the house so we keep an eye on them. When the weather is nice, we take them outside and they do their business straight away. I would consider our hedgehogs, extremely clean pets and very easy to care for :)

[symamabear]

Always enjoy your videos on exotics! Great to see this informative video on hedgies! We have been considering getting a hedgehog in the next few years when my child is older (now 8) but are not ready for a second pet quite yet. Currently very dedicated to our Conure, who had jealousy issues with our past hamster, so still in the brain storming stage of considering a hedgie. Good to get and idea about what their daily maintenance care will be like..Wow, THAT is a lot of poop!
IF (and this is a very big "if") we were to get one, we would have to dedicate the spare room to it. Away from our bird, and have enough space for an adequate and large enough enclosure. In MI we would have to get a permit for a hedgie anyway, so we will see how life goes. Such a sassy cutie! Glad she ended up at Animal Wonders with your family :)

[WaltRBuck]

That is the cutest animal Ive seen outside a pikachu. Im glad you have her. Im a cat, snake, spider type.

[chrisnewman]

Hedgy poop is the one and only reason I would never own a hedgehog again. Love them and still do but I'll do it from a distance lol

[RunescapNerdHar]

Wow! I learned a lot from this one! Always so much more to animals then you might expect 😊

[KikiJik]

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing Tickles story :)

[tlaw]

You channel is great for spreading education to why animals are important and should be respected keep up the good work