Questions about baby hedgies

[HedgieMan]

Is it farily common for a 6 week old hedgie with a new home to sleep most of the time, and only eat very very very little quantities until he/she has adapted to their new home?

Thanks in advance!

Matt

[Kalandra]

It is very common for babies to sleep a lot, however I have some concern on the age of your baby. Six weeks is extremely young.

How much food is your little one eating? And is it drinking? If it is eating a very tiny amount, try softening a little of its food with water, it is possible it wasn't quite ready to leave mom yet, and needs a little extra pampering to help him along.

[HedgieMan]

Thanks for your reply. I did watch him take a few good size bites out of his dish last night, and then lap up some water. That is the first time though, I may have just been asleep to see it other times.

Sonic is adapting nicely now though! Thanks!

[Kalandra]

Hey that's great! Some owners have been so worried before that they actually counted the pieces of kibble in their hedgehog's bowl to see if they were eating or not.

[HedgieMan]

LoL... I was about ready to do that =) Its tough not knowing if they are eating or not, it kinda freaks ya out!

Hey, if youre interested im trying to setup another good hedgie forum, its at www.fragtek.com/hedgehog at the moment if you would like to take a look at it.

Thanks!