Thursday, May 1, 2008

My baby hedgehog is HOME!




I just "woke up" from my first night with Chip, my 7 week old African Pygmy Hedgehog! I hate to call it waking up---I just got out of bed and stayed out of bed. I spent the entire night waking up pretty much every hour to check on him and the heating pad. Hedgehogs need to be kept at around 70-75 degrees F, which is fine down here in southern VA, except we're in a bit of a cold spell and my bedroom doesn't get any heat. The thermometer is reading in the high 60s, and as a baby, Chip should ideally be kept between 75-80. It was a stressful night, but we made it okay! He's doing wonderfully. More on him later, but now I've got to rush off for a day at work. Here are some pictures just to show the cuteness factor.



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