Q-Tips & Vet Appointments

It's been a very eventful couple of weeks. Tiggy's litter is almost over the eye goopies. I had to take one of Caramel's babies to the vet the day before Thanksgiving, because she was having an eye problem. One of her eyes was twice as big as the other and looked really nasty. So I talked to the people at HedgehogWorld, and they said that it would need the attention of a vet. So I took her in, and the vet said that it would be impossible to save the eye. She gave me some pain reliever, and said that if the hedgehog is in a lot of pain caused by the eye, they could remove it. Ouch! She thinks it could have been caused prenatally or it could have been an injury such as a spine poke. At the time I took her to the vet it was depressing because she wouldn't go out of the nesbox like her siblings. Wow, has that changed! My little brother woke me up this morning and told me that a hedgehog was loose. Guess which one? She had crawled up on top of the nestbox, over the side of the tank, jumped down, and started exploring. I think she do perfectly fine in life, even though she only has one good eye.

Solution For Eye Problem!

Well, I talked to a couple people from the HedgehogWorld forums, and one of them said that I could get eye drops from my vet. The other person said to take cotton swaps soaked in warm water and work it off 2-3 times a day. So that's what I've been doing. It's been working pretty well too! Well, I got to get back to bible study!

Uh Oh!

I don't know what to think about the baby's eye problem now, because it's in both eyes. And it looks like one of the other babies might be getting it in one eye too. I'm going to ask the people at HedgehogWorld what they think. I'm not posting as many pictures as I normally do because I only have access to a camera once a week. Check out my other blogs:

www.tcsleopards1.blogspot.com
www.crazyjf.blogspot.com

Update on Tiggy's Baby's Eye Problem

Tiggy's baby is doing quite a bit better. There is only a little bit of crusty stuff in between his eyelids. The whole litter should open up their eyes this week, so we'll see what happens.

3 Weeks Old

Caramel's babies are 3 weeks old. They're eyes are almost completely open.

Tiggy's Babies

First of all, a big apology for all my incorrect spelling on the post before last. I got a chance to look at Tiggy-Winkle's babies yesterday. Unfortunately, I saw that one of them had a piece of bedding stuck by where the eye was forming. I very carefully removed it. The bedding was sticking to some pus that had formed over the eye. So I'm going to watch it and see what happens. I took a look at it today, and it was still coated with pus. I am accepting reservations for Caramel's babies at this time. They will be ready starting 12/5/06.

Tiggy-Winkle (A.K.A SuperProtectiveMom)

Tiggy-Winkle is extremely protective of her babies! I can hardly get a look at them. I hardly ever see her out of her nestbox. And if she is out, she'll run right back when I walk over there. The picture is of one of Caramel's babies.

New Nickname

Caramel's babies are beginning to open their eyes. They are sooo fun to play with! They lick and chew on me. I have officially given Cinnamon the nickname "Antics," because she never made it out of the toddler stage. She knocks over her water bowl, gets out of her cage, burrows through all her bedding, and many more antics! She's a lot of fun.

First Self Annointing!

This is all 3 of Caramel's babies. When I picked them up today 2 of them started self-annointing. The one that is behind the other two is self-annointing. They have started licking me too! It feels really funny. They're eyes should open in another week or so.

Here's a picture of Tiggy-Winkles babies. I believe they were 3 days old at the time. I think the large one is in the middle. It seems to be more developed also. Hmmm...

Tiggy had babies

Tiggy-Winkle had babies on Halloween, October 31st. She had 3 babies. Observing the litters from the Scrat x Tiggy-Winkle breeding has been interesting. Tiggy-Winkle is a very large hedgehog, and Scrat is a relatively small hedgehog. The last litter she had contained 2 large hedgehogs and 2 small ones. This litter contains 1 large one and 2 small ones. I believe this difference in size to have the ability to be passed down. I get a kick out of genetics. Pictures coming soon, for some reason they wouldn't upload today.