Breeding Experience of Breeding Hedgehog

The gestation period of female hedgehog is different to some extent. Under normal feeding and management conditions, the expected delivery period of female hedgehog is 60 ±1.5 days. The due date starts from the last mating. About a week before delivery, the female hedgehog had some swelling of the vulva, dilated breast disc and exposed nipples. About 3 days before delivery, the female hedgehog begins to make a nest with the grass. If there is a male hedgehog at this time, the male hedgehog can be removed. When the mother hedgehog is about to give birth, she is uneasy, has the symptom of abdominal pain, and sends out "squeak" from time to time. Squeak. " The scream of. Refuse to eat 1-2 meals before delivery. The mother hedgehog normally gives birth to the fetal head first. The postpartum female hedgehog bites off the umbilical cord, eats the placenta and licks the amniotic fluid on the hedgehog. 2-4 hours after delivery, oily black placental feces are excreted, which is a sign to judge whether to give birth. The normal birth process is usually 2-4 hours, fast 1-2 hours, slow 6-8 hours. It is regarded as dystocia if it takes more than 8 hours. The mother hedgehog is both tired and thirsty after giving birth, so it should be given some light red sugar water in time to drink, otherwise the mother hedgehog will be killed by postpartum thirst. After giving birth, the female hedgehog should still be fed with the feed nutrition level during pregnancy, which is beneficial to its milk secretion. From birth to 10 months old, hedgehogs can develop into young hedgehogs under general feeding and management conditions, and begin to have sexual desire and courtship desire, but at this time the body is not yet fully mature and cannot be mated and reproduced. In general, the son hedgehog produced in the spring of the first year is sexually mature in the spring breeding season of the second year, but it is not necessary to mate in this breeding season. It is good for the hedgehog to breed again in autumn. At the same time, the son hedgehog produced is also relatively strong and has a high survival rate. Production practice has proved that the growth of 30-day-old hedgehogs is quite different from that of young hedgehogs without supplementary feeding. After the 40-50-day-old hedgehog is weaned, the hedgehog completely leaves the breast milk and relies on artificial feed to get the nutrients needed by the body. they still have a process of adaptation to artificial feed, and they still need to be fed with high nutritional value and digestible fodder. for example, a part of milk or milk powder steamed with corn flour and bean cake flour is ground into a thick shape. In addition, each hedgehog was fed with vitamin D300 international unit, vitamin B1 1 mg, vitamin C 5 mg, and 1 egg yolk for every 20 hedgehogs.