What are the points for attention in hedgehog breeding? What do you usually eat?

Hedgehogs are also known as hedgehogs, hedgehog rats, melon badgers, burrs, etc., except for the soft belly, they are covered with hard thorns. If they encounter danger, they will curl up to protect themselves. What are the matters needing attention in hedgehog breeding? What do you usually eat?

First, what are the points for attention in hedgehog breeding?

1. Hedgehogs are very timid, and it takes skill to get familiar with them.

Hedgehog is naturally timid, irritable and nervous. When it hums and shrinks into a ball, how do you plan to interact with it? All I can do is wait and wait for it to slowly release. No one can say for sure how long it will take. It could be a day, a week, or more than a month. Even if familiar with it, the relatives of hedgehogs are still limited. With a guy full of thorns, you can't expect not to be stabbed. It's impossible. Some hedgehogs bite when they lose their temper.

2. it is not easy to train to defecate and defecate at a fixed point.

Hedgehogs are animals that can be trained to defecate at a fixed point, but they need patience and finding the right way. At first, you may have to wipe a room full of poop every day, which requires a great deal of patience. Practice shows that hedgehogs can pick toilet sand, choosing a good toilet sand is the key first step, can only keep trying. Before that, the shoveling officer had to pick up feces and wipe urine every day, and then kept looking for suitable ways to let hedgehogs learn to defecate at a fixed point.

3. Hedgehogs are solitary animals and need more space.

Hedgehogs are solitary animals in the wild, so you must not have the idea of "finding a partner for it". Even mating of hedgehogs will be hurt. If you keep more than one, you must let them separate. You must not keep them in the same space. Of course, not to mention getting along with other pets can hurt each other. In addition, the hedgehog walks an average of 3 to 5 kilometers every night and takes 5.5 hours of exercise a day to be healthy. Please measure whether there is enough space for it to move in your home.

4. Hedgehogs are nocturnal animals, which can affect sleep

Nocturnal sex is one of the nature of hedgehogs, hedgehogs usually start to move after lights out, and it is a very active activity. Top house, top bedpan, scratching around, and so on. And the hedgehog's activities will make a lot of noise. It is common to be woken up by the sound of hedgehog activity in the middle of the night. This is an unchangeable nature. If you can't accept it, don't raise it.

Second, what do hedgehogs usually eat?

Hedgehogs feed on insects and worms. Their favorite foods are ants and termites. They also eat young birds, eggs, frogs, lizards, and occasionally crops. It can eat 200 grams of insects in one night and eliminate pests, so it is good for agriculture. Hedgehogs also eat grass roots, melons and fruits, vegetables and other plants.

What do hedgehogs eat as pet farmers?

1. Hybrid hedgehogs raised in the family can be fed with their own feed and raised in proportion with meat feet, grain and by-products, green vegetables, etc.

2. Caterpillars, beetles, snails, earthworms and other small animals and fruits can also be fed.

3. Hedgehogs are sensitive to lactose, so do not feed dairy products.