The first two weeks with your hedgehog are the most important in shaping your new companion’s personality and how they will react around you!

Here are basic, yearly, and additional costs for purchasing and taking care of a hedgehog. Please use this as a guideline, as costs will vary. Veterinary rates in particular may vary the most from one clinic to another.

It’s true. We admit it. All animals bite at some point. Even fish bite! How else do you think they end up on the business-end of a fishing pole?

While mite infestations are not common you may have to deal with one or two throughout the life of your hedgehog. It’s important to be aware of the signs and to seek out immediate treatment from a knowledgeable exotics veterinarian.

See all the stages of development of baby hedgehogs from newborn to eight weeks old!

Hedgehogs are now legal in all of New England and most of the United States! Unfortunately, hedgehogs are still illegal in California, Georgia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and The Five Boroughs of New York City.

Clipping your hedgehog's nails may seem like a difficult and intimidating job. But, once you know what to do and get in a little practice, you'll see that it really isn't that hard!