8 FACTS About Hedgehogs You Should Know
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- Despite their prickly spines, hedgehogs have grown popular as domestic pets over the past number of years. However, the recent process of domestication has been relatively short and it is imperative anyone adopting a hedgehog as a pet respects their wild ancestry. The distinct habits of this species need to be considered for them to maintain their emotional balance and well-being. If you love hedgehogs (whether African hedgehogs, European hedgehogs or others) and want to know more about them, this AnimalWised video brings your 8 facts about hedgehogs you should know. This will help you to not only know more about them as an animal, but it will help you if you are considering adopting one into your family. Subscribe to our channel if you want to see more fascinating videos about the animal kingdom.
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Have been feeding a hedgehog past two weeks now its a privilege to get and see these lovely wee creatures in our gardens
Please, only cat kibble (they like poultry flavours) or cat food in jelly. Not in gravy, because that's salty. Thankyou!
They will only eat what they like. Make sure theres a drink nearby.
I had a baby one running around all winter...i was feedkng it but it was found dead about 2 weeks before the others came out of hibernation.
I was gutted.
Yep thats right❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🦄🦄🦄🍩🍩🎂🎁
They definitely eat snails worm slugs beetles apples
if you keep feeding them maybe they'll consider turning your garden into a permanent residence
I would like to add that they are lactose intolerant, so don’t let them drink milk
oh i gave it a tub of milk and it bathed in it
ty I didnt know that
@Isabella Batka I'd play safe and not give them milk at all. Water is all they need.
Yes, and you’re not supposed to feed bread either. Cat food is the food your supposed to put out for them
@@asseyez-vous6492 put out food like fruit, eggs, insects, worms, and other invertebrates, i mean its a hedgehog not at a cat.
2.30 Sonic got all emeralds! 💎
2:30
I have a Mum and little one (now a big one as it's October), that come every evening to eat chicken flavoured cat biscuits. It's lovely to hear them crunch, crunch, crunch away. Now the leaves are falling I'm going to try make a nest for them, or one, as they are usually solitary. I noticed they came round together a few months ago, but now come individually, so I guess they are starting to go their own way.
Hope you leave plenty of water out to wash down all that unnatural dried stuff.
I know that if a hedgehog gets all 7 chaos emeralds, they can transform into a golden invincible Hedgehog.
GotTa gO FaST
What do you mean
@@turkicunion1996 he's or she's talking about the video game.. sonic the hedgehog
Oh look 50 rings(likes)
You are stupid... that is not even realistic
Hedgehogs have enough strength to destroy metal, steel, iron and titanium robots
Really?
that's not realistic
Sonic the hedgehog does :)
Only the rare blue hedgehogs can
don't cook it up
2:25 is that Super Sonic?
OMG!!
yes
It is
I have been told not to feed peanuts as these can get stuck in their throat. Also live Meal worms as these can cause a particular bone disease (name escapes me) I have hedgehogs visiting my garden UK and always feed specially prepared hedgehog wet & dry foods. Really nice video too!
Hedgehogs also eat wet/dry cat food if you don’t have specific hedgehog food 😊
I love sitting with the window open at nite to watch my 4 hedgehogs in my garden .
We put cat biscuits out 4 them .
We got 3 male and a female .
I like watching one go in and get the food and the other one comes and they talk 2 each other
and mealworms and muesli.......
Hope you leave out sufficient water to wash down that dried stuff. In England, dehydration is one of the biggest killers of wild hedgehogs. It is illegal to keep wild hh captive. Thank God.
UK hedgehogs are never suitable as pets! You can rescue them and over-winter them if they’re underweight, but must NEVER be caged. Unless a limb is missing, etc., they can be released into a large walled garden with hibernurculums made especially for them so they can sleep in safety during the day and somewhere they can wander about at night if they want to (Uk hedgehogs can wander many miles a night, foraging for earthworms, grubs, etc.) I believe people in the US have hedgehogs as pets, they are African or South American hedgehogs which should still be in the wild. NB: any hedgehogs seen during the daytime are ill or in distress!!!! If seen, please wear thick gloves to pick up the hog, place into a dark box if possible, and get to a vet IMMEDIATELY! (In Uk, vets treat wildlife for FREE, they have a duty of care to all wildlife, so please don’t worry about the bill - you shouldn’t get one. If you do, say you’ll complain to the British Vet Association as they can be struck off if they try to charge you! I’ve never been asked to pay for any wild animals I’ve taken into the vets, it is FREE for wildlife you take in.
Great advice 👍
I rescue hedgehogs. They are funny creatures,currently have 3 with me. Ones blind, ones a baby that lost his back leg and a huge male. These beautiful balls of spikes are endangered, please call nearest rescue if you find a hurt one OR its out during the day. Blessings to all.
You forgot to mention that hedgehogs tend to be very fast. If a hedgehog is rare enough, he/she can go 24 octodecillian times the speed of light.
*GOTTA GO FAST*
*GOTTA GO FAST*
GOTTA GO FAST
Are you talking about sonic or sum 💀💀
They can only go 4mph
So my hedgehog is so cute and it snuggles up with me
They anoint to keep a new smell they like with them to remember it and associate it with good things from what I've observed. Like if you feed them a new food they like or you give them a cloth that happened to smell like something good, they'll probably lick it and anoint their spines with it.
i found a hedgehog in my backyard but it was stuck on my bench, too scared to jump off, not sure how it got there since it's sealed off by 2metre fences with no gaps to get in or out. It looked so cute i wanted to keep it but i had to do the right thing and let it be free. Hope it leads a happy life ;')
All I know is they are fast they brake the sound barrier on the daily
HEDGEHOGS ARE MAH FAV ANIMALS
You guys forgot to mention how hedgehogs became part of pop culture!
Robotnik: I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!!
Robotnik:Now I know what my peanut butter can be used for
We have 4 resident hogs that live in our garden and we spend many hours filming & watching them .. nice video
gotta go fast.
I'm really used to the dozens on gofers on my lawn, but I'm only now seeing hedgehogs, and they picked a nice bush right by my barn door. May start feeding the animals, this is a tiny 300 foot artificial vally, and it would be cheaper to just help them out than to build the many fences. I already build some roads for the goffers and they use them, and i give them bolders for there doorways. I dont feed them, but i am trying to farm here, and dont wanna kill them.
ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND!
Fun fact: Hedgehogs wear shoes and gloves.
And run very very fast.
@@AnimalWised Also team up with foxes to attack old men
The hedgehog has 44 teeth, 14 claws, and 5,000 spikes. He eats venomous scorpions and venomous vipers because He is immune at from their venom.
I've hedgehogs in my gardens all the time. There's a very bright one who just seems to love me. He fell asleep on me last night a d had me wondering if he wanted a home but IDK of its legal too nor will he be tame enough once in. He comes to see me most nights. The spot light comes on in the garden the same time too. Should I build him a home in the garden or can I bring him in and give him one?.
Informative video. Thanks.
I beg to differ about the information that they are loners. I have a friend who lives in Caesaria, Israel in a home and she has several cats who of course have the full run of the garden. Since they are often in the back garden, she has put out cat kibble in bowls for them as well as bowls of water. The neighboring hedgehogs have discovered this source of food and fresh water and have come to help themselves but they do not come alone, they come in family groups, from a huge (for a hedgehog!) grandfather to the smallest grandchild, to eat the cat kibble and drink the water...they never come alone but always in pairs and with kids in tow!
Our local one likes kippers.
Yes... i know fish are bad, but please explain that to Sonic.
I put fish out for the cat (a friends puss) and Lo behold... Sonic appears and tucks in.
Thanks for the info!💜
Love hedgehogs adorable
My German shepherd attacked one in the night, luckily caught in time as it didn't suffer any punctures, no bleeding. I was unaware this happened, so by morning I was told about it, checked the hedgehog and it was on its back in the grass, all night. I figured it was stuck, the quills were so entangled with the grass which it was. We moved it into next doors garden with cat dry food.
Hedgehogs are very cute creatures but are messy animals. They poop and pee most of the time when they are awake, when they are scared and even when they take a bath. Be careful of their poop and urine. These scatter to their spikes when they form a ball and when you accidentally touched their quils and did not washed your hands and accidentally touched T-zone of your face, the bacteria from poop and urine can cause cough and cold, diarrhea and fever. Just be careful and do not forget to wash your hands in taking care of these cute creatures.
Ok
Let hedgehogs run free. "When they take a bath??" Are you for real? Get yourself a doll, why not? What a shit thread this is. I can`t read anymore. You are all crazy.
Sooooo cute 🥰 I want a heghog for myself
This little critter spawned one of the most important, famous, polarizing, and infamous video game series of all time.
That is wild.
Hey look, it’s Sonic! 😃😃😃😂😂😂
Hedgehog's are my fav 😃😃😃😃
No wonder l have never seen one, and you said so in the frist sentence. You have hedgehogs and the Americas have hummingbirds. Thanks for sharing!!!!🎃♣🎃♣🎃♣🎃♣🎃♣🎃♣🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃
My middle school teacher had 2 hedgehogs. I love those things, they were very cute and loved their spikes. She had an elbino one which was all white.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Hedgehogs (TMNH)
Sonic - Leo
Silver - Donnie
Shadow - Raph
Manic - Mikey
Alot of clever facts
I love how cute they are. The only problem with these guys is they can be costly to take to a special vet. They're kind of a high maintenance pet. Unlike a cat or dog that's easy to take care of. These guys require a heat source too because they need it.
So don`t keep them in captivity - simple.
@@daisyhobbs7500We are talking about pet hedgies here. If not in captivity, they are not a pet. They are wild then. So you want them wild. Then this video is useless then. That defeats the purpose. There is no point about considering or planning to keep a pet hedgie if you want them free roaming or wild.
Being in the UK, I find it strange that some are kept as pets , especially as it seems in America... we have hogs that frequent our garden but I look at them exclusively as wild animals . I help as much as possible....hedgehog house , feeding station , and nightly food and water as well as putting a trail cam out every night too but otherwise I keep clear and allow them to get on with life . 🙂
Care should be taken when handling hedgehogs with bare hands, as silly as it sounds (which it isn't), hedgehogs coat their spines with their saliva when they eat certain foods, impregnating their quills with powerful chemicals and bacteria that could send you into the hospital several times. sometimes with complications in the worst case.
where I live, many are seen in the wild and love to eat paint. whenever I paint the front of my house, I have them here trying to steal my paint
thanks for info
I had two males, one barging the other, a week ago, in the garden.
GOTTA GO FAST
2:10 was so satisfying to watch.
True
"Its MY hedge!"
Do you think some of these facts would be relevant to Video game characters like Sonic?
I was thinking about that
Some of them, yes.
But contrary to popular belief, hedgehogs don't normally eat chili dogs. However, you CAN give them meat (unseasoned) and pretend your hedgehog is eating a chili dog. Another fact, a real hedgehog isn't as fast as Sonic but is pretty fast for our real world. Common hedgehogs can run in short bursts of speeds of about 4 mph.
@@Angie2343 How very sad. This thread is about REAL LIFE. Hedgehogs are sentient beings; they live and breathe and feel pain. How very sad.
@@daisyhobbs7500 What are you trying to say?
African Pygmy Hedgehogs are legal in the state of Arizona, they became legal to own in 2015. They are still illegal in CA, PA, some boroughs in NY, and a few other states/cities.
Kinda doesn't make sense for them to be legal in dry and hot places and illegal in cold and wet places. They are an African species so they can't become invasive where it's cold, and vice versa.
Dont forget they love chili dogs ! 🌭
If they lived on Mobius, they would.
You missed New Zealand, we have alot here. just had half a dozen in my backyard
this teach me a lot
Do you have any idea why a hedgehog bites on their foot (just one actually) and while doing that, he curls up and starts to hiss massively?? (note: my little guy doesn't have anything stuck between the toes, nor does he have something in general, he is completely healthy) he was perfectly fine and from one second to another he started doing that. We now unfortunately have bank holidays and no vet is open (and those 24h vets have no clue about hedgies) 😢
Reminds me of this one hedgehog i saw running away from this giant truck in this one city
"Rolling around at the speed of sound"
2:08 OH NO! haha
Hedgehog: Mummy Look! An Emerald!
There is a population of mostly blonde hedgehogs on the 3rd largest Chanel Island Alderney.
Wombles
HEDGEHOG CUTE!!!!
I want a hedge so bad. Though they're illegal to own in California. Unless you have a permit. Which is not easy to aquire.
Why are they illegal to keep?
@@AurmazlZudeh i read it's because they carey diseses.
Name one Sonic
im making a hedgehog movie and im using facts of this
**When right after a tragedy you go back to watching mindless useless mind-rotting bullshit to forget the real word you live in and it's uglyness**
>plays "8 FACTS About Hedgehogs You Should Know"
I have a possum in my backyard and I feed him apples. He only comes out at night.
Idk why they are illegal in PA. ( DON'T YOU DARE PITY ME I HATE IT. I was just born this way ok?) I have encountered African Pigme Hedgehogs in Canada. My mom doesn't understand why they are illegal here they are perfect 1st time pets for people with Autism which I agree with being a person who suffers from high functioning Autism I have situational depression, migraines and epilepsy. I hate pity from others. Anyway when you pet them it's quite soothing almost like feeling a piece of fabric for sensory purposes but better because when you're upset you sometimes want to cry but having a living thing to take care of who you can talk to about you're secrets because they'll keep any of them. As long as I'm not suffering from photophobia to the extent where if I look at lights I want to poke my eyes out or die if I hide under a blanket the pain goes away. Please don't pity me I will become UPSET and might start to HATE you because I asked you nicely not to pity me.
I have a hedging in my shed and it comes out at night 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
Looking for advice. I have a hedgehog and baby in my garden there was a hole in my neighbours fence but she had since blocked it. now the hedgehog is trapped in my garden if I build a ramp to let them out will the be able to find it?
Paula Bradley Probably, but you could put a trail of kitten biscuits to show them where it is. Remember, they are voracious drinkers, so always provide fresh water.
Gaynor Mainwaring 8
This animal helped to push Sega mega drive to its golden time
today i meet hedgehog in the first time i feed cat food is that okay ?
Can they look upwards??
Imagine that the Twilght series was called Crepuscular; 😂😂😂😂😂😂 we’d truly say it were the actors that carried the movie!
Can they run fast though?
Please NEVER feed hedgehogs peanuts, like shown in this video. They cause metabolic bone disease and they can also get lodged in the roof of their mouths which is not pleasant either.. Mealworms and sunflower hearts are also NEVER to be given as they also cause Metabolic Bone Disease. Only feed hedgehog biscuits or kitten/cat biscuits, they prefer chicken flavour. Wet cat food in jelly can also be given, but never leave out in the day as flies will lay eggs on the food. Always provide plenty of fresh water, no other drink or any kind. Thanks for caring :)
I feed my hedgehog always with chili dogs!
@Max Larsenand where do u get that idea from? That's rubbish.
Never give them milk or bread when I was small that's what people used to give them please don't 🦔
@@stevehove2648 His own ass obviously.
Oh no no no I feel awful about two weeks ago I noticed a hedgehog 🦔🦔 and her baby eating wot meal worm's that had fell out my bird feeder IV been feeding them meal worm's every night since then I hope I haven't hurt them 💔💔😕😕
I saw a hedgehog once in a park in the Northern outskirts of the city of Leeds. I have relatives who live in Leeds.
The hedgehog was very ill. We took it to the vet, but it sadly later died.
If you make your garden suitable you would probably attract the hedgehogs to it.
What type of Hedgehog is Sonic?
From time to time we have had rats in the garden, we put traps down for them. Do they eat hedgehog food and will they harm my ho
"Do they (rats?) eat hedgehog food?" What is hedgehog food? Both rats and hedgehogs are omnivorous scavengers.
"will they harm my ho" You'd need to add nouns to this sentence before anyone could answer this. Will WHO harm your WHAT?
There’s one in my garden now I put ham and water out for it.
Kitten food is best - I buy the Tesco one, which is only 75p a packet.
Make it ham or turkey baby food and maybe 1 or 2 super worms
@@gagesharpe9413 this was 6 months ago I doubt it’s still around it’s winter
SONIC
I had a silver one and a light blonde one they had babies as I went thru a divorce so I never was told by my ex how many or anything . But they were fun to have . thank you for this showing
They gotta go fast
If hedgehogs can’t eat chilli dogs then How DOES SONIC CAN EAT CHILLI DOG
He's a Mobian hedgehog.
@@Angie2343 "anthropomorphic"
They hurt when they poke you
Fun fact : hedgehogs are spiky potatoes
True.
Is it okay to give them small high quality cat biscuits ? We have several in the grounds of our property..
MrAvant123 dried cat foot is ok but they must also have plenty of water available next to the food.
@@vl6357 yes several shallow dishes/saucers of fresh water, can be a lifesaver. Hedgehogs drink a lot of water and dehydration can kill them. Also very important for birds and other wildlife. 👍👍Not sure dried cat foot is good though? 😅 Try dry kibble, lightly scattered over flowerbeds or lightly scattered across the lawn. Cat kibble is really cheap. Try chicken/poultry flavours. Sainsburys do very cheap cat kibble, in 1kg green bags (£1-25)... blackbirds, woodpigeons, starlings, love it too.
@@stevehove2648 Inhave checked many places and apparently the cat food is fine. I can't do the spreading around the garden due to not being able to keep an eye on it due to rats and feral cats.
@@vl6357 ok maybe put it in in a bowl for them. Cats are likely to help themselves, but that cant be helped and hopefully they'll kill the rats. Yeah, you really dont want to be encouraging rats.
@@stevehove2648 it is a local delicacy around here! Dog foot is harder to come by.
i want 2 and i will call them sonic and shadow
Some of them have blue arms
i found a hedgehog and keeping it in my dog cage, feeling it with cat food
I have a🦔
really, hahahahahahaah awesome! I never saw someone with a hedgehog st home! I have a rabbit!
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I love my 🦔
I have a 🦔 too he just turned 3 months
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Lot's of hedgehogs in Bavaria.
Also, their favourite food are chili dogs!
When they spit on them selves its because they smell something they like so want to smell like it
I've watched other people in my community go in groups or alone driving most days
African Pigmy Hedgehog Sonic's species race.
Yessssss
Where r their red sneakers?
Needs subtitling! "Odours"
They quill Thet happens when the quills come out and new ones grow
i was here lol because school
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Lol thats not sonic the head chog but we can say that