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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 12, 2020 18:55:42 GMT
Look what I found on the middle of the road, in broad daylight. A hedgehog baby. I called the vet, she said if the mother is not in the vicinity - she wasn't- and if cats are around it would be best to capture and raise it myself. Its possible the mother isn't around anymore since hedgehog babies should be hidden and sleeping during the day. He is super friendly, eats like a champion and is very lively, looks like this is gonna be super easy. And yes, I'm aware of hedgehogs being host to various parasites, I wear gloves when handling him and use disinfectants just to be doubly safe. I love him already.
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Little Pumpkin
Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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Post by Beerfish on Sept 12, 2020 20:55:53 GMT
What do you feed them?
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 12, 2020 21:26:18 GMT
Organic cat food and eggs. He loves the cat food.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 12, 2020 22:04:01 GMT
I also found a name. Its Billy the hedgehog. I'm not entirely sure if its a girl or a boy, I think its a boy - I looked but they are so.....small and furry. So I chose a fitting name that works for both genders. I'm going to do accurate....examinations to identify the gender when I'm at the vet for vaccinations and stuff.
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Games: Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect Andromeda, Anthem, Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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Post by Beerfish on Sept 12, 2020 23:32:57 GMT
What do your cats think of it? (stealing their cat food)
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 13, 2020 1:54:18 GMT
What do your cats think of it? (stealing their cat food) Knowing cats they probably want to bathe in his blood already. Well, Billy took his first dump. It was smelly but looked healthy, that's good. Also, he prefers to lick the juice of the cat food instead of eating the big bits. He sometimes takes one of the biggest pieces he can find, chews them for a while and spits them right out. I really have to turn it all into mush for him to eat. Another bad habit he has is walking around in the food. I have to clean him up every time he eats, and that is hard because he is absolutely tiny and, besides being a professional weight lifter, I have glove size XL.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 13, 2020 2:20:38 GMT
Beet's heart is as big as his muscles.
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Just here for the cosplay
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Post by mousestalker on Sept 13, 2020 2:33:54 GMT
this thread.
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Post by nopersdeviv on Sept 13, 2020 10:26:34 GMT
What do your cats think of it? (stealing their cat food) Knowing cats they probably want to bathe in his blood already. Well, Billy took his first dump. It was smelly but looked healthy, that's good. Also, he prefers to lick the juice of the cat food instead of eating the big bits. He sometimes takes one of the biggest pieces he can find, chews them for a while and spits them right out. I really have to turn it all into mush for him to eat. Another bad habit he has is walking around in the food. I have to clean him up every time he eats, and that is hard because he is absolutely tiny and, besides being a professional weight lifter, I have glove size XL. Try feeding him some earthworms or crickets, it may save you the trouble of having to wash him. Fruits and veggies are good too. He is adorable and it's awesome you're taking the time to care for him.
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All the things.
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Post by seven on Sept 13, 2020 11:31:34 GMT
Ohhh sooo cute ❤
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 13, 2020 12:23:34 GMT
Well, things took a terrible turn, as it often happens in life.
Despite doing everything right, feeding him the proper foods every two hours, massaging his belly to make him poop and making sure he had proper warmth with hot water bottles he suddenly, out of the blue, started to lose energy at a rapid rate. I tried feeding him honey water and followed the instructions of the vet, but it didn't work.
He got so weak he just laid flat with limbs stretched out twitching, eyes closed, probably in severe pain. At that point I had to make the decision to end his suffering. It took absolutely all my strength to do that, despite, at this point, it being just a small nudge into the inevitable direction.- He died instantly and without suffering.
I raised several baby animals in peril, including 9 newborn bunnies, but sometimes you can do everything right and it still does not work, and you will never know how or why. The Vet said that it might have been some kind of illness that made him leave his mothers care in the first place, and that led to him losing so much energy so rapidly, but sometimes baby animals just die from completely unknown causes. She said I did the right thing.
Still, I'm sad, just 8 hours ago he ate a big meal and the curled up and slept in my hands. It all looked so promising, and now I had to mercy kill him.
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Post by Serza on Sept 13, 2020 15:17:29 GMT
Rubbish.
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Post by seven on Sept 13, 2020 23:55:30 GMT
Awww RIP Billy.
You did the best you could Beet.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 13, 2020 23:59:55 GMT
Awww RIP Billy. You did the best you could Beet. Thanks. I miss him already, I really expected this to work as it all looked so promising at the beginning. I don't even know what happened.
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