QuestionI have a problem with one of my hedgehogs. My hedgie sonic has not been eating or drinking for 2 days now. I have been feeding him with a dropper, mixing food and water together. I just started doing this today. Yesterday he looked like he was dead, but I reached in to pick him up and he barely curled up in a ball. This morning he had a little bit of blood around his mouth and barely moves. I cleaned him up and fed him. My wife and I cannot afford a vet right now. We keep him in a small room with a space heater keeping the room at 85 degrees at all times with 4 more hedgies, the others are all healthy right now. Please help if you can.
AnswerDear Joshua:
Is Sonic vomiting? What does his poo look like? His behavior indicates that he feels very sick. Without vet care, he may die. It is normal for hedgehogs to occasionally go off their food, but he has to have water. Keep syringe feeding him.
I suspect he might have a bacterial infection, which will probably require antibiotics to clear up. I would keep him separate from your other hedgehogs.
Have you seen any spiders in your hedgehog room? If Sonic ate a spider, he could be suffering from poisoning, although hedgehogs are more tolerant of toxins that most other domestic mammals.
Please try to get him to a vet. There are vets who will give you payment plans. There are even funds available for vet care when the care-taker cannot afford the bill. Go here: http://www.hedgehogwelfare.org/health.asp
Please follow up to let me know how this turns out.
Good Luck & Hedgie Blessings,
Laurel
