How to deal with the hedgehog giving birth to a child?

How to nurse a hedgehog when it gives birth to a baby?

Whether postpartum care is in place is closely related to the health and safety of the mother thorn and the baby. If you don't pay attention, it may lead to the recovery of small thorns by hemp, so if your family is about to usher in a new life, you must learn how to care for hedgehogs after childbirth.

Dietary nutrition

Because the production process consumes a lot of energy, you can add some glucose to the water to supplement your physical strength. In the diet, buy some professional nutritional cream and bread worms for female thorns to supplement nutrition and increase milk. Be sure to change fresh water and food every day.

Environmental facilities

Need to prepare padding and avoid holes for female thorns (this step should be done before production, and the little friends who didn't pay attention before should hurry! ), the filler can be sawdust. If you use a cotton pad, the cotton wool inside is likely to block the nose and mouth of the thorn and cause suffocation. It is best to put the feeding box in a place away from light, which will make you feel safe. The living environment of the small thorn should reach above 27℃. If the temperature is too low during production, be sure to turn on the heating ceramic lamp or other insulation facilities.

Don't bother.

Never touch or spy on thorns within a week after delivery! Once the female thorn smells something that doesn't belong to it, or thinks you are dangerous. Instinctively, it will eat the small thorn without hesitation!

No matter what kind of mentality we let hedgehogs breed, since these little creatures have come to this world, we should take good care of them, whether it is postpartum care or the way out after a small thorn, it is our responsibility.