One of the greatest things about having pets is that you can customize their space, especially if they live in cages or aquariums. Most pets, especially the type that would be in this environment, do not care what is there once you get past their basic needs. Food, water, and maybe a few toys. Therefore, you can add things that you feel are pretty or decorative. If you have fish, you may choose bright plants, the treasure chests, and fancy rocks. If you have a hedgehog, you can also do things such as create custom colored epoxy creations for hedgehog cages.
Necessities for a Hedgehog Cage
By nature, hedgehogs enjoy expressing their curiosity. Therefore, when planning a cage, you need to provide food, shelter, water, and a few toys. Toys may include wheels and anything made of cardboard. These animals love to chew and arrange their space to be their home.
They will also need bedding and other basic things. Hedgehogs are very easy pets to have according to some, but they do require a clean home, whether they are in a cage or an aquarium. Once you have these basics covered, it is then that you can add in color and style that makes you happy as well.
Customizing Your Furry Friend’s Home
You are allowed to have fun with your pet’s cage. We promise he or she will not mind. There are no rules against adding a few fake rocks, logs, bushes and other fun things to your pet cage. As a matter of fact, we can come up with a variety of fun things to include, such as wooden platforms and wooden bridges.
When adding things to your hedgehog’s home, you have to keep in mind that nibbling may occur. Many fake rocks and such can be molded or cast from epoxy and foam. To create a beautifully colored rock, you simply have to figure out how to color epoxy resin and find a mold that captures your attention.
Wooden bridges and platforms may not require you to use epoxy, but it could still add decoration to the cage. Epoxy is food-safe and therefore safe for pets of all kinds as long as you have allowed it to cure properly.
Providing a “Home Sweet Home”
Our hope and our goal are to help you see that you can provide a wonderful home for your pet that you can both consider “home sweet home”. Taking care of a pet can be challenging, but it can and should also be rewarding. They depend on you for their needs. They are not free in the wild and able to climb over the mountains. You have to provide a mountain for them to climb.
You can keep it simple or you can create a world of tunnels and fun things to explore. They will love it if you take time to occasionally add new stuff and take away old stuff. As a bonus, with creating your own fun items, it won’t cost you a small fortune to do it!
Hedgehogs are very cute creatures that are wonderful as pets for some people. However, when raising hedgehogs, you have to keep in mind, that by nature, they are wild. They are domesticated because we have them as pets, but they are also wild animals that long to be back in the wild. This is proven in some of the natural things they do. This is also why it might be fun to consider camping with hedgehogs.
In the wild, hedgehogs are native to specific regions. They can be found in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and even central Asia. At one time, it is believed that they may have also been found in the Americas, but it was long ago.
Most hedgehogs show their “wild” side in the way that they behave. They may spend a lot of time rolled in a ball or bite things when they are spooked. They may spend a lot of time creating a den for themselves in their cage or eating the bedding that you provide to them. When startled or unsure of a situation, they can huff and puff. If they like the smell of something, they may self-anoint. Most will choose to sleep all day and stay awake to drive you nuts all night long. These are all-natural behaviors that they would do when in the wild.
Hedgehogs are wonderful little creatures to have. However, this does not mean that there are not challenges of owning and loving them. If you have dreams of seeing one in the wild, you may face a unique challenge. The best place to see Hedgehogs in the wild may be more of a trip than you are expecting.
They thrive in warmer clients, but this does not mean they cannot handle a little coolness. However, in the cooler areas of the world, they may hibernate during the winter since they do not enjoy cold temperatures.
Typically, hedgehogs do not naturally live in Australia, South America, or North America, but they are in those areas. They have been introduced to these continents both in captivity and in the wild. So far, they are able to thrive in any area, although they do prefer to live in dryer areas where it is easy for them to get out and hunt insects for food. This also allows them to eat plants with a particular fondness for watermelons, berries, mushrooms, and more.
Hedgehogs are one of the cutest animals around. They resemble little fluff balls with a pointed nose and beady eyes. However, then you touch them and everything changes. You discover that they more closely resemble a bristly hairbrush or a cactus, depending on their mood at that moment. The truth is, there are many things you need to know about if you are considering a pet hedgehog.
Hedgehogs are wild animals. They generally come out at night and have a diet that includes a lot of different things. To successfully own one, you must keep all this in mind.
Not every hedgehog is created equally in personality traits. Some love to climb all over their humans and others are more stand-offish. Some are feisty while others are calm. They may try to steal shoelaces and other treasures.