As omnivores and meat eaters hedgehog poo can be quite smelly, and as he tends to poo on the go in his exercise wheel I have to clean it every day. I wash the wheel in the bath with a toilet brush (specially for the job) and remove dirty sawdust. I clean out the cage once a week, this is also when he gets a clean hedgie bag.
He has a wash a couple of times a week (just to clean his feet) and a bath once a fortnight. When he has a bath I use a very small amount of baby shampoo and clean his tummy and feet. Then I use a soft tooth brush to clean between bristles, he gets fluff from towels and house hold dust in between there.
He doesn’t swim -some hedgehogs do- but he does like splashing and waddling around in the bath. Hedgehogs skin can easily get dry and flaky so I spray some baby oil mist on his body to keep it from drying out.
I use a camping towel to dry him of, it is not fluffy and good at absorbing moisture quickly so he doesn’t get cold. I might invest in a cheap hair dryer in the future, you can use the cool settling to dry your hedgehog quickly, but warning use very cautiously! (Besides he might not like the noise.)
He has a wash a couple of times a week (just to clean his feet) and a bath once a fortnight. When he has a bath I use a very small amount of baby shampoo and clean his tummy and feet. Then I use a soft tooth brush to clean between bristles, he gets fluff from towels and house hold dust in between there.
He doesn’t swim -
I use a camping towel to dry him of, it is not fluffy and good at absorbing moisture quickly so he doesn’t get cold. I might invest in a cheap hair dryer in the future, you can use the cool settling to dry your hedgehog quickly, but warning use very cautiously! (Besides he might not like the noise.)
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