7 weeks and leaving

Today marks the 7th week since the hoglets were born, and how much have they grown.

And also means that they are actually ready to leave the mother hedgehog.

This time around, there are a lot more people who are interested in getting hedgehogs as a pet, and considering the number of enquiries that flooded in even before I make any notices of my intention to sell, I get to slowly screen through the interested buyers and make sure that they will be able to provide proper care to the hoglets in the future.

I will be meeting up with two prospects tomorrow and another two this Sunday, and if all are ready to commit, they will be bringing my hoglets back to their home. Let's hope that the hoglets will be showered with all the love from their new owners.

3 weeks old

I didn't expect to be having an albino in this litter of hoglets. Certainly not when neither of the parents is an albino to start with, so this really came as a surprise. All five hoglets are growing steadily and as of today, they are officially 3 weeks old!

I have yet to sex the hoglets, I think I'll do that in another couple of weeks, but right now four of the hoglets are common Salt & Peppers while there's one single albino. Two S&Ps and the albino seem to be larger than the remaining two siblings, I was somewhat worried that some may not survive initially.

But at the time being, even at only 3 weeks old, the hoglets are already starting to show individual characteristics that it is not hard to figure out which is which, despite all four S&Ps identical in colour.

Looks like these little fellas are already showing some attitude at a young age!