Hinterland Hedgehogs

21/01/2025

Oh to be a sweet, sleepy baby hedgehog. 🦔😴

17/01/2025

Following on from Panda, I’m super proud to introduce the newest member of the Hinterland Herd, my beautiful keeper, Pomeline (originally Oatmeal). 💛

Unlike her very polite, demure sister, Pom is EXACTLY like her mama Pym - an absolute fearless firecracker who can’t sit still for half a second. She fits in so well with the rest of our girls already. 😍😅

Can’t wait to see where this little lady takes us as I head into my fifth (?!) year of breeding - it’s been a tough year with litters, but being able to create my own little bubbas like this makes it all worthwhile. 🥰

Baby content incoming over the coming days, I promise! 🤞

17/01/2025

Introducing the first of our two girlies, little miss Pandora (originally Muffin) is the loveliest split-face. 😍

When she’s old enough, she’ll be heading to her new mummy where she’ll be the most spoilt girl!

Panda is such a sweet, gentle little girl and has a very similar personality to her daddy, Biscotti. 🥰

17/01/2025

Hellooo! I’ve been rubbish at posting yet again, so let me end my extended absence by introducing some new little gorgeous snoots… Pym gave birth to two beautiful girlies on the 19th December, National Oatmeal Muffin Day! 🧁

As you can see, now the girls are a couple weeks old and are taking up the majority of the nest box, Pym has opted to splooting just outside - close enough to be available to tend to little squeaks, but far enough that she’s not constantly being kicked in the eye by a fidgety child. 😛

Introductory posts coming in 3… 2… 1…

01/01/2025

Happy New Year, my lovelies! 🥳

Couldn’t think of any better content to share with you all today besides these amazing end of year numbers from the African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service. 🧡✨

So, so proud of what we’ve achieved in 2024! 🥹

29/12/2024

I suffer in silence for the sake of an anoint… 👅😅
The sound of that tongue smacking though! Also literally just noticed that big blob of dried j**z on him as well… my man had a bath mere days ago. 🙄

Our newest boy, Dorian, from the wonderful African Pygmy Hedgehogs UK Breeder Mills Quills is coming out of quilling and will now just about tolerate me as long as I’m providing him with my skin or a morio to chomp, he’s not bothered by which. 🤣

NB - please don’t let your hogs use teeth on you if you don’t know how to stop it from becoming a habit! Dori has never shown inclination to bite through frustration or aggression, and merely chews to get more for his anoint, which I’m okay with, but it can easily get out of hand if you let it become a frequent occurrence. 🥰

Also I have 20 odd hedgehogs and my hands have no feeling anymore. This would hurt if you didn’t have asbestos skin. 😆🧛

27/12/2024

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 🎄✨

Dovahkiin is offering a fantastic demonstration of what I’ve spent the last few days doing non-stop… stuffing my face full of food. 😌

Sound on for some super satifying crunchies! 🤤

23/12/2024

Did you know that as well as my spiky children, I also have an Orange Juice, the 1.5 year old Syrian hamster? 🍊🧃

I typically keep one female Syrian at a time (one is enough, if you keep hams, you’ll understand 😂) and she is definitely the most spoilt - I think she gets more love from me than everyone else combined, even if she is notoriously naughty. 🙃

She might be cheeky but she’s the most loving, affectionate, playful little love, so as an ode to OJ, here’s 2 minutes of bonus hamster ASMR content for you all as she demolishes a whole spray of millet and shoves it all into her chonky cheek pouches. 😝

23/12/2024

I would say I hate to brag… but I absolutely don’t, why are my kids so gosh darn adorable?! 🥹

Tifa, Pym & Pancake - all bringing their A game when it comes to faces that’ll make me melt. 🫠

19/12/2024

UPDATE: Thanks all, everything seems to be okay for now - Pym and our trio seem to have figured it all out! 🥰😘

Hey all, do any of my fellow breeders have a litter currently young enough/with a mum inclined enough to possibly foster over 3 newborns that were born this morning but haven’t yet fed? 🙏

Unfortunately Pym just isn’t figuring this out and they’ll begin to fade fast if she can’t work it out! Any help would be really appreciated as I really don’t want to lose them if I can help it, and I currently don’t have any foster mums. 😢

Thanks so much! 🩶

13/12/2024

Sweet boy Daiquiri… isn’t he so handsome, look at that pose?! 🥰😍

His modelling career kick off with the African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service calendar front cover this year has really given him an ego boost in front of the camera. 😋📸

13/12/2024

Debating releasing my new hit single “Daiquiri Is A Burrito” on all streaming platforms… 🛁🌯

My little old man may be getting on but he’s still randy enough that I have to manually peel off boy juice from his chin each week; young at heart! 🤍🤢

He really wanted to show off his mani-pedi at the end there, we love a metrosexual king. 💅🏽

10/12/2024

Who needs to go to M&S for Christmas turkey when Mocha can provide 4 perfectly chonky drumsticks for me to munch?! 🍗😋

08/12/2024

Hello, you lovely lot! 🤍✨

HogMunch Helper here to let you know that I’ll be taking some time off over Christmas when it comes to food orders, so if you’re going to need food between now and the beginning of January, please do put in your order as soon as possible this week. ☺️

I’ll still be available through the festive period to help if anyone needs me, I just won’t be leaving the comfort of my sofa - pyjama-clad with hot choccy in hand watching terrible Christmas movies on Netflix - for any dealings with the postie… even the busiest elves need their rest! 🎄

Just pop me a message if you need to order. 🥰

05/12/2024

It’s not particularly hard to see why Pancake was my first and only foster fail in nearly 5 years of fostering, is it? 😂

I am obsessed with this chubby puppy. She brings such a smile to my face every day. 💕

POV - I was rude enough to only offer her ONE measly morio worm as if she’s fat and is on a diet (she is), how dare I?! Where’s the rest?!

01/12/2024

As it turns out, tonight is a good night for bragging (see our last post on little Callie!) - completely sold out of this year’s Club calendars. 🥹

I’m so, so proud. 🧡

African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service Calendar 2025 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! ✨🧡🗓️

A huge thank you to everyone who bought one of our fundraising calendars this year! We have officially reserved all of the calendars we had available!

There are a few outstanding payments/address information requests, so please check your messages or emails if you have placed an order, as we’ll start posting out tomorrow.

If we have not heard from those outstanding orders by next weekend, we will be able to release the calendars on hold, but for now, we are closed to orders. ☺️

We can’t thank you all enough for your support - we’re blown away! 🥰🦔

01/12/2024

Evening everyone! A bit of a story time that we’ve been keeping under wraps for now but I’m ready to blow my own trumpet because I’m so proud of this! 🥰

I’d like you all to meet Callie! Callie came to me a few weeks ago with one of the worst fungal infections I’ve ever seen. She’s only 6 months old and the owner had only had her since July. Not only was she covered in bloody wounds and weeping crusts, barely able to open her eyes, but she was also very underweight - 243g at her lowest here with me.

I’d like to point out that fungal infection can happen in hogs, even with the best care! And I wish I could say that her owner sought to care for her properly, but unfortunately he didn’t and this was the result. To show how quickly it can take hold, I’ve included pictures of her at 7 weeks old compared to when she came to me… time is of the essence with conditions like this! ⏳

In 11 days with at home treatment and no need for veterinary intervention, but with plenty of daily at home care, this is what we achieved. And little miss is up to 302g already! 😍 Her fur is growing back in well, no more signs of crusties or sores. Just a happy, healing hoggy. ❤️

I’m super proud of her and what we managed to accomplish in the 2 weeks she was here, but it speaks volumes to what we can achieve with them when you can put in some love, care, time, and most importantly, experience and knowledge! Her previous owner didn’t know how to fix the problem, and couldn’t be bothered to seek out and ask questions from people who may be able to help which is where he let her down, but we’ve managed to, thankfully, fix it.

After being happy to give her the all clear and sign her out from the Hinterland Hospice, I’ve moved her on to her next home for a few months with her lovely foster carers, where she’ll carry on growing and recovering. ✨

She’s a prime example of why I devote so much time to these sweet babies. My hands may be clumsy but they can still work wonders! 🦔

28/11/2024

My blood, sweat and tears went into these calendars… only 14 remaining. 😍🥰