The unseasonably cold spring has finally got to our prickly girl and she got a bit of a chill. After a couple days of sneezing we decided to take her to see a vet. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, all I could hope for is that she will be in a good mood […]
Training for a Half-Marathon
Who Would Have Ever Guessed?
Recently I have found an explanation for a mysterious hedgehog related incident from many years back. Growing up in Europe, hedgehogs were a daily occurrence. They lived in parks and wooded areas and were part of the natural landscape, just like raccoons are in Vancouver. One evening my father brought a hedgehog that was hit […]
Litter Baths?
Now here’s an interesting behaviour Miss Lilly has been exhibiting lately: each time after she’s put back into her house, she runs to the litter box and takes a…litter bath…just like a sand bath only in her litter. Her litter is kept clean so it’s not an overly disturbing behaviour, but it does seem peculiar. […]
She’s A Porcupine
Not really, but she could as well be. Miss Lily is a hedgehog. A grumpy, prickly porcupine-like hedgehog. You can’t really blame her, being the only lady in a male dominated zoo would make anyone grumpy. She enjoys her beauty sleep and doesn’t like to be woken up before 10pm – she likes the night […]