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zip1purrs
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Are they out of danger? - 2008/04/29 09:08 HI all..

First of all, as a background I have had a hedgie before - the one in the pic (Lexi)- she passed at the age of 7 last summer. Got a new hedgie (I know, boo) from a pet store that was pregnant and she had 3 babies (on 4-23), abandoned one.

Every day, I feed and water her about the same time to leave her be with her babies and have noticed that last nite and this morning she actually is coming out of her igloo to say 'hello' and not huffing or puffing... the babies are in her igloo. The question is, now that the babies are almost a week old, is it safe to say that she won't attack or abandon them now? or is that a threat that will continue until they are 3 or 4 weeks old?
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CThogs
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Are they out of danger? - 2008/04/29 09:41 No they are not necessarily out of danger-but it does sound like mom is less stressed out and is figuring out what to do which is great. There's really no set age-it depends on the mom. Since she is so new to you, I would be very cautious still Ann
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Julie Pierce
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Click here to see the profile of this user 		Re:Are they out of danger? - 2008/04/30 19:02 One week old babies can still be vulnerable if mom gets very spooked or upset. Keep the status quo, stay out of the nest, dont do anything to upset her. Also another tip, dont vaccuum in the room that the cage is in. The noise can really scare and upset the mom which can end up in a destroyed litter. I keep a carpet sweeper handy in my hedgie room. Julie Pierce
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