Day 1

Day 1

The day I got my hedgehog was 2 days ago on the 26th April, 2012. :D
It wasn't until 4:30pm that I could take it home and get it used to me. My hedgehog, nameless then (though I had a couple of names brewing in my head already), was not a shy hedgehog. It's quite active if you let him be active. I played with him for quite a while, until I let him back into the aquarium cage and get used to his new home.

I placed an igloo for his home and a small bowl for his hungry stomach (theme colour: BLUE). I did not change the bedding yet... it didn't smell.

My whole family decided to greet the little stranger and they were kiiiinda sorta incredulous that I decided to get a hedgehog. Really though, how many people in Brunei owns one? :D And they're cute. And spikey, but cute. A perfect tsundere animal LOL.

I also decided to name the hedgie; Mandark. You know, from Dexter's Laboratory. The previous little critter that I owned was an old hamster named Dexter, so I followed it from that. This one's like a hamster, only 'evil' with spikes, hence Mandark.

The other name that I strongly considered to call him was Edgeworth... from Miles Edgeworth, a public prosecutor from Phoenix Wright. Ahahahaaaa. Get it? 'Edge'worth? D: Nevermind. I didn't choose it in the end, because it was hard to pronounce. Edgewarrrthhhh.

Alright, so enough of that, the little guy is two months old as of now. Quite social and friendly. Aim is to let him familiarize with the human smell that is myself.

I let him sleep and kept myself downstairs until 10pm-ish. I gave him food around 6:30pm in the evening and he ate half of the portion I gave him. He was moving around quite a bit around 9:30pm. At that time, I was pretty worried about temperature. Too cold, too hot? It didn't seem to be the case, since he wasn't splayed out. Guess that was a good thing.

Once lights were out, that was when he decided to be active. I could hear him making a ruckus in the cage, drinking and eating and ruffling around the bedding.

Not bad for the first day.