Should baby hedgehogs be kept at home? Can hedgehogs be domesticated?

The hedgehog is a national protected animal. Widely distributed in Europe, northern Asia, in northern China and the Yangtze River basin is also widely distributed, this kind of hedgehog hibernation in winter, in southern Jiangsu folk is also called"Stealing melon badgers"。The hedgehog has a fat and short body, sharp claws, small eyes, short hair, and short, dense spines all over its body, and the hedgehog is nocturnal and feeds on insects and worms.

Hedgehogs are bred in captivity.

Hedgehogs are docile, with some breeds only slightly larger than the palm of their hands, which is why they are kept as pets in Australia and the United Kingdom. The common hedgehog is not easy to keep as a pet. The hedgehog as a pet is a cross between the common hedgehog and the African "four-toed hedgehog", does not hibernate, is small, and is not hardy.

Home-raised hybrid hedgehogs can be fed by themselves, and they can be raised in proportion to meat feet, grains and by-products, and green vegetables. In addition, small animals such as caterpillars, beetles, snails, earthworms, and fruits can also be fed. Hedgehogs are sensitive to lactose, so they should not be fed dairy products.

Answer: Wild hedgehogs can be domesticated, but it is better not to keep them. Wild hedgehogs live in the wild for a long time and have not been domesticated by socialization, so they may be short-tempered, wild, easy to attack humans, and easy to hurt people. The living environment in the wild is complex, and hedgehogs may carry some harmful microorganisms, and if they are not careful during the breeding process, they are easy to infect humans.

Superstition says that hedgehogs are not suitable for keeping at home. According to folklore, the hedgehog is one of the horse fairies, and it is unlucky to raise it badly or to raise it to death.

The reason why hedgehogs are not kept at home is because hedgehogs are prone to heat stroke in summer and freeze to death in winter, and it is very troublesome to need to adjust the temperature frequently. And the hedgehog is a typical solitary creature, which is not suitable for keeping a few in one cage, otherwise there will be fights. The hedgehog is very timid, and when it is fed in the early stage, it takes a long time to get to know the owner, so it will often hide and look very boring.

Hedgehogs can not be raised at home, because it is very troublesome to raise, hedgehogs cannot adjust the temperature of their bodies, so it is easy to heat stroke in summer and freeze to death in winter, and it is necessary to adjust the ambient temperature of hedgehogs in time according to temperature changes.

Hedgehogs are not raised at home, but also because hedgehogs are typical solitary creatures, suitable for a cage to raise one, if several are raised together, it will cause a fight, when they give birth to small hedgehogs, will not take care of the little hedgehog and the mother hedgehog are not good.

The hedgehog has very little guts, and it takes a long time to get along with the hedgehog, so it takes a long time to get to know the owner, so the hedgehog is raised in the early stage, and when feeding, the hedgehog will not hide and will not interact with the owner, which is very boring.