lou-lou.

i picked up a baby a couple of weeks ago.her weights going up and down,shes eating okay etc and has been wormed etc.shes lively,i'm just a bit concerned that shes not really getting any bigger.shes had dead wormy poop over the past few day,hasn't had the cough or anything like that!?!

I do hope she is ok. I have had many Hedgehog who have had the worms. I don't know that much about Hedgehogs, but I learnt that when they have worms they will sometimes eat loads and then not put much on.

Good luck with her!

Hopefuly the worms will start to die very soon. If she does stop eating then you have some advice from another post.
Good luck with her. She has a very nice name!

What a wonderful name she has!

Have you wormed her? If so then could she be getting rid of the dead ones? If not, then she could do with it, or maybe she needs a second course.

she was wormed when first in,the ones in her poop are dead so would she need a second course? i don't want to mess her around to much if shes had weight loss and is quite picky with what she prefers to eat. should i monitor her for a few days see if her poop/weight loss/gain goes back to normal?

I know the usual thing with any new hedgehog is a course of wormer for 5 days then again in 2 weeks, so I am wondering if she had worms for sure the first course killed them so the second will ensure all dead and help get rid?

I think I'll look into this a bit and find out for sure - the hedgehog I have has tonight finished a course, I gave them to her as a matter of course not because she had them. Hope that reads as I mean it to!

i know what you mean!?
i worm all hedgehogs when they come in but am a bit reluctant to go again if she doesn't need it,as i don't really want to make her stomach upset or anything.if her poop goes back to normal etc,then is that a sign the worms are gone???

johog wrote:i know what you mean!?
i worm all hedgehogs when they come in but am a bit reluctant to go again if she doesn't need it,as i don't really want to make her stomach upset or anything.if her poop goes back to normal etc,then is that a sign the worms are gone???

I have just asked the question on the other forum in the hope that Derek answers.