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Uw vertrouwde bron voor wetenschappelijk onderbouwde kennis over egels, tenreks, haaregels en meer. Duik in deskundige gidsen over gedrag, gezondheid, natuurbehoud en soortendiversiteit.

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Behavior & Communication

  • Aestivation in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Fear and agression: a step-by-step guide to socialization
  • Self-Anointing in hedgehogs
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Conservation

  • Explaining endangerment levels: From Least Concern to Critically Endangered
  • Habitat loss explained: The biggest threat to wildlife
  • How to make your garden hedgehog-safe
  • In situ vs. Ex situ: Two ways to save a species
  • The current endangerment levels of all species hedgehog & tenrec
  • What is biodiversity? More then just lots of species

Health & Veterinary basics

  • Aestivation in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Bacteria and viruses
  • Breeding-related health risks: From pyometra to cannibalism
  • Cancer: symptoms and prognosis
  • Common birth defect in hedgehogs and tenrecs: What you should know
  • Diabetes in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Does my hedgehog or tenrec have obesity?
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Fungal infections: what do I do?
  • How to care for the skin, fur and quills of hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • How to clip nails in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • How to deal with parasites
  • How to spot and prevent hibernation attempts
  • Kidney diseases and their symptoms and treatments
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • The daily health checklist
  • The pro's and cons of bathing hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What happens after mating: An overview of gestation periods in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What if the mother rejects her litter? Emergency options
  • What is zoonosis? When diseases cross from animals to humans
  • What to look out for when trying to find a good exotic vet
  • When to seperate the young: Timing is key
  • Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome

Species

  • Convergent evolution: The case of tenrecs and true hedgehogs
  • Otter shrews explained: Not otters, not shrews, not quite tenrecs
  • Why some hedgehogs have no spines: Meet the gymnure
  • Hedgehogs

    • African pygmy hedgehog
    • Amur hedgehog
    • Bare-bellied hedgehog
    • Brandt's hedgehog
    • Daurian hedgehog
    • Desert hedgehog
    • Eastern forest hedgehog
    • European hedgehog
    • Gaoligong forest hedgehog
    • Hugh's hedgehog
    • Indian hedgehog
    • Indian long-eared hedgehog
    • Long-eared hedgehog
    • North African hedgehog
    • Northern white-breasted hedgehog
    • Small-toothed forest hedgehog
    • Somali hedgehog
    • Southern African hedgehog
    • Southern white-breasted hedgehog
  • Tenrecs

    • Common tenrec
    • Cowan's shrew tenrec
    • Dobson's shrew tenrec
    • Drouhard's shrew tenrec
    • Dryad shrew tenrec
    • Four-toed rice tenrec
    • Gracile shrew tenrec
    • Grandidier's shrew tenrec
    • Greater hedgehog tenrec
    • Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
    • Highland streaked tenrec
    • Jenkins's shrew tenrec
    • Large-eared tenrec
    • Least shrew tenrec
    • Lesser hedgehog tenrec
    • Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec
    • Lowland streaked tenrec
    • Major's long-tailed shrew tenrec
    • Mole-like rice tenrec
    • Montane shrew tenrec
    • Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
    • Nasolo's shrew tenrec
    • Northern shrew tenrec
    • Pale shrew tenrec
    • Pygmy shrew tenrec
    • Short-tailed shrew tenrec
    • Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
    • Taiva shrew tenrec
    • Talazac's shrew tenrec
    • Thomas's shrew tenrec
    • Web-footed tenrec
  • Gymnures

    • Bornean short-tailed gymnure
    • Dalat gymnure
    • Dinagat gymnure
    • Dwarf gymnure
    • Eastern Mindanao gymnure
    • Hainan gymnure
    • Javan short-tailed gymnure
    • Kitanglad gymnure
    • Leuser gymnure
    • Long-eared gymnure
    • Max's short-tailed gymnure
    • Mindanao gymnure
    • Moonrat
    • Northern short-tailed gymnure
    • Shrew gymnure
  • Otter shrews

    • Giant otter shrew
    • Nimba otter shrew
    • Ruwenzori otter shrew

Husbandry & Enclosures

  • Aestivation in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Enclosures for hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Examples of safe and unsafe substrates and nesting materials
  • Examples of safe and unsafe toys
  • How to clean and disinfect enclosures, toys and other materials
  • How to clip nails in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Running wheels and freeroaming: how to keep your hedgehog or tenrec active
  • The pro's and cons of bathing hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Tutorial: how to make a sandbox/digging box
  • What is enrichment? Why it matters for captive animals

Diet & Nutrition

  • BARF & fresh meat diet
  • Food and water: what does my hedgehog or tenrec eat and drink?
  • Recipe: banana pancake
  • Recipe: insect bites
  • Safe and unsafe insects and meat
  • Vegetables and fruit

Breeding & Genetics

  • A complete color guide to African pygmy hedgehogs
  • Breeding-related health risks: From pyometra to cannibalism
  • Color changes over time: What to expect as your hedgehog grows old
  • Color vs. Pattern: What's the difference in hedgehogs?
  • Common birth defect in hedgehogs and tenrecs: What you should know
  • Ethical breeding: Putting animal welfare first
  • From birth to weaning: Caring for hedgehog and tenrec babies
  • How Roan and Platinum are different: Color graying explained
  • How to predict offspring colors: A simple guide for breeders
  • Infertility in males and females: Possible causes
  • Line breeding vs. inbreeding: What's the difference?
  • Outcrossing: A tool to improve health and body type
  • Phenotype vs. Genotype: What you see isn't always what you get
  • Pinto, Reversed Pinto and beyond: Understanding pattern genes
  • Preparing a safe nesting environment for expecting mothers
  • Sexual dimorphism: why males and females differ
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Socialization for baby hedgehogs and tenrecs: What works and what doesn't
  • Tracking growth and development in litters
  • Understanding breeding age and retirement for males and females
  • Understanding color genetics in African pygmy hedgehogs
  • Understanding inbreeding: Risks, myths and realities
  • Understanding pedigrees How to read an animal's family tree
  • What happens after mating: An overview of gestation periods in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What if the mother rejects her litter? Emergency options
  • What is a gene? The basics of animal genetics explained
  • What to expect during mating: Behavior and timing
  • When to sell or rehome young animals (and when not to)
  • When to seperate the young: Timing is key
  • Why are you breeding? Defining goals before you start

Laws & Ethics

  • Ethical breeding: Putting animal welfare first
  • Ethics in exotic pet keeping: What every owner should know
  • Understanding breeding age and retirement for males and females
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Lifespan & Development

  • Color changes over time: What to expect as your hedgehog grows old
  • From birth to weaning: Caring for hedgehog and tenrec babies
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Tracking growth and development in litters

Human-Animal interaction

  • The daily health checklist

Biology 101

  • Convergent evolution: The case of tenrecs and true hedgehogs
  • Sexual dimorphism: why males and females differ
  • Taxonomy explained: How scientists classify life
  • What is biodiversity? More then just lots of species

Basisprincipes van gezondheid en diergeneeskunde

  • Aestivation in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Bacteria and viruses
  • Breeding-related health risks: From pyometra to cannibalism
  • Cancer: symptoms and prognosis
  • Common birth defect in hedgehogs and tenrecs: What you should know
  • Diabetes in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Does my hedgehog or tenrec have obesity?
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Fungal infections: what do I do?
  • How to care for the skin, fur and quills of hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • How to clip nails in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • How to deal with parasites
  • How to spot and prevent hibernation attempts
  • Kidney diseases and their symptoms and treatments
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • The daily health checklist
  • The pro's and cons of bathing hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What happens after mating: An overview of gestation periods in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What if the mother rejects her litter? Emergency options
  • What is zoonosis? When diseases cross from animals to humans
  • What to look out for when trying to find a good exotic vet
  • When to seperate the young: Timing is key
  • Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome

Fokken & Genetica

  • A complete color guide to African pygmy hedgehogs
  • Breeding-related health risks: From pyometra to cannibalism
  • Color changes over time: What to expect as your hedgehog grows old
  • Color vs. Pattern: What's the difference in hedgehogs?
  • Common birth defect in hedgehogs and tenrecs: What you should know
  • Ethical breeding: Putting animal welfare first
  • From birth to weaning: Caring for hedgehog and tenrec babies
  • How Roan and Platinum are different: Color graying explained
  • How to predict offspring colors: A simple guide for breeders
  • Infertility in males and females: Possible causes
  • Line breeding vs. inbreeding: What's the difference?
  • Outcrossing: A tool to improve health and body type
  • Phenotype vs. Genotype: What you see isn't always what you get
  • Pinto, Reversed Pinto and beyond: Understanding pattern genes
  • Preparing a safe nesting environment for expecting mothers
  • Sexual dimorphism: why males and females differ
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Socialization for baby hedgehogs and tenrecs: What works and what doesn't
  • Tracking growth and development in litters
  • Understanding breeding age and retirement for males and females
  • Understanding color genetics in African pygmy hedgehogs
  • Understanding inbreeding: Risks, myths and realities
  • Understanding pedigrees How to read an animal's family tree
  • What happens after mating: An overview of gestation periods in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • What if the mother rejects her litter? Emergency options
  • What is a gene? The basics of animal genetics explained
  • What to expect during mating: Behavior and timing
  • When to sell or rehome young animals (and when not to)
  • When to seperate the young: Timing is key
  • Why are you breeding? Defining goals before you start

Levensduur & Ontwikkeling

  • Color changes over time: What to expect as your hedgehog grows old
  • From birth to weaning: Caring for hedgehog and tenrec babies
  • Signs of pregnancy in hedgehogs and tenrecs
  • Tracking growth and development in litters

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