How to Handle & Tame a mean / aggressive / scared hedgehog 

What am I doing here I don't even own a hedgehog

So after 8 years youtube decided that I'm ready to be taught about hedgehogs. Thanks.

For any other new hedgehog owners watching, these tips really do work! Another thing I have found helpful in addition to his advice has been to put your hedgehog on the couch (with some towels on top of the sofa to prevent them from peeing/pooping on it or burrowing in between the cushions) every night when they’re active, place some food (preferably dried worms) on the couch, and sit next to them. Naturally, they’ll be bothered at first, but once they emerge from their ball, they’ll start to explore, go for the food, and will likely try to burrow under your arms, legs, and back. Whenever your hedgehog tries to approach you, try not to make any sudden movements. Aim to bring them out every night when they’re active for at least an hour and over time, they’ll gradually become more comfortable around you.

Had to stop by and let you know. Tonight (day 4) was the first time she relaxed in my arms. Spikes laid flat and she let my get under her belly and pick her up, even without the need for the towel. Progress I could not have made without the help of this video. Thanks... So hopefully now she will become more and more relaxed around me, so that soon my children can also learn how to handle her properly.

You don't have enough badges to train that pokemon.

Hedgehog pooping on the wall... now I've seen everything.

The hedgehog is mean because it cannot find that damn fourth chaos emerald

wow, after 9 years they start to recommend me this great video...

"hedgehogs bite very rarely, if they bite you, I'm sorry" lol.

The hedgehog hissing sounds like helicopter blades lol

This was so helpful! Thank you! Now I can actually hold my hedgehog.

Hi there! I saw your video about ten years ago. I must say, your effort and tips helped me to save at least a dozen of wild hedgehogs that freaked out on roads. And now, it came to the full circle... Thank you, mate! You did an absolutely world-changing thing! Thank you again, stay awesome!

I came here because a random hedgehog approched me when I was in the garden and he started doing explosive sounds and hissing. Got curious and had to do some research. Lol

I really hope you see this comment because I really want to thank you for this video. I picked up my little man the other day and was so worried about how nervous he was. Well after watching this I instantly done what you said and he is currently having a little tummy rub, I am so close to crying with happiness. Thank you so so much!

I was going to make a Sonic Fanbase joke, but like... how many comments are Sonic jokes? I hope your Hedgehog/future pets are all safe and you as well man. Much love to you.

RU-vid recommendations: We know you have a hedgehog so here some videos Me: i watch sonic once for the first time in 4 years and now im getting these videos.

how do u handle one with bad behaviar and it turns blue and collects ring and spins in a ball?

There's a fucking evil hedgehog in our yard eating all the apples and shit. Can it be considered a pet if it's just been there for weeks? Can't fucking pet it tho, It's a spawn of satan.

If this video doesn’t help, try turning your hedgehog off and on or doing a soft reset. If you have more questions go ahead and reply :)

Next video: How to Handle & Tame a mean/aggressive/scared polar bear :)

Thanks this really helped my hedgehog was scared and now in about 1 month she loves me! I subbed and liked thanks.

Got my hedgie today and my hedgehog is EXACTLY the same thing! I know they're all hedgehogs and have the same mechanisms but I just want to thank you for this video!

Hedgehogs are so fkn cute. I once saved one that was laying in front of my doorstep. Put her into my xbox carton for the night, gave her a warm home and something to eat. The next day I released her in the woods.

Aww thanks for the video! I just got a baby hedgehog last week and she’s so nervous and scared whenever I pick her up, so I started by picking her up and putting her in my hoodie so she gets used to my smell, but it’s been a few days and she’s still so jumpy when I pick her up! I’m still patient and hoping for the best but your video motivated me! Thank you!!

I love my pet hedgehog. She is friendly and oh she knows my smell. One time I was having a party and I let a friend hold her and wen I came to return her i put my hands out and she smell me and walked right to my hands. I was in love.

It's Super easy, give it some Golden Rings

Whats wrong with your dog

Thank you for making this vid! I know it's old but it's still very helpful being I'm dealing with a hedgie that pokes me till I bleed and hates being handled

TOP TIP. If for any reason your hedgehog does bite you (which as was pointed out in this video, that is pretty rare), gently pushing towards them usually gets them to let go. If you freak out, your heggy will probably panic and keep holding on

gotta go fast

Thanks for being so kind to her ♥️♥️♥️

Fake advice! no mention anywhere about using Chili Dogs!

"IDK why she's so angry." Mfer she lives in an Amazon box.

I tried all these tricks, and they worked very well framing my hedgehog. He is very much more comfortable than he was before, except for the fact that he keeps biting my dad, and it draws blood.😢

Smiling the whole time watching the hedgehog on the chair. 😁😁😁

Im getting my first hedgehog tomorrow. I’m watching all kinds of videos to be prepared, I’m so excited. Thank you for these videos❤️

She pooped on the side of the box XD

Thanks for sharing your experience!

When I was younger I once kept a hedgehog in my hands and it was beutiful

Hey dude! I just had my first hedgehog this day and i know you're the sensei when it comes to handling them!

I was only bit once.. I had just fed my other pets and my hedgehog could taste the food on my fingers and tried to eat me lol

Love these videos. We have a new hedgehog and really came into it kind of blind. She is only 10 weeks and is kind of grumpy but it's good to know that it's possible to make her easy to handle thanks!

This 11yo video is helping my Hedgie become more tame 🙏🏻

Thank you my hedge hog was not payed attention to when it was little and we adopted it when it was about 1 year and I'm watching this with my hedge hog next to me trying to help it calm down and this was one of the most helpful videos yet thank you, you gained a subscriber

I think your potatoe might have been grown by a nuclear power plant i cant bepeived it gre legs

can we appreciate the fact that this guy is still responding to comments on an 11 year old video? mad respect (also thanks for the video very helpful)

Aw how cute. And idk why YT recommended this to me now, but I appreciate it.

I'm doing work experience in a wild animal rehabilitation centre at the moment - it was my first day today and one of the hedgehog scared the shit out of me by jumping and growling - cheers for the handling information, man, it helps loads!

I don't ever planning on owning a hedgehog. And yet a watched this

she's cute! just like you are. :) and I'm glad you love her and work with her.

Thank you mate. That made so much sense. As a new Hedgehog owner Mrs Pinkerton is a little on edge. We have had her only two days and I'm trying to handle her little and often to get her used to everything around her. Picking her up is like a puzzle sometimes, yes I use a towel, but I'd rather not. So yes this video has helped. I subscribed too, you have an eclectic bunch of vidz lol

I have found this very useful thank you. I have just got a hedgehog and he is pretty much hissing at the moment, so I am leaving him for a few days to settle in and will then handle him. It's a big change for him from his previous owners to me now. I find all your videos pratical and informative. Many thanks .

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much.

This wasn’t it my recommended I fucking looked for this Gem.

I'm so glad I found this video! I bought a new hedgehog yesterday, and she was jumping when I was feeding her. I can't wait to pick her up now! I am excited to have a new spiky friend

Your explanation is so good i love it

Thank you for making this video its very helpful for hedgehog owners

LOL. How the heck did she poop on the SIDE of the box? What did she just press her butt up against the side or something? THATS A LOT! This hedgehog must have been REALLY freaking out before you made this video. I also like that Pavlov "treats for being taken out of your cage" method- that's pretty "Why didn't I think about that first" sort of deal. I don't own a hedgehog,but that'd be good for ANY sort of pet that has a cage.

The most helpful video on hedgehogs I watched! Thank you.

Thanks for the info, planning on getting a hedgehog pretty soon. Best hedgehog video out there.

I have my hedgehog's bed on the floor and she gets to run around the room and eats out of the cat's food bowls, she's 5 years old now and very social. She can still be a brat every now and then, usually though she is an adorable ball of death and hate until she wakes up.

wow this has changed my life. Very important watch for all.

Pretty cool video, thank you for sharing and walking us through it in a very practical way.

This truly was some great advice we got a 🦔 yesterday but she’s very scared and she’s scary but now we know to not worry about picking her up

I used to work with an education hedgehog at my zoo, and I gotta say, this is a really good video. Very easy for hedgehog owners to understand, well done! My only suggestion would be to combine the treats you mentioned with touching. It's important (as you stated) to give her treats outside her home to help her make the association between being taken out of her hab and delicious snacks/good times, but if you don't touch her during these feeding sessions she won't make an equally positive association with touching. She'll definitely come round to touching eventually with what you described, but touching will serve as a stronger secondary reinforcer (something like petting, which she doesn't need but will learn to enjoy) if you pair it on occassion with mealworms or superworms. Secondary conditioned (ie taught) reinforcers like tactile/touching should virtually always be paired with primary reinforcers at first (something an animal needs such as food) when being introduced in almost every situation. She'll be jumpy at first but will quickly realize that every time she jumps, she's having to wait longer between gorging herself on hedgehog snacks! Eventually she'll calm down and stop jumping as you touch her, as touching is now associated with very good hedgehogy things :) Thanks again for these videos, they're great for helping people learn how to enjoy their prickly (often surly) little friends!

I got bit by my sons hedgehog. It drew considerable blood, and held on like a pit bull. Very unpleasant. So, some hedgehogs are biters.

nice, thanks for the advices, you never know what you gonna need in the future

Thank you thank you! Today is day 1 and starting my journey with taking my hedgehog. This video really explained a lot.

I’ve tried absolutely everything but my hedgehog stubbornly refuses to exist.

IT SHAT ON THE WALL!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just seen a hedgehog on my back garden so definitely needed to see this. Thanks.

i just got two rescues the other day. This couple's kids wanted hedgehogs and they didnt have any idea how difficult it can be for children, and they were badly mistreated. thirty seconds of your video helped me more then every other source i looked for. i was finally able to interact with one of them, and it even ate out of my hand. Thank you so much!

Hey man I was reading the comments and there are a lot of negative people so I wanted to be the first to say thanks for your advice I just bought a hedgehog and he’s been a little brat so I’m slowly working with him. Keep up the great work brother oh and I Subscribed

"How to Handle & Tame a mean / aggressive / scared hedgehog" Finally. The how to video we've all been asking for. /s

This makes me really happy. I really want a hedgehog so this is really helpful.

Thanks for the video 💕 just got my lil Pepper today and I’m excited to bond with her🥰

I want a hedgehog so much.

I just got a baby male and oh boy, he is feisty. LoL. This really helped. Thanks.

We have 4 resident hogs that live in our garden and we spend many hours filming & watching them .. nice video

Thank you, I rescued a baby hedgehog yesterday that was wandering lost a d you gave me the confidence to pick it up from the cage. It was cold. Now it has decided to sleep in my hoodie.

"Wow! She pooped on the side of that"

Домик ежа не очень уютный без специального пластикового домика - но зато это компенсируется свободой ходить по дому, которую вы предоставляете Вашему ёжику. И это радует. Мы рады за него

This was really helpful! Thank you so much

This video was very helpful I had most of that stuff you said wrong. Thank you so much

holy shit man, you gave me a fcking courage, thanks man im so scared everytime he hiss, but after i touch my hh, it doesnt hurt that much once u lift him/her, thank god man i found ur video, ur a real man and a real life saver lol! thankyou really godbless you always sir!

She is so cute😂💗

Thanks for the tips! Very helpful!! 👍🏼

This was very good, great message

Hi! I was just wondering how was the progress on this particular hedgehog! Did she end up opening up more over time?

Hi again! Loving your videos. I ended up buying a hedgehog! Buy mine is aggressive. So strange, the first two days I had her she was alright to hold. Now she just curls up! Is this normal? She is only 6 weeks old. Going to use tips you mention in your video. My concern was she was fine the first two days then just suddenly changed

I’ve got a hedgehog I’ve had for two years, I take him out on the daily and hold him in my hands but he’s still grouchy and scared of lots. I now understand I haven’t been spending enough or the right time with it, and I need to work harder to make sure its remaining years are worth living for. Thank you

Very informative! Great video

Aaand it's come around another 2 years later,, definitely not mad :))

She's mean cause she's not with sonic

Thanks for the video. I just got my first Hedgehog 3 days ago.

This video helps alot, im planing to get one soon but i was a little worried it would be scared and i didnt know how to make it less afraid of me...thanks for the help!

I am trying to find a blue hedgehog where do I buy one?

Our hedgehog Chaos bites you and tries to drag us or whatever he bites with him. LOL Even when they're nervous they are great pets if you're willing to care for them and put in the work!

I needed this !!! My baby is always jumping and she gets scared. I never knew how to hold her because she’s pokey . And I wanted her to be able to feel my skin and get used to my scent . Now ik how! This definitely helped Tysm!!

I dont understand any of the dislikes on all of your hedgehog videos :) u taught me a lot im from the philippines and just got mine today 😃