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Hello! I’ve had hedgehogs for awhile now, but I really would like to switch up her food for the best healthy mix I can that within an affordable price. I’m okay if it’s in store or needs to be ordered, I just want the best for her (and something that she’ll enjoy) Thanks!

Oddly enough it seems to be hard to acquire a hedgehog in Seattle. I have already been scammed for one and I can't seem to find a legitimate way to get one without paying $300. I would love to just re home one. Thoughts?

My hedgehog Harley is peeing blood. It a very dark red and honestly looks more like just blood than pee. This started last night when she was doing her usual running on her wheel and I noticed a puddle of blood. When I rinsed her off this morning she peed more blood. She is acting/doing fine otherwise.

I do not have funds for anything expensive, like $500 or more. I was going to take her to the ER but it was $600-800 for liquid analysis and another $250 to talk to the vet after a few hours. Right now I'm also dealing with a senior dog and her health issues which is why money is tight. As far as I know a vet visit would be $100-250 depending if they have to sedate her for the exam.

I've looked into the issue in my own and understand it could be a UTI or something more serious like cancer which possibly needs an ultrasound and where Harley would then have to undergo surgery to be spayed which I know is out of my price range.

So I'm wondering if I should take her to a vet to have her looked at for this situation. If it does seem like something more serious which would require surgery would I then make the call to just put her down? I don't want to just sit this out until she dies because that seems immoral to me but I also don't want to put her down to early.

I've had 2 hedgehogs prior to Harley. My first one had a tumor on her face so we out her down because it was impacting her quality of life and my second hedgehog he lived until he was 5 and passed on his own. With Harley she seems to be doing fine. Same energy, and isn't making pained cries or concerning noises.

Thanks you for any advice/opinions on this situation with Harley.

UPDATE: Thank you guys for the advice about Harley and suggestions for my money situation. I was able to bring Harley to a vet today and we found a tumor which can be removed with a spay surgery. However since it is $1,000 I didn't go with that route today. Harley was given some pain and antibiotics meds and we'll see how she is over the weekend.

I may consider making a GoFundMe but I feel like a surgery on Harley since she's 3 might be a stressful situation and possibly make things worse. She is a pretty resilient hedgehog but I'm anxious about such a big surgery.

My current enclosure is 34x19x13 inches. I feel liek this is not big enough. I don’t have much horizontal space but I have a lot of vertical space. Any suggestions for building on top of my current enclosures so he can borrow and such?? Or should I get a one big taller enclosure?? Please help