hedgehogs often eat cat food and other vegetables like celery and carrots make sure when you are bathing a hedgehog that the water is room temperature fill up your sink about halfway or all the way to the top you can clean your hedgehog with an old toothbrush and using back and forth motions make sure you keep a close watch on your hedgehog even though they are capable of swimming keep your hedgehog in a cage that has plenty of room you can get a cage that is intended for a durable or bunny at your local pet store this is important because this is where a lot of time is spent also make sure there are plenty of blankets so that they can burrow and keep warm hedgehogs use a litter box so make sure you remove that and all the toys from the cage before you start cleaning it it's important to make sure everything's out so you can make sure you get everything that collects at the bottom of the cage throw away the used glitter in the trash can and make sure you replace the old with the new when you're finished just put everything back into the cage so your hedgehog can go back to a clean cage something to be aware of just to make sure they're always warm if they get cold it could be really bad for a hedgehog just make sure you're aware that they're nocturnal because they can make a lot of noise at night i need to make sure of their family lineage is because of fatal diseases that pass down through their genes like wobbly hedgehog sister syndrome or also known as whs that can be very fatal to your hedgehog hedgehogs get along fairly well with other animals but just make sure they're not going to get scared or other animals are going to harm your hedgehog hedgehogs are very nervous creatures and are prone to being scared so just be careful making loud noises that could cause your hedgehog to be uncomfortable you