So the can curl up
The loose skin of a hedgehog enables the hedgehog to ball up, as well as allows the quills to move. Quills can be raised (pointy ends up), lowered (all smooth), or halfway in between.
Because they quills become loose, and dull.
No, hedgehogs quills are not poisonous. :) newtest3
I currently have a hedgehog and the only thing somewhat relevant to "molying" would be that she loses a quill every now and then. Hedgehogs do not lose all their quills at once over night. They will occasionally lose one or two.
It has quills.
Hedgehog quills are modified hairs.
Baby hedgehogs are known as piglets or pups, and are small hedgehogs that have softer quills or spikes when born, then go through different sets of quills through different ages of life to get their adult quills.
It's possible, as quills are modified hairs - but hedgehogs have about 6,000 on their body and it would be a little pointless.
No. After the babies quilling, the adult quilling is continuous. Old quills are shed every day and new ones come through.
No.
Hedgehogs havespikes [quills] because in the wild they use it to protect themselves. Hedgehogs do not have sharp as quills as porcupines. They have softer, blunter quills. Hedgehogs shed their quills when they become older.
Yes. An adult hedgehog typically has anywhere near 6,000 quills. However, these are much different from Porcupine quills. While they are still modified hairs, hedgehog quills are not barbed, venomous, nor can they be projected at a victim.
their tongues will get scratched and gross because of the dirt in the quills and the sharpness of the quills.