Reply To: Would this female be naturally small?

[daffydill]

Hi Nic
Thank you so much for your reply. I have such little experience of hedgies as only began to have visits several weeks before Xmas last year from two little ones (siblings?) that would share a bowl of food. Now after hibernation having more visits but know little about sizes etc and can only tell male from female by the behaviour.
This little female seems healthy but a touch smaller than her male visitor last night. He just circled her and snuffled her for a few minutes then they shared a bowl of food – quite different to her previous encounter. Assuming it’s a male from the circling, but after eating he wandered off! So maybe these two are siblings from last year? They do look very similar, speckedly spines and dark faces, but the only comparison I have is the large male who was much lighter coloured.
Now I’m wondering when do they reach maturity? May these two be late hoglets from last year so still immature hence the male’s half hearted attempt to woo?
So sorry to ask so much, I shouldn’t get so concerned I realise, but I have some food bowls/water 2 meters from my glass back door and can watch just from the light from my kitchen window and probably see more than I should !