Satin threw up

[smhufflepuff]

This morning, after pulling out her poopy wheel (plenty of normal-colored poops smashed onto the wheel, with normal-colored & normal density poops to the side) I roused Satin from her under-liner hideout. She had poopy feet. So into the bathroom sink she went. She scrambled to get out... maybe a bit more insistent scramble than usual. Once her feet looked clean, I got her out and into her towel. Where she promptly threw up. It was light brown, maybe the equivalent of one or two kibbles, and kind of a light foam (almost like the foam she makes when she anoints, but a tad thicker...and she definitely wasn't anointing with it).

I held her and got a new towel. She seemed fine and perky like usual. Daddy held her for awhile. She contined to seem okay - roaming about as if to say "enough of this towel, get me back to my home people!" When she was dry (while daddy was holding her, I cleaned her house & dishes out, then restocked). She contined to seem okay, so I put her back in. Like usual, she did a quick check of the food dish, then headed for her under-liner hideout where she naps during the day.

Other than actually seeing her throw-up (it was really quick; no prolonged heaving, just a quick blaaaaahh and out it came), she seems okay. I, however, am a wreck.

I desperately want to ask: is she okay?! And, of course, I know you can't see her. But I'm wondering does it sound plausible that maybe there was just a too short time period between eating and scrambling in the sink that caused a quick upset that's resolved on its own?? Or does this scream: get your hog to a vet now!? :scared:

[FiaSpice]

honestly I don't know what to tell you since everytime Lichi threw up, it was cause of car sickness. I'm not sure you should rush to the vet, but then could it be possible she "poissoned" herself. Anyway I'll bump it so someone else might give you a better advice.

[smhufflepuff]

She wasn't able to get into anything other than her regular kibble (CSCLS-lite, Wellness light, and Spikes) last night/this morning... not even a mealie. And her kibble is pretty fresh - bought it about a month ago and dropped off the old & added new until it was all new starting last week.

[FiaSpice]

well id she refuse to eat, that might be a reason to go to the vet. If she refuse mealies (the only thing Litchi decided to ate when she got sick) that's a bit more worrying.

[smhufflepuff]

She definitely ate her kibble last night/this morning while wheeling - 11g of kibble. And she ran over to her dish after I set her back down in her house this morning (after the vomiting episode) and sniffed it before diving under her liner <-- that's her regular routine.

Now, she's full-on into her "I'm sleeping, so don't bother me human!" mode - which basically means she puffs out into a giant quill-ball and emits rapid-fire huffing until I leave her alone.

[HedgieMate]

I do not want to falsely reassure you nor am saying your hedgie is perfectly okay, but I'd like to offer my past experience for your reference.

Our Geoffrey did exactly the same once in the past. Even the description of your hedgie's vomit is the exact match of what G threw up in the incident.

G has thrown up a number of times in the past 2-1/2 years since he first came to us. In fact, he got carsick and threw up on the way to our place for the first time from his previous owner's apartment (later we found out that his previous owner fed him shortly before our arrival). And at least a few times I could link his vomiting with too much running and climbing right after he had eaten. Maybe he is more prone to motion-sickness than the average hedgie???

So my guess is that your hedgie got motion-sickness from trying to climb out of the sink right after a meal and threw up. However, I'd keep a close eye on her for the next few days. :)

[Hathery]

She could have been just very upset about the bath and over-exerted herself trying to get out of the sink. If she had just eaten, this probably could have been enough to make her throw up. If she's still acting perfectly normal, I would doubt it's anything to worry about.

[hemi_mygirl]

I can vouch for some hedgehogs being more motion sensitive than others. Hemi could tolerate car rides all day if I was taking her someplace. Not a hint of green poop, runny poop or vomit. I took Cuda for a walk to the neighbor’s about 4 doors down last summer and he was sick all over the bag. Maybe I walk funny, but I couldn’t believe how sick he got. Kismet and Vette are in between, but none of them handle car rides quite as well as Hemi did.

[smhufflepuff]

I'm thinking now that it was probably food + motion. It's weird though as it never happened before. Maybe just some fluke? I couldn't contain my concern and picked her up about 1.5 hours ago (I typically don't disturb her during her daytime slumber) and held her for about an hour. After the confusion as to why mommy would get her up in the middle of the day passed, she appeared in good spirits. She peed on me, pooped, peed some more, climbed around, and snuggled. No more vomit... although she hadn't eaten anything between then and now to throw up (as per her usual routine). Guess I'll know for sure when she starts her nightly foraging. Provided it doesn't take a turn for the worse, I suppose I should start figuring out how to give a foot bath that involves less hedgie trying to scramble out of the sink. Thanks everyone!!!