What does it mean to pick up a hedgehog? Is it a good omen?

Hedgehogs are also called melon-stealing badgers in the folks. They are fat and short, with sharp claws, small eyes, short hair, and short and dense spines all over their bodies. Hedgehogs are active at night and mainly feed on insects and worms. You can often see hedgehogs at night.

What does it mean to pick up a hedgehog?

Picking up a hedgehog means you may get rich recently, which is a good thing.

1. Good fortune

Picking up a hedgehog is a good omen. Hedgehogs are considered auspicious objects in folk culture, and they are one of the Eight Immortals (Bai Xian), the God of Wealth, bringing in wealth and fortune. In some parts of the countryside, every family will make a hedgehog out of flour during the Spring Festival, with gold ingots on its back. They will place it on the door hinges of their homes on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month for prayers, one on each side, and leave it there until the end of the first lunar month, with the intention of attracting wealth and fortune.

2. Predicting disasters

Hedgehogs can also predict natural disasters. When natural disasters occur, such as earthquakes, hedgehogs will show abnormal behavior. Hedgehogs are relatively active animals, so when a disaster is about to strike, they will show calmness. This is where their abnormality lies.

3. Get promoted and get rich

Picking up a hedgehog is an auspicious sign, meaning you will get rich and get promoted, and you will soon be successful. Although hedgehogs appear to be dangerous, their small thorns are only for protection. If you pick up a hedgehog on the road, it means that good luck will come to you recently, and it is a symbol of good luck.

How to raise a hedgehog?

First, when raising a hedgehog, you need to give it a quiet environment, because hedgehogs are relatively timid, and excessive noise will affect the hedgehog's health. It is recommended that you put the hedgehog in a relatively quiet home so that it can be better fed.

Second, hedgehogs like small animals that hide during the day and come out at night, so we have to choose a place where the sunlight is not too glaring. Then you can make a 90-centimeter wooden box to build a nest for your hedgehog, and at the same time, cover the hedgehog's nest with hay, pine leaves or straw.

Third, if conditions permit, it is best to set up some small environments that hedgehogs like. For example, we can make a small hill with stones and soil outside the hedgehog's nest, or we can directly buy a small rockery and plant flowers and plants on it for the hedgehog to use.

Fourth, when we feed the little hedgehog, we must be careful not to feed it too much at the beginning to avoid indigestion when the little hedgehog first arrives in the new environment. In addition, you can prepare food for the little hedgehog yourself. When preparing food, you should feed it mainly with meat, grains and by-products, vegetables, etc. in proportion.

Fifth, when we feed hedgehogs, we must pay attention to the combination of dietary structure. Many hedgehogs are not well raised mainly because their food is relatively monotonous. It is recommended that you catch some caterpillars and beetles or small creatures such as snails and earthworms and fruits to feed them.

Sixth, when we feed hedgehogs, we must pay attention to some common diseases of hedgehogs. Generally speaking, hedgehogs have strong adaptability and will not easily get sick, but we must also pay attention to some problems during feeding. For example, the main hedgehog diseases are enteritis and psoriasis, and we must also pay attention to parasites.