There are so many hedgehog colors that it can be hard to know where to start! Learn about the different types of colors and classes in our simple guide. The eight common hedgehog color categories include salt and pepper, white-bellied, white, snowflake, Algerian, black, pinto, and albino hedgehogs. From jet black to pure white, there's a hedgehog for everyone.
But what do all of those colors mean? And why do hedgehogs change color anyway? This guide will answer all of your questions about hedgehog colors and explain what each one means. COLOR GUIDE HEDGEHOGS COME IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COLORS, PATTERNS AND MASKS, BELOW IS A GUIDE TO IDENTIFYING YOUR HEDGEHOG'S COLOR! *PLEASE NOTE, THERE TEND TO BE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME COLOR, HOWEVER THE ONES WE HAVE LISTED ARE THE MOST ACCURATE AND COMMONLY USED WITH US AND FELLOW BREEDERS THROUGHOUT THE US AND CANADA! A guide to hedgehog colors, quill patterns, and facial markings.
Hedgehog Color Guide This color guide is a work in progress as it has become clear over the years that the color system that I learned early in my days as a hedgehog judge is not valid. The original system was based on the assumption that the reason for some of the variation is that our pet hedgehogs are a hybrid of the white bellied and Algerian hedgehog species. It sounded like a good idea.
*Hedgehogs can only be accurately identified on the color spectrum when they are full grown (around 6 months). Originally White Bellied and Algerian distinctions were actual color differences, back. USDA Licensed Hedgehog Breeder Since 2011Quill color: Banding is average-wide and is tan or very light pale brown color.
Body color: skin is typically nude or white and belly may be mottled tan or pale brown. Facial color: Tan or very pale brown but may have a brown or grey hue. Eye color: Black **Note: Dilute is a gene mutation rather than a true color.
Some breeders refer to this color as. We have designed this page to be a guide to the rainbow of colors which we produce in our hedgehog herd. We generally have baby hedgehogs available on a consistent basis.
Pygmy hedgehogs, having been domesticated for several decades now, come in a whole range of different colours and patterns, some more common than others, and ranging all the way to the pink eyed, pure white albino to the dark Algerian black and everything in between. I've made this simple guide to help with identification. The following are the colors as recognized by the International Hedgehog Association.
For images of the hedgehog colors please vist the IHA's Colour Guide or the color guide on Hedgehog Central.