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Welcome to Doring Kappie
Breeder of Pedigree African Pigmy Hedgehogs
Welcome to Doring Kappie
At Doring Kappie, we believe every little “Krimpie” has a fairytale waiting to unfold. Here they are raised with love, care, and respect. Our goal is to introduce healthy, happy, and well-socialized hedgehogs to their forever homes.
Why Doring Kappie?
We are proud to breed ethically and responsibly under the standards of the South African Hedgehog Breeders Association. Each Doring Kappie hedgehog comes with a full pedigree and is selected for the best genetics and personalities.
How we care
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Females enjoy long resting periods between litters and retire lovingly at 2.5 years.
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Spacious enclosures with toys and enrichment provide a stimulating, happy life.
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Only the strongest health and sweetest temperaments are kept in our breeding lines.
ABOUT Doring Kappie
Hi, I’m Lize-Marie, the heart behind Doring Kappie. My love for animals runs deep, and hedgehogs have completely stolen my heart. What started as a small fascination quickly grew into a dream of creating a safe, loving space where these tiny, spiky souls could thrive.
At Doring Kappie, I breed African Pygmy Hedgehogs with the utmost care, patience, and respect. Each little one is raised in a calm, enriching environment where personality and health come first. My goal is to match every hedgehog with a family that will love them just as much as I do.
Because here at Doring Kappie, every little one begins their own “Klein Krimpie, Groot Sprokie.”
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT
• Will not knowingly breed an unhealthy hedgehog.
• I will not sell an animal with significant health issues. If minor health issues that are expected to resolve
rapidly, such as a healing scab, are present, I will fully disclose this to the client and follow-up with
assistance.
• Will keep alert for and work to eradicate inherited problems.
• Will obtain and maintain all required local, regional and or federal licensure and will know the law of where
hedgehogs are allowed and were not.
• Will represent my hedgehogs as honestly as possible to prospective buyers and will assist and train the
serious novice in their understanding.
• Will not knowingly falsify any records, pedigrees, or registrations.
• Will not perform any line breeding without serious consideration as to potential negative consequences and
will not breed direct or first-degree relatives.
• Will ensure that I have experience with hedgehogs as a species, and with breeding animals in general, before
undertaking a hedgehog breeding project.
• Will seek to increase my knowledge and share knowledge with others as I progress.
• Will ensure adequate health care for my hedgehogs.
• Will not knowingly breed with a hedgehog that may carry a health problem that is suspected of being
genetically linked.
• Will keep proper records of my linage – parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc., of their colours,
facial markings and other traits such as pinto, as well as birth and death dates and reasons for deaths or any
illnesses my hedgehog had, weather minor or not.
• Will provide copies of my policies and guarantee, pedigree documents, birth certificates to all customers,
including replacement policy.
• Will feed my hedgehogs an appropriate and healthy diet.
• Will make reasonable effort to keep my cages clean.
• Will provide clean and fresh food and water daily.
• Will provide an environment that is within an appropriate temperature range and understand that African
Pigmy hedgehogs are not meant to hibernate.
• Will register all my litters.
• Will not overbreed my females and give them enough resting time between litters.
• Will not breed during winter.
• Will not breed with a female before the age of 24 weeks and after the age of 2.8 years maximum.
• Will provide cages with the correct space and ventilation.
• Will provide a proper sturdy house and wheel to each hedgehog.
• Will make sure that all my buyers are correctly informed on proper care and ensure that a buyer is not
making an impulse buy and cannot provide long term care for the hedgehog.
• Will not allow babies to leave my care before they are properly weaned at the age of 6 weeks.
• Will make sure that the buyer has the correct cage, house, wheel etc. and will not knowingly place a
hedgehog in a potentially dangerous environment