You may also see the bugs on your pet’s bedding. For hedgehog mites specifically, they’re a kind of arachnid similar to ticks and spiders that bite and trigger both skin irritation and the loss of hair and quills. It’s fairly easy to treat mites and you’ll want to do so because they can be quite serious if left untreated. Hedgehogs, like many domesticated animals, are still susceptible to infection or infestation by small insects and critters. They bite and trigger inflammation to your hedgehog’s skin along with its spines (quills) and hair. The same goes for pet hedgehogs.

Mites can spread from one hedgehog to another quite easily; luckily, they’re easy to prevent and deal with. In captivity, though, mites tend to be the only pests to infect them. Mites are tiny red or black arachnids that have the ability to spread from one animal to another fairly easily, and they are often contracted through various means, such as new bedding, food, and cage-mates. Dry skin is white too, but the flakes are big and do not move. Yes mites look like really tiny white specs that move. A quick way to check for mites is to stand your hedgehog on a sheet of black paper and wait for her to scratch. Hedgehogs can get mites from other infested hedgehogs, which they may contact at the breeders, in pet stores, shelters or previously contaminated bedding. In the wild, hedgehogs can get fleas, ticks, and mites quite commonly. Mites are a type of small red or black arachnid, like spiders and ticks. Hedgehog mites look like tiny white specks at the base of the quills and on the skin. "Hedgehogs are often infested with mites."