Reproduction: African white-bellied hedgehogs breed once or twice a year, usually during warm, rainy seasons when food is plentiful. Females deliver up to 7 hoglets after a gestation of about 7 weeks. Hoglets stay in the nest until they are about 3 weeks old and leave their mother soon after (usually at 4-6 weeks). They reach sexual maturity at about 8 weeks but do not have their adult quills until 12 weeks and are not considered physically mature until they are 10-11 months old.