quill loss and dry skin

Hi
I recently got my first hedgie who is 6 weeks old and he has just started to lose his quills. They all have the little ball on the end and so initially I was not worried as this is normal for his age, but he has started to get dry and flaky skin and in places the quills seem to not be growing back but this is only noticeable when he balls up. In general he is a very happy hedgehog and eats is food and drinks regularly, he does not seem to be scratching, his eyes and nose are healthy and his ears are not ragged. Do you recommend giving him an oatmeal bath and increasing his fatty acids and see if his skin improves within a week or so, or the other option is taking him straight to the vet as I am worried that he could have mites or an infection. The reason I am debating this is because I only recently got him and want to minimise stress as I'm sure no hedgie enjoys vet visits!
Any advice would be much appreciated

I can't say for sure what is causing the dry skin, but I know my little boy Ody has pretty dry skin, and as I'm pretty sure he does not have mites, I've been advised in the past to try a little vitamin e oil on him,which does seem to help a bit. Oatmeal or aveeno oil baths are good too, but obviously with the cold weather I'm personally reluctant to bathe him. Also I've been advised to put a little virgin olive oil on his food. I'm sure someone with more experience willbe along soon to give better advice, but provided you can be sure it's not caused by mites,they are treatments that I've tried. Though nothing has rid Ody of his dry skin, it is kept in check a bit with these.

Should also have added I wouldn'tbathe him more than twice a year, and he's not due his next one yet.

thank you i'm hoping it's dry skin and not mites or anything! Because I am a new owner I have never encountered mites before but I have read that the lost quills usually do not have the balls on the end if it is mites and Captain's definitely do! but I thought I should check just in case...
I will try the vitamin e and keep a close eye on him, I think if it gets any worse I will take him to the vet, although it's bad timing because of xmas and the snow!!

as he is just 6 weeks old he is probably going through a quilling and I do find that their skin does go a little dry during this time - coupled with our heating which has a bit of a drying effect - I would be inclined to think that it is nothing sinister at all and your little one should be just fine