Why a hedgehog?
Excellent question! In spring 2004, we visited a children's museum that had a hedgehog as a pet. We thought it would be so fun to have a hedgehog! We started asking around a little bit. They, like dogs and children, reflect the way they have been raised from babies. If they are used to people and socialization, they will do really well with people. That wasn't the time for us to be getting a hedgehog, but a couple of years ago, we started thinking about it again...
Where did you get this one?
Actually, from a hedgehog breeder in North Central Texas! (local pet stores do not carry them as a general rule -- but have had a couple over the years) Go figure... We started trying to get one -- as a baby-- last spring ('07). You just don't want to know how many hedgehog disasters we have been through to get Stickers! If the deal with Stickers had fallen through, I was going to take the sign from the Lord that we are not meant to be hedgehog owners!
Stickers being introduced to the dust mop. Later, we will train her to use it!
Is she prickly?
Um, yeah. Prickly -- and downright painful when she wants to be. Most of the time, she's just your basic prickly. NEVER soft, except for the white fur around her face.
Does she bite?
Nope -- no need. She's prickly. If she smells food on your hands, she'll try a nibble -- but she always licks it to taste first, so if your finger is still there, it's your own fault.
What does Duchess think?
Duchess REALLY wants to play with her -- as in toss her to and fro, play fetch USING her, etc. She's most disappointed that she can't get Stickers in her mouth comfortably. But she can't, so Duchess, outweighing Stickers by about 7,000 times, doesn't bother Stickers in the least.
9 comments:
A) I am so happy that the calamity that COULD have arrived with Stickers did not come to fruition in the form of itty bitty mites.
B) I am so glad to see the little prickly thing again--she is about as cute as she can be--I especially like the peek-a-boo picture.
C) There is a novel called "Hedgehogs in the Closet" that the kids might be interested in reading--can't remember if I told you about it.
What a cutie! I've never known a hedgehog owner. :)
Too cute. Love the one on the dust mop! :)
Oh how cute! I did not know you could have hedgehogs as pets. Yay for even more interesting childhood memories!
Oh, and I noticed your book list thing- shelfari... Have you read The Shack yet?
Stickers is such a cutie.
You know, hedgehogs are big in the Czech Republic (the Czech word is jezyk, pronounced "yeh-zek"). They're very popular in al the Eastern European cartoons. I don't know why really...perhaps there's some deeper meaning there, or perhaps because they're so cute, as your truly is.
You win for the coolest pet ever. I want to meet Stickers!
Stickers is soo cute! I've never known anyone to have one as a pet. I love the picture with her and Duchess... precious!
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