Iv noticed a lot of people on this forum have little hedgehogs as pets. I find this really interesting as Iv always loved hogs.
What are they like as pets?
Are they tame? Do they enjoy being handled?
What sort of home do they need?
What do they eat?

Sorry all the questions, I just find it interesting

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i have 3 of the little huffers

One Eyed Jack (who as the name suggests only has one eye)


Harry Hog (who has no back feet)


and the newest addition, currently nicknamed Pong who has a bad leg


once tame they can be very affectionate, however its all down to the individual, both jack and pong love human interaction, but harry is very much a grumpy guts
they like attention on their terms and tend to be more a crawl all over you rather then a snuggle pet

mine are all kept in ZZ2's, the other alternative is a vivarium.
they need a 12" wheel and a heat source

they are fed a diet of chicken bassed cat kibble, normally a mix of atleast 3 different ones, and it needs to be atleast 30% protein and no more then 10% fat
they also eat mealworms and other insects, and a bit of boiled chicken or lean fried mince goes down well as a treat

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This post that SL did is a good read
Keeping hedgehogs as pets.

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I personally find them a little smelly, I give them a complete clean out every morning so my house doesn't pong throughout the day.

They are very interesting to watch and seem quite inquisitive nosing into everything.

They do require daily handling and patience to become tame / bomb proof

I would imagine vets bills are quite pricey as many vets class them as exotics

Miss - you cant call him pong!!

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with the way he smelt when i brought him home hes lucky im not calling him sir stinky bum!!!!
i got a whole seat pod to myself on the tram at rush hour

its just till i find a name that suits him, im not going to call him hog with no name

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they've got to be the hardest of all pets to name

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I agree with this!

I find my hog to be very grumpy and huffy although he loves play time in the evening and annoints over the most bizarre things, he loves my skirting board.



Everything has to be on his terms but I wouldn't change him for the world. He is so entertaining to sit and watch

I find he can be quite smelly but after a clean out and a good wheel scrub its not too bad.

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Bob the Chinese Hamster, Jamie the African Pygmy Hedgehog, Bugsy and Nelson the Guinea Pigs, and Stewie, Dora, Jessie and Billy the BunniesR.I.P My Beautiful Bridge Babies

My Jezza is the same
He also annoints over the weirdest of things, once he managed to find a rabbit poo and proceeded to spit it all over himself

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Bahahahahaha excellent! Gotta love em

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Bob the Chinese Hamster, Jamie the African Pygmy Hedgehog, Bugsy and Nelson the Guinea Pigs, and Stewie, Dora, Jessie and Billy the BunniesR.I.P My Beautiful Bridge Babies

i think harry could give them all a run for their grumpyness!!!!!

the things both my boys have annointed over!!!! (pongs only annointed over food so far)
baling twine, my dogs bed, rabbit poo, chinchilla poo, chinchilla food, my carpet, laminate floor, a dog toy..... im sure theres more!!!
such class, they obviously take after me

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