The new pygmy hedgehogs you can keep like a pet hamster (WARNING: EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT :-))

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | April 15, 2008

[Stoat]

British Hedgehog Preservation Society BHPS

[mgstarr]

[Stoat]

LMAO! :-)

[kingattax]

..tribbles

[shove_it]

Go ahead big boy, bite me.

[TimeLord]

From the 80’s Britcom “The Young Ones”:

Ship’s captain: “Would you like to become the ship’s chief cook and concubine?”
Woman on board: “What’s a concubine?”

Captain: “It’s a small, spiny creature about this big.”
Woman: “That’s a hedgehog.”

Captain: “Oh. In that case, would you like to become the ship’s chief cook and hedgehog?”

[fso301]

Barney Frank needs one of those.

[steel_resolve]

one of the best shows ever.

[Hyzenthlay]

I’ve wanted one for a couple years, since a friend who had one let me hold it and play with it. They’re about the size and convenience of your average pet rat, but more docile and easier to handle (they can’t run fast if you let go of them).

[Stoat]

I hope that you will soon get your wish :-)

[Mrs_Stokke]

Spiny Norman does not need to be subjected to that.

[paudio]

I never understood why they (and hamster too) like to run on the wheel...

[John123]

As they are nocturnal the cute critters come alive at night and can run up to eight miles a night on an exercise wheel.

That can't be right!

[Stoat]

I never understood why they (and hamster too) like to run on the wheel...

Perhaps it's for similar reasons that hamsters do?

Hamster Hideout - Hamster Care - Accessories & Equipment

The exercise wheel is not a luxury item but a NECCESITY for the hamster. Hamsters are naturally active and a lack of exercise might result in paralysis, where an afflicted hamster will spend most of its time hunched over, often unable to raise its head.
 

[mad_as_he$$]

Hamsters like many humans mistake motion for progress. There a even some FReepers who suffer from it.

[1rudeboy]

That image really needs a “WTF?” caption.

[Stoat]

As they are nocturnal the cute critters come alive at night and can run up to eight miles a night on an exercise wheel.

That can't be right!
 

The rest of the article doesn't give me a great deal of faith in it's overall accuracy.  At one point it states that they were bred in America ten years ago, and at another point they say it was twenty years.

I don't think that this article was proofread and so anyone looking for true data on these animals would be best advised to look elsewhere, particularly if you're considering adopting one.

I would imagine that the British Hedgehog Preservation Society would either know all about them or would be able to direct interested persons to a definitive website.

This is actually a rather poor article, and prior to posting I searched for something better but couldn't find a recent one from a news site that addressed their emerging popularity as pets.

British Hedgehog Preservation Society BHPS

As they are nocturnal the cute critters come alive at night and can run up to eight miles a night on an exercise wheel.

That can't be right!
 

The rest of the article doesn't give me a great deal of faith in it's overall accuracy.  At one point it states that they were bred in America ten years ago, and at another point they say it was twenty years.

I don't think that this article was proofread and so anyone looking for true data on these animals would be best advised to look elsewhere, particularly if you're considering adopting one.

I would imagine that the British Hedgehog Preservation Society would either know all about them or would be able to direct interested persons to a definitive website.

This is actually a rather poor article, and prior to posting I searched for something better but couldn't find a recent one from a news site that addressed their emerging popularity as pets.

British Hedgehog Preservation Society BHPS

[Daffynition]

Accessories are extra ...

[Stoat]

ROTFLMAO!! :-)

[Hyzenthlay]

Well, for the next year or so I’ll be in a fish-only apartment (though the landlord said other non-furry things that live in fish tanks count as ‘fish’), so I’ll have to see after that...