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).
I hope that you will soon get your wish :-)
A friend had one, and was holding it, belly up, while I tickled it... well, it didn’t take kindly to that. My friend said “well, if your gonna piss it off, YOU hold it!”
Didn’t think that a bit of tickling would cause the spinies to pop out on the other side...
I hope you get one soon. My daughter got one last Christmas to take back to school with her. She loves him dearly and her friends think he’s a hoot. Hedgehogs like to burrow and sometimes she will let him have the run of the bathtub with an empty toilet paper roll. He sticks his head in it and runs all over the place. He’s definitely cute.