Comments on: Life among the hedgehogs

By: mig

mig — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:39:45 +0000

the hedgehog hacienda wasn’t constructed yet when I took those pictures. I shall rectify that soon. It is a single-level Spanish-style duplex, with separate living and eating quarters, described in the “dip in the pool” post above, I believe.

By: beta

beta — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 01:25:32 +0000

what about the hedgehog hacienda??

By: mig

mig — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:15:27 +0000

Basically catfood, except there’s a picture of a hedgehog on the can and it costs more. There is also a dry mix they eat when the other stuff runs out, which looks like muesli / granola would if your kitchen had a real bad mealworm problem. Out in nature, I hear they are little omnivores, eating nuts and berries (I will soon be chopping nuts for them, which I am told they love) and other fruit as well as grubs and slugs. Someone else told me, though, that they don’t eat slugs… who knows.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:54:59 +0000

Either that or they (the kids) would get extra busy sharpening their spines, in case it happens again.

Thanks for the photos. Your stories are almost like being there, but with hegehogs (and their houses! my stars, those are great hedgehog huts!) we all know the cuteness factor will be too great not to see.

So. Um. What does one feed a hedgehog? Minced baby mice? Worms? What exactly do hedgehogs root around for, that you might have dug up for them and put into their bowl?

By: mig

mig — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:43:58 +0000

Yeah, he sticks pretty close to his mom now. I wonder if that would apply to kids – maybe if you give them a good scare when they’re little, you don’t have to worry about them wandering off at the mall after that.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:25:21 +0000

How absolutely adorable! Thanks for posting them.. I got my fix. :)

You.. you.. 5th baby hedgehog neglector, you. Poor baby hedgehog. His brothers and sisters were stolen away quite suddenly by the huge hand in the sky that smelled oddly like meat and rubber and then he shivered away all by himself.. lonely.. alone.. in the dark. *sigh*

By: David (TEFL Smiler)

David (TEFL Smiler) — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:13:44 +0000

Oh, the shredded newspaper, please, so that I have something to read. (Well, lots of very short words, at least.)

By: ArtichokeHeart

ArtichokeHeart — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:59:16 +0000

I ADORE hedgehogs!!! What wonderful pictures! I have hedgehog envy now, I believe.

By: j-a

j-a — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 08:54:11 +0000

ARGH! THEY ARE SO CUTE! oh boy.

By: mig

mig — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 03:25:16 +0000

Would you prefer the straw bedding, David, or the shredded newspaper?

By: paul

paul — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 02:42:58 +0000

Perhaps you could set up a webcam and start your own pay-per-view baby hedgehog cam.

By: David (TEFL Smiler)

David (TEFL Smiler) — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:13:50 +0000

Ahhhhhh!!!! They’re lovely – and they’ve got great homes, by the way! Can you build me a human-size one, please, Mig?

By: novala

novala — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:06:37 +0000

My neighbors are very happy that I’m not a oh-so-cute-squeak-girlie, but use a keyboard to type they-are-cool-fellows – otherwise they might have frowned a little.

By: sue

sue — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 14:56:27 +0000

I can’t resist saying this : they are so very cute.