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Taylor
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Kirsty5278
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England
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 Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 09:43:55 AM
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| He's so sweet - doesn't look real!!! i don't think i've ever seen a hedgehogs face before!! |
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Merlot
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England
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 09:52:42 AM
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| Cute as cute can be. |
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Pixie
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 10:18:44 AM
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| Oh I love Hedgepigs. Don't see many of them these days. |
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Baikala
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 11:02:29 AM
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Are they really *****ly? Makes me wonder if they are, as you see people handling them, and of course they are sold as pets here too, $60 will get you an albino one in any Pet Store. Next time I am in town I will make a point of going to find one.
Mind, they sell weird pets here, have the hairless Guinea Pigs reached British shores yet? Gross, poor little things, they look like naked mole rats. |
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LYNDILOU
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United Kingdom
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SEZ
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England
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 5:39:00 PM
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| Saw a hedgehog up close a while back. It was around the back door near my GSD, I was afraid Xara would hurt it. Turns out Xara was most uncomfortable by its presence and wouldn't even look at it. I watched it for ages. They scratch ALOT. |
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Baikala
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 6:07:22 PM
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Oh for Goodness sakes! P r i c k l y has been censored!
Lyndilou: so they have hedgehogs as pets in the states? what ever next!
......... skunks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8X2rK4b47c&feature=related
(Mine are free range and I can vouch from my whiffy dog that it has not been de-scented!)
I have a friend in Dorset who's son has a raccoon, apparently it is a great chat up line "Fancy coming home to see my raccoon?"  |
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Tonim
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 7:09:09 PM
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| I saw hedgehogs for sale in a pet shop in Spain! |
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LYNDILOU
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 8:05:22 PM
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OMG, skunks as pets too, ( cute though ) I was driving with a friend this year in Scottsdale and we ran over a road kill skunk, the smell permiated through the car and lasted all day I swear I could still smell it when I went to bed that night just imagine having one in the house!
so they can be de fumed then |
   
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AmyJE
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Jun 2008 : 11:52:04 PM
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Am I the only one who thinks it's a little bit creepy looking?! 
Baikala - just spent ages trying to work out what *****ly was meant to say! |
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Baikala
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LYNDILOU
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United Kingdom
13976 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2008 : 07:37:52 AM
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I could never discribe the smell, but I didnt think it smelt like Burning rubber funny that censor thingy you cant say *****ly but you can say bugger |
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Rozy Rider
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jun 2008 : 11:01:54 PM
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| I had four a couple of years back they got abandoned and stranded,by their mother and I ended up taking them in and feeding them, till they were just over 1lb each in weight,let them all go when they looked like small footballs. There only preditor here in Britain is the Badger. Lovely creatures... |
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Zan
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Scotland
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Posted - 04 Jun 2008 : 11:15:00 PM
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That's an African Pygmy hedgehog and they are sold as pets in the UK too---much to my disgust I might add. I have had a lot of wild British hedgehogs over the years to hand rear or rehabiltate after accidents and they are wonderful, but they are real little wanderers and however big the enclosure is they want out---which of course happens when they are old enough or recovered. The African ones are very similar and have a similar romany life style in the wild so I think it is terrible to coop them up in cages inside. It's the same with all "exotics"---things like Sugar Gliders and even Chinchillas---they just shouldn't be caged in my opinion.
That is a seriously cute video clip though |
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