African Pygmy Hedgehog

I would like to start off by saying "please do your research on african pygmy hedgehogs before you decide to buy one" and "Buy from a breeder rather than a pet shop" This is very very important if you are concerned about your pets health and behaviour. I will go in to detail about this later in my post. What are they? I first found out about African Pygmy hedgehogs (APH) through an online article sent to me by a friend. They are a hybrid of two other sorts of hedgehog, (i forget the names but its not that relevant) and are a relatively new domesticated house pet. They live to about 4-7 ...  Read the complete review

Koosh is probably the most unusual out of all my pets. He's small, round, and is covered with a coat of spikes...yep, he's a hedgehog! Still fairly uncommon as pets, hedgehogs have had a surge in popularity due to some irresponsible journalism promoting them as children's pets. As a result, plenty of hedgehogs have ended up dying after being put in someone's garden in a hutch...surely the fact that they are AFRICAN hedgehogs would clue people in to the fact that they cant be kept outside? The African pygmy is a hybridised breed of two African hedgehogs, that doesn't actually exist in the wild...so it is literally a species that only exists in captivity. Pet ...  Read the complete review

These hedgehogs are so cute but not as easy to lookafter as people expect. When i see these in pet shops i have got visions of people buying them and putting them in the garden like i have seen done to so many tortoises. The word african in the name should give these idiots some idea that they are going to require a heat sorce greater than our weather offers so will need to be kept in the house, i also have a uv tube in with mine, purely as it was already in the viv i am keeping them in from its previous occupier so i thought a couple of hours a day wouldnt hurt it seen as it would get sun light naturally. They have spikes on there backs ...  Read the complete review