Daughter wants a hedgehog---what are we in for?

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

looks kinda cute. I'd be inclined to roll it on the ground to see how fast it goes though.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Keep rewarding your daughter for being mediocre, that will do her good in the long run.

If you get a C or a D in middle school, you need the shit kicked out of you.

 

[SLCentral]

Keep rewarding your daughter for being mediocre, that will do her good in the long run.

If you get a C or a D in middle school, you need the shit kicked out of you.

Are you absolutely retarded? She went from C's to getting A's. Good for her. Dumbass.

 

[highland145]

Are you absolutely retarded? She went from C's to getting A's. Good for her. Dumbass.

Don't tell him.

 

[bobdole369]

My friend had one:

(stereotypical American couple - in that they wanted something, had to have it, spent money on it, then forgot all about it)

This type of pet is not at all like a hamster or rabbit. They have a specific diet (and if you think that diet comes in a can you buy you are WRONG). I was the only one that ever managed to get my friends hedgehog to unball and show some activity. Then again they never touched the thing so not a huge surprise. It isn't for everyone, sorta like iguana-keeping, you will need to give the habitat more attention than the critter itself.

They do poop a lot, and they need to be cared for for a couple hours every day, not just cleaning/feeding, but actual attention too. They are a rewarding pet, but again, not simple, cheap or easy.

 

[Aharami]

Keep rewarding your daughter for being mediocre, that will do her good in the long run.

If you get a C or a D in middle school, you need the shit kicked out of you.

and if her hard work isnt rewarded, she'll end up being jaded and bitter like you

 

[CPA]

I hate to say it but I kinda laughed at this:



I just imagine one of the spiky guys running around with a toilet paper tube stuck on it's head.

WTF? stupid hedgehogs...

 

[Fritzo]

dude, my friend had a hedgehog. NOT WORTH IT.


cool for the first 5 days and then it becomes a PITA. all it does is shit, and eat. and shit some more. They had a wheel in there to give it exercise - it ran. and shit. AT THE SAME TIME. So eventually the wheel became caked and covered with shit.

their shit smells too and is not in pellet form like rabbits.

I'm pretty sure every small animal does something similar.

The forums I've been reading say that if you spot clean their cage every few days odors are not an issue. Did he maybe not clean as often as he was supposed to? From the amount of crap everywhere, it doesn't sound like it

 

[CPA]

dude, my friend had a hedgehog. NOT WORTH IT.


cool for the first 5 days and then it becomes a PITA. all it does is shit, and eat. and shit some more. They had a wheel in there to give it exercise - it ran. and shit. AT THE SAME TIME. So eventually the wheel became caked and covered with shit.

their shit smells too and is not in pellet form like rabbits.

OMG, lol.

We need more hedgehog stories.

 

[ElFenix]

Here's a NPR link, part of which, is about pet insurance. The woman has a hedge hog with some psychosis, iirc. Wut!?! Anyway, she has insurance so she can give him a pill every day so he'll be well adjusted. Wut!?!

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/392/Someone-Elses-Money

i give my dog 2 chlor-timetron every day as he has allergies. $0.03 a pill generic at wally world.

i guess that's different.

 

[Fritzo]

My friend had one:

(stereotypical American couple - in that they wanted something, had to have it, spent money on it, then forgot all about it)

This type of pet is not at all like a hamster or rabbit. They have a specific diet (and if you think that diet comes in a can you buy you are WRONG). I was the only one that ever managed to get my friends hedgehog to unball and show some activity. Then again they never touched the thing so not a huge surprise. It isn't for everyone, sorta like iguana-keeping, you will need to give the habitat more attention than the critter itself.

They do poop a lot, and they need to be cared for for a couple hours every day, not just cleaning/feeding, but actual attention too. They are a rewarding pet, but again, not simple, cheap or easy.

We're fortunate enough to have a licensed breeder very close to us (it's an actual pet store: http://www.critterconnection.cc/index.php ). The guy makes his own hedgehog food and sells it. That part I'm not worried about.

As for attention, I'm afraid my daughter will pay TOO much attention to it. She gets obsessed with stuff She styles the hair on my poor dog at least once a week.

 

[BrokenVisage]

looks kinda cute. I'd be inclined to roll it on the ground to see how fast it goes though.

It probably wouldn't roll very fast if the ground is an incline. Hi-yoo!!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

get it for her. When it becomes a pain in the ass throw it in the woods and act shocked when she can't find it.

 

[Ns1]

The forums I've been reading say that if you spot clean their cage every few days odors are not an issue. Did he maybe not clean as often as he was supposed to? From the amount of crap everywhere, it doesn't sound like it

I've never in my life met a small animal caretaker that cleaned their small animal habitat every few days. You get REAL TIRED of cleaning all that shit (especially the shit on the wheel my god). The wheel was easily the worst part.

 

[Newbian]

Are you absolutely retarded? She went from C's to getting A's. Good for her. Dumbass.

You have to remember that he got a D in reading in grade school...

 

[highland145]

i give my dog 2 chlor-timetron every day as he has allergies. $0.03 a pill generic at wally world.

i guess that's different.

I would do this if I had a pet. I would not if it were for some bat st*t crazy personality disorder. Too much fun to be had without the pill.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

It's best not to get it for her.

 

[destrekor]

this thread is surprisingly more hilarious than I ever imagined.

keep it up y'all. These little guys sound better than squirrels.

Now, about them quills.. I don't know if I'd want an animal that can decide to stab me whenever it feels like it has had enough with humans.

 

[highland145]

Now, about them quills.. I don't know if I'd want an animal that can decide to stab me whenever it feels like it has had enough with humans.

Cats/dogs......teeth/claws.

Get an earthworm.

 

[AreaCode707]

I read up on hedgies for a while when we were in an apartment because I was thinking of getting one.

They eat mostly fresh food, are pretty quiet, can be litterbox trained, like to swim and don't do much in the way of tricks. Oh, and they're nocturnal, so if this animal is living in anyone's bedroom that person is going to be awake listening to it shuffle through the room all night.

 

[KeithTalent]

Damn things. An old roommate of mine had one and she would let it out in the mornings, so I'd stumble out hungover and almost step on the damn thing all the time. Kind of cute though.

KT

 

[JS80]

Has she been playing Frontierville on facebook?

 

[Born2bwire]

dude, my friend had a hedgehog. NOT WORTH IT.


cool for the first 5 days and then it becomes a PITA. all it does is shit, and eat. and shit some more. They had a wheel in there to give it exercise - it ran. and shit. AT THE SAME TIME. So eventually the wheel became caked and covered with shit.

their shit smells too and is not in pellet form like rabbits.

Heh. Yeah, one of the links on the Wikipedia page was about the wheels and the first thing I saw on the page was that they shit and run and that the shit is very hard to clean off.

 

[PingSpike]

You have to remember that he got a D in reading in grade school...

Yes, everyone is misunderstanding his post. He was requesting the shit be kicked out of him for that D.

 

[ussfletcher]

She went from getting C's-D's in 8th grade to getting A's-B's in high school, so I'm thinking she deserves a reward for her turn around. She wants a hedgehog, but I have no idea what's involved in owning one. Anyone have one?

My roommate has one, it is quiet and doesn't stink. He doesn't really need to do anything to it either, except for feed it.