I want a new pet - thinking Hedgehog!

Yes really.

Ive been missing my old pets alot recently and i wanted to get a new fun house companion and i remebered how cool it was as a kid when i handled a baby hedgehog. So i did some reading.

Turns out these awesome animals actually make extremly good pets, heres a run down of what i found
Hedgehogs:
Dont bark
Dont climb curtains or damage furnature
are clean and smell free
eat simple cat food and bugs
need just a small enclosure
can be trained to use a litter tray
rarly bite or be aggressive
smart
inquisitive
good memory (re litter training)
cute as a button
easily copes with varying tempratures

So i ask you all, got any other good pet ideas? Or you think a hedgehog is a good idea like i do!

You should get one of these a BIG hedgehog!

hedge hogs are nocternal no? sleep all day,up all nite!
the ones i have seen had a bit of a nasty disposition! they don't like to be woken up during the day!
pet rocks are easy to care for of!!!

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You should get a cat, they are calming, more independent, easy to look after etc...

Get one like this one here and you cannot go wrong at all...

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Go for it! If they're any thing like the vids roughly posted you're in for some good times

Mind you I didn't even know you can have them as pets, how easy is it to acquire one?

We had hedgehogs in our garden for a few years, they made a nest under our shed . My mum used to put cat food out in the evening and they would come out to eat it.

I think you should go for it!

A pet skunk would also be cool de-scented of course! I think it's illegal to do that to skunks bred in the UK though.

I dont like cats i think they are too arrogant.

Hedgehogs are not totally nocturnal, like cats they can either whener it suits them

Thanks for your posts guys, i think its going to happen soon, theres just so many pluses to such a weird yet cool animal and seemly no negatives - well apart from the odd prickle!

If and when i get one, i will post up a pic, and NO i dont want a huge thing that guy posted the poop from that must be monsterous! Im after the easy life and my new pet will get just that too

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I had a pet rock, once.....It ran away

Hedgehogs are adorable but I agree with a previous poster. I wouldn't want a nocturnal pet.

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Make sure you are wise to what the little HHogs eat and drink.
They are amazing animals,clever and athletic-really!

But a pet hedgehog would ideally need an acre or two,with a whole family of other H hogs to be a happy hog. .
They are not happy in a small area on their own.

And they won't really be a pet,they will be a wild animal at heart.