Look what my daughter Emma found in the swimming pool. A baby pygmy hedgehog. Looks as if he/ she is exhausted and is having a little sleep on the sofa!

How very sweet. I had a pygmy hedgehog as a classroom pet in my second and fourth grade classes. Fluffy was such a sweet little thing and tamed very nicely. She kept her quills down and let the kids love on her and pet her. She really didn't like to swim much. It was pretty lucky for this guy he was rescued!

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by hightechgrammy 17 Jan 2014

My friend also had one and named her after Jan Brett, who always draws hedgies into her books! We kept having problems with them getting tumors, so after our third one, we gave up on hedgies. We could only purchase ones that had been bred locally, not found in the wild and imported.

by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

I love your name 'Fluffy'. Emma and her sons have named he/ she Oglet.

ahhhhhhhhh how cute hugs

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by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

Thank you Carolyn

Can those born in the wild be kept for a pet? I know that there are breeders that sell them here in Minnesota and they cost about $150.

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by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

My thinking is that wild animals should never be kept as pets.

A good rest will give him/her power again. Adorable :)

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by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

I will find out this weekend what has happened to him.

Poor little fellow. He looks so tired and seems to need his nap. In Germany they always tell you to just take them inside in autumn when their weight is under 500gr (1pound?). In that case they have not fed up enough to get through their wintersleep there are several animal lovers to whom you can bring them. They do a great job cuase it is time consuming ;o)
Good luck for this sweetie...

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by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

I do not know what it is about animals but they always find Emma.

wow so darling but so dangerous too, thanks for sharing a real picture of one Sarah. Hugs

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by airyfairy 18 Jan 2014

Are they dangerous??

Oh how sweet! Wish we had these cuties in my part of the world.

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by airyfairy 17 Jan 2014

Thank you.

How adorable!

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by airyfairy 17 Jan 2014

He does look too cute.

How cute!!!!

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by airyfairy 17 Jan 2014

Thank you

Thank you Sarah for showing us,I have never seen one of these.Do they have quills like our porcupines? or is it the fur is just wet? He does look like if he wanted to, he could scratch you up, sharp claws.

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

Toogie, I am not really sure. I think he is probably quite prickly.

Ahhhh......how very cute. I'm glad she rescued it.

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

Sooo cute.

So cute

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

Thank you Karen.

So cute! There have been possums looking to cool off in pools here in Australia with the drastic heat wave we've been having.

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

We are also experiencing very hot weather - over 40 in some places.

Where do you live? I thought these crtters were made up.

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

WE are in South Africa. I live in Knysna and my daughters both live in Johannesburg.

Was the hedgehog cooling off in the pool? It's toe nails even look sharp but it is really adorable. What will she do with it?

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

I think he probably fell in and who knows what Emma will do with it. She and her sons are great animal lovers..........

Awww!!

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by airyfairy 16 Jan 2014

Thank you.