Yamahog Bait

"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi) 04/13/2015 at 19:47 • Filed to: hedgehoglopnik

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My girlfriend just adopted another hedgehog. Oppo, meet Neville. More pictures to come when she picks him up in a few days.

Bonus picture of her last hog, Hadley

Alex B > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 19:51

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Aw, congrats!

E. Julius > Alex B 04/13/2015 at 19:51

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He is a cutie : )

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 19:53

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Spike from Australia says "g'day"

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 19:54

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My sister had a hedgie. It was pretty normal then got really mean and would hiss at everyone. Turns out its new water bottle was stuck so it hadn't gotten any water for a few days. Oops.

E. Julius > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/13/2015 at 19:55

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They can get pretty grumpy sometimes, that's for sure.

E. Julius > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/13/2015 at 20:00

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Is he your pet?

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:02

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No, just spotted it by the road a while ago.

Fun fact; it's a mammal but it lays eggs!

E. Julius > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/13/2015 at 20:04

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One of only two right? Now my girlfriend wants a pet echidna by the way haha

$kaycog > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:10

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Hi, Neville! You're adorable!

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:11

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Yeah that's right, their young are called 'Puggles' just for added cuteness. It is related to the platypus. I have seen a platypus in my dam but it's on dusk and hard to get a photo that shows them.

Funktheduck > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:11

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They're illegal where I live.

Funktheduck > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/13/2015 at 20:12

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It's an echidna. In 3rd grade we studied Australia. I did a project on them. They're monotremes.

E. Julius > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/13/2015 at 20:13

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Wow that's awesome. I'd love to come to Australia someday and see all the wildlife.

yamahog > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:13

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Awwwww look at his widdle face!! How old is he? Looks like such a sweetie, congrats :)

E. Julius > Funktheduck 04/13/2015 at 20:13

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Yeah strange how the laws vary from state to state.

E. Julius > yamahog 04/13/2015 at 20:15

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I'm not sure but I think he is two years old. The breeder she got her last hog from had some adults they weren't breeding anymore and she wanted to give one a good home, so she picked up this little guy.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:20

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Here, have a Goanna. Found him in the chook pen a while back. It solved the mystery of the disappearing eggs. He hasn't returned since getting busted.

E. Julius > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/13/2015 at 20:20

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Australia: it's exactly what you thought it would be.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:22

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Ha ha, yes it's true. Just yesterday morning two Wedge tailed Eagles were eating a dead wallaby beside the road. I spooked them coming around a corner so couldn't get pics.

itschrome > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:39

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did you know a recipe for roasted hedge hog is one of the oldest written British documents known to exist. I have been strangely obsessed by this fact since I learned it about 4 days ago. I'm not trying to imply that we eat Neville here or anything. I just think its interesting that the British are so in graved in a culture of bad food they went as far as to write the recipe down over 8000 years ago.

E. Julius > itschrome 04/13/2015 at 20:42

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Haha that's quite an amusing observation. Makes sense though, the British food is… sometimes lacking. I remember when my girlfriend was in Spain she came across a restaurant menu that included hedgehog and she was not amused.

itschrome > E. Julius 04/13/2015 at 20:44

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whoa, whoa.. people still eat them?!

E. Julius > itschrome 04/13/2015 at 20:47

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I believe they're still eaten in some Asian cultures (China, maybe Vietnam?). I don't think the one she saw on the menu in Spain was actually being served, but was referencing a dish prepared in the same style.

CalzoneGolem > E. Julius 04/14/2015 at 10:38

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I was offered a hedgehog once by a guy from whom I was buying a used iPod. He was moving across and couldn't bring the little guy.

What is caring for one like?

E. Julius > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 10:49

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Yamahog could probably give a better description than I can, as I've never been the primary caregiver for one, but it doesn't seem to be a whole lot more than caring for a rodent. You have to make sure it has food and water, give it a wheel or something to exercise on, keep its cage clean. They also need baths every once in a while so you can clean their spines, and if you want to keep them nice and sociable it's important to take them and out and play with them often.

They're naturally nocturnal so they're usually pretty active at night, but from what I've read and experienced they can often be conditioned to be fairly active at the beginning or end of the day time as well. As long as you keep them socialized and you know how to hold them and stuff, they're usually not going to hurt you. You can let them crawl on you or hold them, and unless something startles them they won't spike up. In my experience though, even if they're very sociable you do have to be prepared to get pricked every once in a while, but it doesn't hurt too bad.

My girlfriend's last hedgie had a problem with biting when she first got him, but he stopped doing it after a while. They love to burrow and explore, so if you can give them an old towel or blanket to root around in when you have them out of the cage they love it. Nothing too soft though or their spines might get stuck in it. They also love cardboard tubes:

CalzoneGolem > E. Julius 04/14/2015 at 10:55

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Haha almost wish I took him up on the offer now.

E. Julius > CalzoneGolem 04/14/2015 at 10:56

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They're pretty fun little pets. Cuter than a mouse or hamster in my opinion, and everybody always seems to get a kick out of them when they meet one.

Stephen the Canuck > E. Julius 04/14/2015 at 18:36

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What's Neville's last name? Longbottom?

E. Julius > Stephen the Canuck 04/14/2015 at 18:39

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Haha it was inspired by the Harry Potter character. My girlfriend is a fan : )

Stephen the Canuck > E. Julius 04/14/2015 at 19:01

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Excellent.