Ours were named Jake and Hazel. They were so cool. I had them shipped here from MS, as back then noone around here ever sold them. (Not sure anyone sells them around here even now.)

Lol how funny! It’s always fun to run into other hedgehog owners as its so rare. Most people look at me like I have two heads when I say I have a hedgehog. I think it comes from confusing them with porcupines. Prior to getting interested in getting a pet hedgehog, I confused them as well but now that I know how vastly different the are its funny that people mix the two up.

Once you get everything you need for them (cage, heat lamp, food/water dish, bed, and wheel) they are a really affordable pet because the just eat (high quality) cat food. A 5lb bag lasts me more than 6 months, so even though its an expensive brand ($13 for the bag) it works out to like $2 a month to feed him. They’re fun and funny and if you hold them regularly they are nice to humans. Cons would be they are pokey so if they get scared and ball up, it hurts. The are nocturnal and they run on their wheels for several hours, mine does from about 10pm to 5 am and even the “silent” wheels are loud so if they are in your bedroom you’ll lose sleep until you get used to the noise. If humans are scared of them, they sense it and get scared themselves and ball up which pokes you – so they aren’t a good pet for kids as kids are always nervous and move too quickly which scares them. I like having ours but they are unique pets with unique needs so definitely do your research before making a decision. 🙂