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My new exotic pets - Brazilian short tailed opossums & African pigmy hedgehogs

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Uploaded by on Jun 25, 2009

My new exotic pets!

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  • Hey man , love all your videos. I got an STO about a month ago from a pet store here in Oregon and I love her. When I got her though, she was a lot younger than I expected. Only about 5 weeks. She was, and remains, really skittery. She jumps at any noise, and will very rarely crawl onto my hand. Generally she runs into her tube and hides. Do you have any experience with them growing to be more friendly, or should I expect her to always be like this? Thanks so much!

  • @rittz14 umm, they should be with their mom for 2 months. At 5 weeks they just barely became unattached to the mom(for almost a month they stay attached to the mom - after that they 'drop' off and start feeding like normal). She is scared because she is not fully developed and should still be with her mom and siblings. It is sad the breeder sold a STO so young, at that age, the shouldn't really even be able to eat for themselves. It has been 2 weeks, how is she doing now?

  • @earthling1984 She's gotten a little better. She'll crawl onto my hand but only after she's been running around for a while and it's never her first choice. She's still extremely jumpy though. Every little makes her throw her mouth open. She never bites though. She seems to recognize the hand as harmless, but not particularly inviting. I'm not too worried about her now, but I do think being separated so young has attributed to her skittishness.

  • @rittz14 it could have for sure. but keep working with her, and she should get better over time.

  • might get a STO at south florida expo

  • @rhinoman1980 good luck! i don't think sto's are legal in florida.

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  • hedgehogs are so funny

  • Hahaha my hedgehog is soo lazy he stands in his place or walks around the cage --" He doesnt even use his wheel.

  • Do you ever sale these?

  • where did you get the hedgehogs? I need one

  • @shinocicada so you got yours in canada  > i live in toronto and i want a pair SOOO BADLY! How much do they usually cost ?>> and are they high maintenence to take care of ?

  • @rrredzzz LOL. Yea I live in the GTA.

    I can't post links of youtube, but try knowyoursto . com and go to the 'choosing and finding' section. I'm fairly sure almost all the Ontario breeders ship within Canada. :3

  • @shinocicada Are you from toronto ?!!!>? Unfortunately i JUST got this message so i missed it :(

    I REALLLLLY WANT a pair of these STO's sooo bad, have u found any sources in toronto ? P?Lease help me out man ;9

  • @pondofdeath I don't know about the opossums, but hedgehogs are illegal in Arizona.

  • Are they both legal in Arizona? also do you need a permit

  • at 2:11 it sounded like someone qeefed haha

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