Lloyd and Me: A more formal introduction

Lloyd is a chocolate pinto African pygmy hedgehog.

For information on hedgehog care and breeders in your area, please visit:
http://www.hedgehogworld.com/

For information on the legality of owning a hedgehog in your state, please refer to this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_hedgehog#Legality


As a side note on my pet posts, I often get comments about how much people "want one." I encourage you to read up on the proper care and treatment of all of these critters that you want. A pet is not a fashion accessory, collectible, or spur-of-the-moment item, it is a living thing and needs proper care, housing, nutrition, and most importantly attention. It also has hidden costs such as vet bills and food expenses. It is a big responsibility not to be taken lightly.

As a plea for animal welfare I give you this:
If you love hedgehogsand want one, I encourage you to adopt on from a private breeder or rescue one if you can from a shelter or rescue RATHER THAN a pet store. Pet stores support and buy their animals from mass breeders; people who mistreat, abuse, and neglect animals and are only in it for the profit. No respectable breeder would ever sell their animal to a pet store.

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[PaintBalla701]

when you say they eat cat food, do you mean wet or dry? bee-tee-dubbss... do they neeeeed insects in their diet?

[zorra578]

@PaintBalla701

I mean dry cat food, wet cat food can be used as a treat, but they need the crunchy to keep their teeth clean. In the wild their diet consists mainly of insects and other creepy crawlies, it's good to supplement their diet with captive-bred mealworms and other larvae.

the website in my video description has many articles with information on their dietary needs

[Bluejay7760]

NO OFFENCE. but is that why ur hair is such a mess. or is it just really poofy like mine?

i love hedgehogs but why let him eat at ur hair!

Note: im not trying to be mean.

[zorra578]

@Bluejay7760

I brush it with my hedgehog.

[Shizoley]

he's so cute!:)

[AwayLemonade]

Lloyd is very cute hehe~

[branfeather]

Lloyd: "mmm, shampoo, tasty! ^o^ *omnomnomnom"

[6653man]

RIP Quentin