Lloyd Happy With His New Set-up

Mr. McStomperson was raised with cage-liners when he was a baby. After I brought him home I've used shavings instead for the past two months, and he wasn't too pleased with them.

I finally changed to a cage-liner today, and he was so happy he waddled around exploring in the light! He even made a really good stretch at the end of the video, but my camera cut out because the SD card was full. :(
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Lloyd is an algerian chocolate-pinto African pygmy hedgehog. I adopted him at around 6 weeks of age on December 22nd, 2010. It's been almost two whole years since I lost Quentin and when the opportunity to have another hedgehog came up, I decided to take it. He is a tad grumpier than Quentin and loves to chew on everything. He has some quirks I'm still getting used to, I can't tell if it's him or Quent that was the odd one!

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 hedgehogs and 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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[boscoitalics]

so cute! I hope to get one soon :)

[GreenDayAndEricaRok]

awwee is he a pinto or am i just imagining that?

[supermariolego878]

New hedgehog!

[sparXX2438]

i miss your videos make more please :(