Hey, those little guys sound like a KICK!!! But eating MY food? Hmmm…Janine probably puts out enough for all, knowing her.
Well, mama was just reading one of her favourite online magazines, France, The Good Life (Editor: Janine Marsh) and there was this really sweet paragraph about hedgehogs and so I’m putting in a link to the editor’s hedgehog story, which also has some darling photos to go with it. The kitties seems to get a kick out of these spiky creatures, and as far as I know, we three have only seen them at a zoo! Well, we, two. Oh, and mama says she knows them from their role as croquet balls in Alice and Wonderland! I’m calling the SPCH!!!
This is the editor’s sweet take on her visiting hedgehogs:
I seem to have a reputation as a crazy cat lady round here on account of the six strays I’ve taken in. I explained that the hedgehogs that live on our terrace have become very partial to cat food and scoff it like there’s no tomorrow. They’ve made an underground den that they access via a hole in the wall of the terrace and every night when it gets dark, out they come, snorting and snuffling. They’re like circus clowns, they climb into the bowls of cat food and roll around, fall out of the bowls and bump into each other. The cats sit and stare in utter bemusement but they’ve learned to let the little piggy spiky creatures eat their fill.
If you have hedgies in your neighbourhood, let us know about them. They are enigmatic little creatures to me, but I think I’m in love…
Maybe this little cutie is checking out the repas that someone has put out for their kitties.
Mama, we don’t have hedgehogs in Rome, do we? Just askin’…
(Think I’ll move my kibble bits up on a counter, just in case.)
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We did our Sunday Selfie through The Cat On My Head!
Hmm… those little beasties sure look prickly. I haven’t seen any out my window here in ORE-gon. But then the D-O-G probably would scare them off if there were any. It would be fun to see them come up to window like the squirrels do. How big do you think hedgehogs get, Loulou? Do you think they get bigger than me? I’m only 8 pounds.
Oh, they can’t possibly weigh 8 pounds!!! That would be the Hedgehog from Hell.
MOL you done me laugh. I don’t think Rome is big on hedgehogs (do you?)
Haven’t seen one yet, but you never know what’s around these ruins!!!
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We’ve been hearing more and more about people adopting hedgehogs as pets. We hope our mom doesn’t get any ideas.
Oh, mom, PLEASE do not get your kitties a hedgehog for Christmas. Well, actually, maybe you’d be discouraged trying to wrap it, hahaha.
We have a Hedgehog living under our shed in our garden that we call Mickey.he came to us in the summer cause he was poorly and we were feeding him and then he was out in the day so he went to the vets and then the rehabers for a few weeks for lung-worm treatment and then we had him back in September and he’s been with us ever since,he’s now getting read for hibernation,xx Speedy
Oh, Speedy, you sweet and kind family-hedgehog-helper! How lovely to have one right in your yard. And when he comes out in February and sees his shadow, does it mean what I think it means?
Hehehe, I’m not sure I’d want my kibble being eaten either so I’ll be on the look out for these guys around the palace. On the other paw they are most welcome in pour grounds as I have loads of leaves that could do with spiking and getting rid of! MOL
Toodle pip and purrs
ERin
Yes, instant gardeners!!!
How adorable!!!! Teehee – yes, the hedgehog too!! Papa has a thing for hedgehogs and many years ago, had one in his backyard when he lived in Bretagne that was almost like a pet. Guess there aren’t any near where we are either. BUT we DO have hedges in front of the apartment – I’ll keep a lookout!
Oh, I want to see one in your yard!!!
Hedgehogs are cute, but not as cute as you are LouLou.
Awwwwwwww
We were surprised to learn just now that hedgehogs are not native to the US and it is illegal to have one as a pet in certain US states.
A news site was showing pet hedgehogs videos. A cat couldn’t figure out what it was and tried to sit on it. Not for long, though!
SIT ON IT??? Now that is NOT a good idea. But I don’t think the spines are as bad as those porky-pines, no?
I don’t think hedgehogs are native to the US (though some people do have them as house pets) – just porcupines !
Well, we’ll have no porky-pines around THIS house, that’s for sure. Mama once had a spine for her hair and found it in South Africa. The women put up their hairs with spines.