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I wonder if they are even legal to own as pets here in California? Ferrets aren’t, with good reason, I admit, but they’re awful cute. Ferrets and hogs both.

I could look it up but I’m too car-lagged from two days in one. But I do have to say that my Suburu did great in the inclement weather, so there’s that.

DINSDALE!

Dinsdale?

If you didn’t name him Spiney Norman I’m going to be very dis-appointed.

Nina – No. No you may not have a hedgehog in California. It’s for your own good. They say.

You see,

“There are at least 17 known species of hedgehogs. All species are restricted from possession as pets in California primarily because they can become pests where introduced into the wild where they don’t naturally occur.”

You see, they are just too darn cute, and will slow down traffic more than it is already.

Now, perhaps if you write to Jerry Brown and tell him the you are sheltering an brown illegal alien, without getting too specific, he will pardon your hedgehog to keep it from being deported. Cause everybody knows illegal aliens introduced where they don’t naturally occur are a good thing.

https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/living-with-wildlife/restricted-pet-species

See, you could get one of these Hedgehog Homes and be assured that the yearling hedgehogs would have a place to stay for the cold, cruel winter…
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I suspected as much, Some Veg!

Anyone have Rose Marie in the dead pool?

Sorry, Nina, but there’s NO reason to outlaw ferrets. If Governor Moonbeam doesn’t want to have one, that’s on him, but I don’t see a reason to make them outlaws (I would stipulate they need to be neutered and de-scented). They’re cute, they’re cuddly (even if they won’t cuddle), they don’t bark or crow or make noises. Very amusing, too. They DO tend to bite your ankles and relieve themselves in corners, even when you provide them a perfectly good litter box.
(btw, the Fert in my name is because we used to have ferrets, not because I exude noxious amnesia gas.)

Hedge Hogs – WHY CAN’T THEY SHARE?!!?

Nope. No Rose Marie takers in the pool. On we go.

I have one of those hedgehog homes, Expresso Bold. My experience (and I’ve heard this from others) – they won’t live in it, but it’s a good place to put their food so stray cats won’t eat it.

@S. Weasel,
Oh, that’s too bad! I thought it might afford some level of protection and comfort. Maybe they will adapt in few thousand years…

In case anyone is looking at this week-old thread, apparently Israeli hedgehogs have become obese from eating food left out for street cats in Jerusalem. Several have been taken to a zoo near Tel Aviv where they are getting an enforced slimming diet with exercise.

They were too fat to roll into their usual defensive ball position as a defense from predators.

ZOMG, Uncle Al, I literally just posted about this two seconds ago! You must be psychotic.

Psychotic? Nah. I have extra sensory hedgehogopathy!