It's gonna happen one of these days.......

[eroomlorac]

I go to these animal expos usually twice a month. Today a hedgie breeder was selling very well socialized hedgies. I held a red eyed tangerine (is there such a critter or were they bs'ing me?) hedgie girl and I really wanted to buy her. I put her back and walked around the expo some more. Came back, she was still there. I held her some more. She was beautiful and friendly. Well, then someone else came along who seemed to know a lot about hedgies (more than me, I'm sure) and I talked her into buying the hedgie I wanted so I wouldn't buy it. The woman who bought her had other hedgies and seemed very knowledgeable about them. It was a beautiful hedgie, though, and I'm afraid someday I'm going to come home with one. I have just the smallest twinge of regret right now.

 

[JennyBug]

Haha! This happens at every reptile show I go to! I always want to bring home everything, including the seemingly random hedgehogs and chins there - not from reptile breeders, but rather the two or three small animal breeders they always have there. We came dangerously close to getting a hedgie from the last show we went to: my husband had to pretty much drag me out the door!

Best of luck with stayin' strong!!

 

[alli713]

ugh Carol, I'm glad I've never gone to something like that, I know I would have a hard time saying no.
Hence why I went to the national show and came home with another chinchilla... lol

But hey, if you want one, why not get one? ) I know I'm no help!

That name sounds rather exotic.. I've never heard one called that? Of course I don't know hedgie colors very much, maybe it was what they call an apricot? Kind of like how some people call chins "extreme mosaics" or "panda mosaics" to make them sound more exotic..

 

[Chinniechantel]

Haha, I think they have the wrong fruit. You are stronger than I am...I am not allowed to expos...or pet stores...

 

[jmdebb]

Yup, sounds like me, I always say, no more animals I have enough. Then I fall in love and BINGO, another one. lol They just bring you so many hours of joy.:bliss:

Jean

 

[LucksAngel28]

You are stronger than I am...I am not allowed to expos...or pet stores...

I'm allowed not either! I always end up being dragged out by my hair with my nails clawing the floor the whole way out! (Okay, not literally, but you get the picture!) I'm just such a sucker for those cute little faces! :wink2:

 

[eroomlorac]

Well, here's the bad thing. I'm single. There's no one to tell me "no". :wacko:

 

[LucksAngel28]

Then say YES! Hedgies are cute and fun! And you have tons of friends here with hedgies so you know you will always have someone to answer any questions you have! :wink2:

 

[eroomlorac]

Here's my hesitation. I bought a hedgie many years ago from this expo. Vickie from Hedgiesbyvickie used to sell at these shows. I haven't seen her there in a while, though. This was back when hedgies were 'new' kind of pets. I bought one. I knew nothing about them. Vickie didn't tell me much, either, about heat requirements, etc. I was probably the world's worst hedgie owner but I didn't realize it. After I joined this forum I realized how very, very wrong I was in almost all aspects this poor hedgies care. At the time I bought that hedgie, I had no internet access and didn't know better. I won't go into detail because you would all storm my house with pitchforks and torches demanding justice be done. And now I'm afraid to own a hedgie again.

But I'm telling you that girl was beautiful. She had pink skin, white belly, pale orangish quills with white tips a white face and beautiful red eyes. And she never once rolled up in a ball. She kept trying to wedge herself in the crook of my elbow. And the 'hair' on her head was parted down the middle. Her tail was a little 'blip' on her well rounded rump and her legs looked so funny as she was trying to dig into my elbow. And her nose never stopped wigging as she sniffed, sniffed, sniffed. So cute!

 

[Melissa]

Tangerine?! I think someone was totally BS'ing you. By the color you described she sounds like a ruby eyed apricot or cinnacot. Im terrible with colors but I have NEVER heard of Tangerine.. LOL!

And now that you have internet you should totally read up some more on hedgies Carol.. BUT I think that will give you more of an excuse towards buying rather than an excuse against it! LOL

 

[Kalandra]

There are some breeders out there that make up their own colors and do not use the standard used by the International Hedgehog Association. You can look through the IHA color guide and try to guess what color the little one was though http://hedgehogclub.com/colorguide.html

And Carol. The only way I would be disappointed in your care is if you refused to learn and change. Honestly, there is still a lot of bad information out there. Even vets cannot always be trusted as the information they spread sometimes is less than desirable advice. They learn from sources sometimes that is outdated information.

 

[FiaSpice]

That's funny because I've always said myself if I have a cinnicot hedgie one day, I'll call him/her Tangerine!

 

[Chinniechantel]

I have a black eyed snowflake cinnicot girl, she is just precious. I got her from a pet store -hence why I cannot go to anymore. Lol. They told me she had recently had a baby and killed it- go figure she was in an open cage with no house, no heater, and 3 other male hedgies. Poor girl, I just had to rescue her. Her color is just gorgeous, it does look a Tangerine type color. I think you are ready for a hedgie...they are so fun and bring so much joy to my life. Although, they sure are more stinky than the chins! I always say that 6 hedgehogs are so much more smelly than all 100+ of the chins. It takes about as much time to care for the hedgehogs as it does the chins, and I really hate the poopy wheels! Lol. But their adorable faces and sweet personalities make it so worth it.

 

[eroomlorac]

There are some breeders out there that make up their own colors and do not use the standard used by the International Hedgehog Association. You can look through the IHA color guide and try to guess what color the little one was though http://hedgehogclub.com/colorguide.html

And Carol. The only way I would be disappointed in your care is if you refused to learn and change. Honestly, there is still a lot of bad information out there. Even vets cannot always be trusted as the information they spread sometimes is less than desirable advice. They learn from sources sometimes that is outdated information.

Looking at those pictures, I'd say she was an apricot. Pretty, friendly little girl.

 

[FiaSpice]

It takes about as much time to care for the hedgehogs as it does the chins, and I really hate the poopy wheels! Lol. But their adorable faces and sweet personalities make it so worth it.

I have to disagree with that. My chin was more trouble for me than my hedhie. I was so much easy to clean her cage (no heavy pans to lift) and I didn't nee to sweep every day.

 

[Melissa]

I have to disagree with that. My chin was more trouble for me than my hedhie. I was so much easy to clean her cage (no heavy pans to lift) and I didn't nee to sweep every day.

My boys fling poo all the time and kick out litter and kibble. I am sweeping every day and picking poop off the walls and everything everyday.

 

[eroomlorac]

Although, they sure are more stinky than the chins! I always say that 6 hedgehogs are so much more smelly than all 100+ of the chins. It takes about as much time to care for the hedgehogs as it does the chins, and I really hate the poopy wheels! Lol. But their adorable faces and sweet personalities make it so worth it.

My boys fling poo all the time and kick out litter and kibble. I am sweeping every day and picking poop off the walls and everything everyday.

Keep posting, folks. Getting easier and easier to say "no".

 

[threewingedfury]

Yeah the poopy wheels have to soak, or have to be seriously scrubbed. And poo boots - I have one hedgie that runs on his wheel ALL night and poos all in his wheel and the next morning has poo boots. It's annoying, but as long as he's happy on his wheel, I'm fine with it!

 

[Sasha]

I have such an easier time dealing with chin poop than hedgie poop. I can touch chin poop without flinching, but hedgie poop... ugh, I gag.

Penny's dirty wheel drive me nuts, and she definately stinks way more than my 12 chinnie boys combined......(sorry Princess Penny, mommy still loves you stinky butt).

 

[eroomlorac]

I have such an easier time dealing with chin poop than hedgie poop. I can touch chin poop without flinching, but hedgie poop... ugh, I gag.

Penny's dirty wheel drive me nuts, and she definately stinks way more than my 12 chinnie boys combined......(sorry Princess Penny, mommy still loves you stinky butt).

I tend to agree that meat eating pets have stinkier poop than herbivores.