If you want a pet, but aren’t a super cuddly person 10/10 would recommend a hedgehog. They will hate you. Then you will feed them and they will begrudgingly start to accept you. Eventually you’ll have a tiny bff who will spin on their wheel all night long, making just enough noise so you know there’s not a burglar or ghost in your house.
Jane Bennet, my own little lady (RIP Jane), was an absolute delight. I would dress her up for holidays, give her baths and scrub her down with a little toothbrush. (Fear not, she had her own toothbrush.) I made her a bed our of hedgehog flannel. We would even sit together and watch movies! Giving her cage a good scrub down once a week kept her healthy and my house from stinking. She didn’t take up much space, and she didn’t make much noise.
Here are some products that I recommend (that Jane loved).
If you give your hedgehog a tiny 6″ wheel to run on when they’re a baby and don’t increase the wheel size as they grow it can cause damage to the hedgehog’s back. Jane was a medium sized hedgehog and she fit very well on a 12″ wheel.
The woman who my sister bought Jane from insisted we read this book, and so we did. I was given Jane as a birthday gift. She was given to me inside a shoe box, and then I was handed this to read. You don’t want to jump into any type of pet ownership blind.
I would highly recommend a feeder/waterer that hangs on the cage. It will keep things from spilling and it will keep the wood chips from getting into the food/water. I did not have this cool set up for Jane, but if I was going to get another hedgehog I would definitely switch up the feeder/waterer. Jane had a waterer with the little tube/nozzle on the end. I didn’t want a bowl of water because I didn’t want her to spill it or drown… Again, if I got another hedgie I think I’d try this waterer.
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Redheaded Jill 
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