There's a Hedgehog in Me Basement!

No really, there is! A. just brought one home from the clinic, to mind for the evening:

When I lived in the British Isles (where hedgehogs are a native species), I always grumbled about the fact that I had never seen one. So when this little guy came in for boarding this week, A. asked to bring it home so I could see it.

It's actually an African Pygmy Hedgehog. He's not very interactive. If you spook him, he rolls into a ball, grunting and wheezing at you. You would need gloves to hold him, cos he's super prickly. And he's quite smelly as well...like fish. Though I don't know if that's him, or just that his cage needs cleaning.

Despite all that, he's pretty freakin' cute.