Hedgehogs

[Wayne]

Has anybody ever felt a hedgehog? Are they as priickly as they look? I saw a video earlier of someone just picking them up by putting their hands around their spiked bodies without gloves. :S

[Joe!]

Nah, most of the time they have their spikes down. So it's just like touching some wood that moves really. Although baby hedgehogs have like the softest feel to them :] My dad's mate has a few of them, she rescues them and nurses them back to full health ;]

[leah]

They arent that bad. There was an injured one in my garden so we took it in and looked after it for a few days lool :8

[Wayne]

Oh right, cool thanks for your responses. ;)

[Nereo]

I hedgehog got caught in a net in my garden and I spent like 3 hours untangling it. It did hurt a bit because when they're scared they go all sharp :P

When they're relaxed there soft.

[Wayne]

Thanks mate. ;P

[TheEclipse]

I never knew that they put their spikes down! ... like Echidnas?

[Crimson]

If you like stroke them downwards then they're fine but if you like.. push you hand on them in the direction of their *****les then they hurt :(


EDIT: ....... Guess what the ***** is >_>

[efq]

My nickname is Hedgehog, the gel I use makes my hair so solid it can rip through paper.
VO5 Freeze Gel ftw.

Btw, they are soft when I felt em

[Kardan]

We had a Hedgehog in our garden walking up the path, my dog was barking at it like mad and it wasn't fussed. Crawled under the shed and we never saw it again.

As for picking one up, I wouldn't know :)

[wolfsburg]

afaik it's just like say a cactus or a pin bed, an individual spike would hurt but you spread the weight out over lots so it's fine really.