These pictures are cute, but I'm really not sure how I feel about hedgehogs as pets. They are wild animals, not domesticated ones. If you find an underweight one and feed it up during winter, you are supposed to release it back into the wild come spring.

Hedgehogs are very difficult pets. I have my Felix because he was bought by a 12 year old girl who didn't believe me when I told her they dont warm up to people well. He was purchased and then left in a dirty cage because he didn't like being handled. I took him home, and keep his cage clean, feed him a well balanced diet. He let's me pet him behind his ears and rub his chin. But boy is it a pain in the a*s to clip his nails or give him a bath. Get a rat. They're smarter, more friendly and actually enjoy human interaction.