They’re also born with soft quills that don’t get stiff til after birth :)
Omg they are freaking adorable
bbs
So that’s how hair brushes are made!
The second from the right even has a hogwart!
I’m gonna call someone a hoglet next time they piss me off.
They’re also born with soft quills that don’t get stiff til after birth :)
You’d certainly hope so, otherwise momma hedgehog would not have a great time during birth.
Likewise horse foals are born with a gross soft covering on their hooves to protect the mother.
Google “foal slippers”
DuckDuckGo is just Bing with an extra step
Yeah, but one of those steps is “respect the user’s privacy” so I’ll take it.
Bing is just Google with an extra step so why use it?
my first thought was “those probably feel great when you give birth to them”
aka Urchins.
Ah, the mythical land urchin. Now I just need sky urchins and my collection will be complete.
Is there a baby animal sub i can join?? I need this in my life
You can really see the resentment in the mother’s eyes :>
Can you blame her? Even if those spikes are soft, they must still feel weird. Plus there’s 7 of them!
I can’t be the only one who sees a bunch of tiny nut sacks.
“A prickle of hoglets.”
Spiky nuggets.
Forbidden food
Is it safe to pet them when they’re that small, and if so what does it feel like 😄
You can actually pet grown hedgehogs, I think if they are happy the needles are not pointing upwards, but I might be wrong about it.
Source: visited a hedgehog café in Tokyo like 10 years ago, did pet hedgehogs.
Edit: rereading what you wrote I realise you maybe didn’t imply that an adult hedgehog cannot be petted…
You can also pet unhappy hedgehogs, just not painlessly.
source, owned a traumatized hedgehog when I was little. tried to give it treats and get it socal but 5 past owners (some of which with cats) was too much for the little guy.
‘Captain Crunch’ died a grumpy old man 🫡edit: fun fact you can see their nuts when they uncurl which was pretty funny to little me
Idk but if they’re like hamsters, you’re not supposed to touch the newborns. Wait til they open their eyes and grow some fur. Because if the mom smells your scent, she might get stressed out and eat them😅
