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lil eva
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Latest pet fadBusy pet lovers have been buying hedgehogs, whose nocturnal habits make them appealing to the modern worker because they wake in the evening when their owners arrive home after a day in the office.
Although Britain has its own wild breed of hedgehogs, the latest pet craze focuses on African pygmy hedgehogs -- a cross between Algerian and white-bellied hedgehogs.
"They are unbelievably pretty little creatures & the way they bumble along, the way they poke their noses into everything," hedgehog breeder Bonnie Martin told Reuters.
Initial costs for the animal and accompanying equipment can run to 300 pounds. But hedgehogs, who can survive on cat food, are cheaper to feed because they eat a third of the household cat’s daily diet, Martin said.
"People will travel vast distances to get them in order to get them from reputable breeders...there’s about eight to 10 serious breeders in the UK. It takes a lot of travelling in order to get a good hog," said Martin, who has sold two litters already and has a waiting list for the rest of the year.
How long will it be before people don't want to go to specialist breeders and pay £300?Will they start taking these creatures from the wild and thinking that they are doing the hedgehogs a favour,when in reality they will be putting them at risk from extinction 
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lil eva
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wewantourdarbyback
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i want one
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Chrissy Canadian
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i used to frequent a chinchilla forum on the internet called "chins and quills", for people that have chinchillas and hedgehogs as pets (and i think it was actually based in england) before i got my first chinchilla i never knew that people kept hedgehogs as pets 
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lil eva
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Until i saw that yesterday,i didnt know either 
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