On May 25, 2003 I walked into the pet store my daughter worked at to see the little creature that she had been talking about. It was love at first sight.
The obsession begins!

A month and a half later in comes another hedgehog. A tiny little dark huffy girl. Emma. Emma became Jess’ birthday present. One week after Emma in comes a little boy. He was so sweet, so Jess bought him for me. Teasel, my first hedgie and my first boy.
Well that should have been enough hedgies? Ya right! We said NO MORE HEDGIES unless a white one comes in. Two weeks later in come more hedgies. On our way there we said no more unless it’s white. Well there is a little albino girl. What a sweet tiny wee thing she was. How could we resist? Snow started out as Jess’ but very quickly became my girl.
So then we said NO MORE HEDGIES unless someone can’t keep their’s anymore. We hear about a family who doesn't want their boy anymore. So we get Freckles who was originally named Sonic. How anyone could give up that boy is beyond me. Freckles is Jess’s.
Well once again we say NO MORE HEDGIES unless a cinnacott or apricot comes in. One Saturday in October we find out that one of the other stores has two white baby hedgies in. Well how could we not go and see them but all the way there we were quite definate that we were not getting another albino hedgie.
Yes there was an albino but the other was a little cinnacott girl. Home comes Peaches and what a wonderful girl she is. Jess bought Peaches for me as an early Christmas present.
After that day we quit saying NO MORE HEDGIES.
Then came Bandit, Smokey, Missy, Lily, Kei, Peanut, Cinder, Daisy, Pagen, Kenya, Roll, JubeJube, Quillson, Truffles, Pebbles, Toby, Abby, Pixie and Nemo and many more. Some are from breeders, some from the pet store, many are rescues and rehomes.
In 2004 I became a rescue contact for the Hedgehog Welfare Society, http://www.hedgehogwelfare.org/, and in 2008 was approved to be an International Hedgehog Association rescue. http://hedgehogclub.com/ Since 2004 I've taken in more than 35 hedgehogs needing a new home. Some have gone on to other new families but many have stayed here as our pets.
Can't resist those hedgies.
All of our hedgehogs are our pets first and foremost. Their health, welfare and happiness is our first concern!
Might as well face it I'm addicted to Quills!