A Pet You Cannot Pet

Kitsune · 01-29-2006, 05:52 PM

I got tired of using old fashioned Brillo pads for scrubbing pots and pans. In favor of a more natural solution, I opted to get purchase an alternate product...

"Hey! I'm not awake, yet!"

Bailey, the name of the new little scrubbie, also requires a USB connection.

Other features include sleeping all day, photophobia, and the ability to generate power by running miles at night in a wheel. Really, I'm thinking about hooking up a bicycle odometer to the thing to measure how far he goes...

As far as the "you cannot pet a hedgehog" comment, you'd be surprised. Once he relaxes, the spines are very tolerable and holding/petting him hasn't been a problem. Spook him, though, and it is a different story!

Beestie · 01-29-2006, 07:10 PM

Very cool! What does he/she/it eat?

Trilby · 01-29-2006, 07:19 PM

what a cute little critter! Hedgehogs always remind me of ALICE IN WONDERLAND 'cause when she played croquet with the Red Queen they used rolled-up hedgehogs as croquet balls (and flamingo's as mallets!)

Griff · 01-29-2006, 08:09 PM

That is so sweet. Cool pet!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 08:14 PM

Don't forget to wear your slippers.

Undertoad · 01-29-2006, 08:18 PM

This is awesome! We need more pics... hell we need regular pics.

Kitsune · 01-30-2006, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Very cool! What does he/she/it eat?

Bailey, as he has come to be called, eats Meow Mix for Kittens. It is about all he eats, as we've been searching for treats to give him and he only shows interest in liquid cane sugar and turns his nose up at everything else! Grape/raspberry jelly, banana, apple, carrot... everything is ignored. We thought we had it with peanut butter -- he was licking away at it with a great amount of interest. Then he puffed up, contorted himself into several really uncomfortable looking positions, and used his tongue to dab the peanut butter all over his spines with his tongue. "Annointing" is this strange process hedgehogs use to cover themselves in scents they hope will camouflage them from predators.

Right after his bath, too. Hopefully no local predators are interested in peanut butter. In a week we'll pick up some meal worms and we're sure the little insectivore will enjoy those crawlies.

UT - More pics versus regular pics? Wha?

Undertoad · 01-30-2006, 07:22 AM

More pics, regularly.

footfootfoot · 01-30-2006, 11:22 AM

I think we have a new candidate to take oolong's place. Instead of balancing things on Bailey's head, you could just velcro them to him.

Really cute.

LabRat · 01-30-2006, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

...peanut butter -- he was licking away at it with a great amount of interest. Then he puffed up, contorted himself into several really uncomfortable looking positions, and used his tongue to dab the peanut butter all over his spines with his tongue. "Annointing" is this strange process hedgehogs use to cover themselves in scents they hope will camouflage them from predators...

Now that is what I want to see

!!

Trilby · 01-30-2006, 02:37 PM

[quote=Kitsune], and used his tongue to dab the peanut butter all over his spines with his tongue. "Annointing" is this strange process [quote]

That's what I do with my peanut butter.

Kitsune · 01-30-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

Now that is what I want to see

!!

I'll try to get a video of him doing it. The problem is finding something he'll do it with, as he doesn't repeat it with scents he has already used.

...and then there is the problem of a hedgehog that smells of peanut butter/garlic/etc...

footfootfoot · 01-30-2006, 07:04 PM

Guest:"How come your sofa smells like peanut butter?"
Kitsune:"Umm, it's kind of a long story..."

Kitsune · 02-13-2006, 12:41 PM

My bandwidth will probably regret this, but I think it is time for some hedgehog torment video. (Quicktime MPEG4)

Let me know if you have any audio issues, etc.

(note: Bailey the hedgehog really doesn't mind any of this. He seems to enjoy a lot of it, even.)

Trilby · 02-13-2006, 12:49 PM

I only get audio.

01-29-2006, 05:52 PM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	A Pet You Cannot Pet I got tired of using old fashioned Brillo pads for scrubbing pots and pans. In favor of a more natural solution, I opted to get purchase an alternate product... "Hey! I'm not awake, yet!" Bailey, the name of the new little scrubbie, also requires a USB connection. Other features include sleeping all day, photophobia, and the ability to generate power by running miles at night in a wheel. Really, I'm thinking about hooking up a bicycle odometer to the thing to measure how far he goes... As far as the "you cannot pet a hedgehog" comment, you'd be surprised. Once he relaxes, the spines are very tolerable and holding/petting him hasn't been a problem. Spook him, though, and it is a different story!

01-29-2006, 07:10 PM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Very cool! What does he/she/it eat? __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-29-2006, 07:19 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	what a cute little critter! Hedgehogs always remind me of ALICE IN WONDERLAND 'cause when she played croquet with the Red Queen they used rolled-up hedgehogs as croquet balls (and flamingo's as mallets!) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-29-2006, 08:09 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is so sweet. Cool pet! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-29-2006, 08:14 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't forget to wear your slippers. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-29-2006, 08:18 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This is awesome! We need more pics... hell we need regular pics.

01-30-2006, 07:22 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	More pics, regularly.

01-30-2006, 11:22 AM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I think we have a new candidate to take oolong's place. Instead of balancing things on Bailey's head, you could just velcro them to him. Really cute. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-30-2006, 02:37 PM	#11
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	[quote=Kitsune], and used his tongue to dab the peanut butter all over his spines with his tongue. "Annointing" is this strange process [quote] That's what I do with my peanut butter. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-30-2006, 07:04 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Guest:"How come your sofa smells like peanut butter?" Kitsune:"Umm, it's kind of a long story..." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-13-2006, 12:41 PM	#14
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	My bandwidth will probably regret this, but I think it is time for some hedgehog torment video. (Quicktime MPEG4) Let me know if you have any audio issues, etc. (note: Bailey the hedgehog really doesn't mind any of this. He seems to enjoy a lot of it, even.)

02-13-2006, 12:49 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I only get audio.

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