A Pet You Cannot Pet

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I had to uninstall QuickTime and download QuickTime Alternative 1.68 final. It was worth it.

You had to what? Oh, for the love of--

I struggled, endlessly, to produce a distributable video with Windows and Pinnacle and had little luck, so I moved to iMovie. Everything looked good, but I didn't realize the encode had defaulted to H.264 and it seems not everyone has that or their installs don't give it to them. Sigh. The next one will work out better, I hope.

Originally Posted by BigV

Not that I could sustain that indignation for long with a li'l rascal like that scampering about.

He's been a pain, lately, so don't let the cute fakery in the video fool you much. He's fun, but he can be a punk. The main issue right now is that he wants his day to begin at 01:00 and I'd rather it begin around 21:00 or so. I've been waking him early in an attempt to force him to a diurnal schedule, but he wants nothing of it and remains highly photophobic. (Did you notice all the shots in the video are of him struggling to find a dark place to hide?)

Hedgehog disapproval, by the way, is shown in the form of grumpiness (spikes!) and poo. My hands always show evidence of both by around 11pm or so. :p

Originally Posted by Griff

What did you pay for the lil bugger?

You can pay anywhere from $100 to $200 for a hedgehog, depending on coloration and such. A couple of things to consider: they're illegal in some states (CA, GA, PA) and they're prone to genetic problems. It is a wise idea to look into the critter's family history to make sure the family tree has "enough branches to support it", or else you're in for a lot of misery. If all works out, they stick around for upwards of seven years or so.