Can I sell hedgehogs?
30 November 2006, 08:42 PM
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Can I sell hedgehogs?
I have quite a large garden which seems to have a lot of hedgehogs rummaging around in it. I've been spending a lot of time with them and they seem very friendly, i have hand fed some, which made me think they could make a good pet. I wonder if there could be a market for them, I have quite a few now, anyone?
30 November 2006, 08:51 PM
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I've been spending a lot of time with them and they seem very friendly
P.S. I can't see a problem with it, but you may find you're facing a somewhat limited market. I can't see small ***** of spikes reminiscent of "critters" being too high on anyones wish list?
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I've spent a lot of time with the family recently, and have fed them too, but I'm not sure I could sell them. 
Not sure that there's the market for hedgehogs - maybe there would have been in the 80's when they would have made a great bit of novelty tableware, for serving the cheese and pineapple on a stick.
I'd just stick to marketing smaller animals that can be trained to run behind the cooker to retrieve the dropped food before it smells.
Not sure that there's the market for hedgehogs - maybe there would have been in the 80's when they would have made a great bit of novelty tableware, for serving the cheese and pineapple on a stick.
I'd just stick to marketing smaller animals that can be trained to run behind the cooker to retrieve the dropped food before it smells.
30 November 2006, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Harrow
I wonder if there could be a market for them, I have quite a few now, anyone?
has anyone told you that hedgehogs are riddled with flea's
so if you've been touching them and then visiting friends with dogs and cats, well, :
30 November 2006, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SWRTWannabe
I've spent a lot of time with the family recently, and have fed them too, but I'm not sure I could sell them.
Not sure that there's the market for hedgehogs - maybe there would have been in the 80's when they would have made a great bit of novelty tableware, for serving the cheese and pineapple on a stick.
I'd just stick to marketing smaller animals that can be trained to run behind the cooker to retrieve the dropped food before it smells.
Not sure that there's the market for hedgehogs - maybe there would have been in the 80's when they would have made a great bit of novelty tableware, for serving the cheese and pineapple on a stick.
I'd just stick to marketing smaller animals that can be trained to run behind the cooker to retrieve the dropped food before it smells.
30 November 2006, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 51st state
harrow!!!
has anyone told you that hedgehogs are riddled with flea's
so if you've been touching them and then visiting friends with dogs and cats, well, :
has anyone told you that hedgehogs are riddled with flea's
so if you've been touching them and then visiting friends with dogs and cats, well, :
30 November 2006, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Harrow
See my earlier post, I have deflead mine.
impossible
and some wildlife experts reckon they are vital to hedgehogs because they can't preen there coats, like a cat or dog does!
wild animals are best left alone for there own good
i can speak with some experience, my farther was a gamekeeper for 20years, and i grew with animals,
i reared and trained a fox, used to take out for walks just like any dog, that was at 14yrs old
30 November 2006, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 51st state
impossible
and some wildlife experts reckon they are vital to hedgehogs because they can't preen there coats, like a cat or dog does!
wild animals are best left alone for there own good
i can speak with some experience, my farther was a gamekeeper for 20years, and i grew with animals,
i reared and trained a fox, used to take out for walks just like any dog, that was at 14yrs old
30 November 2006, 09:53 PM
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harrrow please go to HogWatch
there is concern for numbers, and girlfriend has been logging sitings
hey, i don't like to see them flattened in the road mate,
but they will be best left alone , if you are concerned just make your garden a better eviroment for them, they will thrive and that can only be good, but don't keep feeding , artifically proping up ther food cycles, they should hibernating now
there is concern for numbers, and girlfriend has been logging sitings
hey, i don't like to see them flattened in the road mate,
but they will be best left alone , if you are concerned just make your garden a better eviroment for them, they will thrive and that can only be good, but don't keep feeding , artifically proping up ther food cycles, they should hibernating now
she's a bit crazy
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01 December 2006, 02:09 AM
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My dog, a jack russ type just loves hedgehogs.
He brought a friendly one in a few months ago but it was in several pieces once I pursuaded him to drop it!
The fleas he shared with it were a **** to kill!
He brought a friendly one in a few months ago but it was in several pieces once I pursuaded him to drop it!
The fleas he shared with it were a **** to kill!
01 December 2006, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by r32
I think there might be a market, why dont you take them to the local car boot this Sunday, see how you get on. Let us know.
01 December 2006, 09:40 AM
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How did you de-flea them?
My Alsation once went NEAR a hedgehog, and the b*gger was COVERED in fleas within seconds.
Took me ages to de-flea HIM, let alone the hedgehogs.
Anyone else ever been woken up by the noise of two hedgehogs bonking?
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
My Alsation once went NEAR a hedgehog, and the b*gger was COVERED in fleas within seconds.
Took me ages to de-flea HIM, let alone the hedgehogs.
Anyone else ever been woken up by the noise of two hedgehogs bonking?
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
01 December 2006, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
How did you de-flea them?
My Alsation once went NEAR a hedgehog, and the b*gger was COVERED in fleas within seconds.
Took me ages to de-flea HIM, let alone the hedgehogs.
Anyone else ever been woken up by the noise of two hedgehogs bonking?
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
My Alsation once went NEAR a hedgehog, and the b*gger was COVERED in fleas within seconds.
Took me ages to de-flea HIM, let alone the hedgehogs.
Anyone else ever been woken up by the noise of two hedgehogs bonking?
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
01 December 2006, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Anyone else ever been woken up by the noise of two hedgehogs bonking?
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
Not sure if it was the female enjoying herself, or the male in excruciating agony, but they didn't half make a racket
Alcazar
That was a couple of hedgehogs negotiating before doing the deed...
Noisy little sods, aren't they?
I love 'em, though. They live happily alongside the foxes and badgers in our garden
SB