AFRICAN PYGMY HEDGEHOGS ARE A DELIGHT TO OWN BUT THEY DO NEED CARE AND ATTENTION.  THEY THRIVE ON REGULAR EXERCISE OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME AND NEED TIME WITH YOU FOR CUDDLES AND TREATS.  HANDLED ON A REGULAR DAILY BASIS THEY WILL REWARD YOU WITH THEIR INQUISITIVE BEHAVIOUR AND CHARACTERS. 

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE CREATURES ARE SOLITARY ANIMALS AND SHOULD BE HOUSED IN INDIVIDUAL HOMES - HOWEVER APPEALING IT MAY BE TO PURCHASE A PAIR OF AFRICAN PYGMY HEDGEHOGS THAT ARE BEING HOUSED TOGETHER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE MALES CAN REPRODUCE FROM A REMARKABLY YOUNG AGE WHILST A FEMALE MUST BE SIX MONTHS OR OVER.  IN THIS SITUATION YOU WILL NOT KNOW IF YOUR FEMALE WILL BE CARRYING A LITTER AND IF SHE IS LEFT IN WITH THE MALE SHE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY KILL/EAT THE LITTER WHEN IT IS BORN.