Hedgehog, The Best Pet Mammal? 

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Thank you for making another the best pet! Yall r amazing!

Cow ,the best pet mammal

Can you please make a video on the clade hyenadonta.

And don't forget they LOVE to collect little gold rings!

@@Black-Swan-007 yep

Don’t forget they like chilli dogs and collect seven emeralds to become super powerful

Let's go, I knew someone would mention the Blue Blur! Also he has a faker who uses Chaos Control and can't stop thinking about Maria.💙🦔

And collect coins, don't forget that!

There are danged few creatures small enough to pick up that are worse to handle than porcupines. Maybe the venomous or poisonous ones, but not even all of those. Possibly a bobcat or lynx.

WHAT

@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 bear cubs.

lesson i learned is that next time im climbing, im packing my bag full of blankets and pillows.

@@evilspyke5760 oh don’t get me wrong, my back hurt, I got the wind knocked out of my and I was still sore, but it sure helped

Sounds like he had strong opinions and a bold personality. Sounds very lovable in a curmudgeony kinda way ❤

XD you got us in the half part not gonna lie

I had the exact same experience except mine was a female, I had to put her bowls in very specific spots so that she wouldn’t flip it

Hedgehogs are the biggest hit or miss. Sometimes you’ll get one with a friendly personality and you’ll see it on social media with cute photos Or you’ll get a grumpy hedgehog that wants zero human interaction and always ball up no matter how much bonding techniques you try. I’ve tried every single trick I saw online and he’s still the same for 2 years straight. I love him but I wish he was more affectionate 😅

Yeah hedgehogs are definitely not beginner pets. Their tendency to poop and walk in their poop but also having the need to get lots of exercise means you need to have them out for like an hour every day and follow them around cleaning up their poop and pee. Anything else and you're going to end up with toenail infections from them treading in their own poop. And like all pets people need to be prepared that they will not always have a great personality especially if you don't get them fixed. I also don't really understand Clint comparing them to reptiles. They're different from other mammals I'll give you that, but they are also very very unlike pet reptiles. They eat and poop so much, I would say they are borderline worse than some birds and in terms of interactions and relationship it's kind of not like any other animal I've worked with and I've worked with so many different species I've lost count like a really long time ago. There's a good chance I've worked with it if you've heard of it or at least something closely related to it.

Came here to say this 😅

The resemblance is uncanny!

I was confused there too

This is a tenrec!

I called it at the beginning. Hmm is that a fake hedgehog? Yes, yes it is.

I had a hedgehog (in the US) as a teenager, and an Irish woman that I worked with was delighted to hear that I had a hedgehog as a pet.

Also grew up with hedgehoges roaming around the neighborhood gardens. Most people had water dishes and maybe some cat food for them to munch on. Sadly here in Sweden the rise in use of robotic lawnmovers means you often find them dead after getting their head smashed in by the blades of the mover. :(

My grandma put up hedgehog 🦔 boxes in the garden too

I'm so glad that we could help you make this important decision. Have you yet discovered something that may be a better fit for you?

@ClintsReptiles I've recently become a beekeeper. I think that's more than enough for now. I would love to see a video on super organisms some day

Me too 😅 I should really have more faith in Clint by now, I should've known it was a set up

Real hedgehogs have bigger eyes and a smaller face.

@@tell-me-a-story- I know, that's why I was concerned.

Me too! I was like uh.... Should I say something? Lol

Me too

Never experienced hedgehog poop, but gosh I remember having mice and the poop and pee smell was something else. Healthy beardie poop was no problem in comparison.

Do you feed yours fish? My hedgehog never had that bad of a poop smell.

@@lilywong9672I was wondering about that, as long as I keep up with poop cleaning, I never notice it.

What are you feeding your hedgehog?

@@Jhud69 yeah, mice have such a strong smell, especially the boys. They were the only pet my parents ever made me get rid of because they stank to high heaven. I was gutted, they were so cute.

Also the term "Rescue Kid" is hilarious, love that 🤣

A small lap dog? Are you sure that wasn't an echidna or something?

@@M4TCH3SM4L0N3 Echidnas don't live here and the hedgehogs here do grow that big (Britain). Easily a foot long. They aren't kept as pets and attempting to do so is illegal.

loll why does that always happen tho

German here. And I wouldn't touch one because of the fleas they have.

@@petrairene Not only fleas, but also the possibility of ticks and other parasites. But during autumn, i often feed them and let the leaf piles in my garden for them to hide and also because the colours of the yellow and red leaves looks nice.

😍🦔

Yeah, In Finland we also have them everywhere. And no, you shouldn't touch a wild hedgehog (or wild animals overall)

In the Netherlands too, I see them all the time.

I thought they ate chili dogs

They collect gold rings, too!

Everything eats marshmallows if you shove the marshmallows hard enough! (Do not actually try this, it is a tasteless joke!)

I thought they ate spare tyres

LOL 😂

Oh, also there's no danger from bites! That's a big thing.

I know someone who had a pet pigeon. He was great, he just showed up and decided to be theirs. They are awesome. And once they decide they belong to you they will even come back if let out :)

Edible, too. When releasing doves at events became less popular, and of course with the extinction of messenger pigeons in ww1 and new messaging methods people lost interest. Birds you want 3 or 4 economic outputs minimum, pigeons usually have two. Ducks, you get duck feather pillows and aesthetic waterproof feathers/quills, eggs every other day tastier than chickens, and still a tasty meat, and still valuable to other farmers for genetic diversity, and foul all have valuable fertilizer poo. Pigeons as i understand it can be kept in a shoebox size hole though and let free to fly about in the right circumstances, so has the lowest space requirements? Not a fancier, but their coos might be the most soomthing. As a pet they don't have the exotic factor in most places and you can go and feed and play with the local pigeons without investment or responsibility.

Oh, and they're falcon food.

@mandowarrior123 I do think that as pets they still have an exotic factor. Look at some of the fancy breeds out there! People are wowed that pigeons can even look like that. Also, so many people are just shocked you could even have them as a pet, which leads to a bunch of interest. Who really cares about how exotic something is when it comes to choosing a pet anyways though? It's not like dogs are exotic but they're beloved, and I think pigeons also have am immense capacity for love and affection. Whenever I reenter my room my pigeon flies over to me and lands on my arm or shoulder. They can be pet, they fall asleep on you, it's grand. It's also a very different mode of interacting with them than feeding feral pigeons. You don't get the same connection.

Lol I'd say, go ahead & get a lamb or kid and find out, BUT(T 😂)... Sheep MUST be sheared when it's time & you aren't shearing your own sheep right away, unless you are very strong & a very quick learner. It's not easy at all and the sheep often tries to get away, but they'll eventually die from it if you don't shear them. They are domesticated & require human intervention. THEN you've got to card the wool, then get it into a rope form, then spin it into actual yarn... to turn the fluff into yarn takes a few very physically demanding steps, THEN you need to either knit something or weave fabric and then sew with it. And it's 100% pure wool which has many many advantages except it is def not going to be soft the first time you do all this. And if you don't pre shrink your clothing, if you accidentally dry it in the dryer, your sweater will turn into a toddler sweater but you cannot get it to unshrink, congrats you just made felt lol. And sheep 💩 makes pig 💩 smell like 🌺. One of the ickiest smelling domesticated animals tbh. And requiring tremendous care bcuz they are bred for sheepherders to do the thinking for them. The wild ones are badass but these sweet farm babies are dumb. Goats don't need shearing but they won't keep your lawn nice. They will destroy it lol. Goats are great as a farm animal but please don't keep them as in-town pets even if legal, they love to butt and you shouldn't train it out of them, it's part of being a goat, and they need to chew chew chew. I love goats but they do best as farm animals. I don't know much about them, but I know they cannot live wild either. Compared to their wild cousins who will just throw you off of a mountain, very mean SOBs tbh, they just don't have defenses to take care of themselves. Both are herd animals and likely happiest with a group. But, uh, don't start a sheep ranch unless you understand that the animals we eat are called market ________, lambs are baby sheep, and processing means unaliving... so if you ranch sheep you will be selling & possibly processing market lambs and you have to be able to deal with that, I don't believe it's a sin at all, but it's emotionally hard if you weren't raised processing market baby animals, and even if you were (Clarice Starling). There's not much of a sheep's milk market in the US, it's a very strong flavor milk. If you breed these animals, you will need to care for them properly or sell them as meat.

@@montananerd8244 so please peel your sheep.

​@@montananerd8244if keeping sheep there are a couple more points- you can use sheeps milk without consuming it directly or alone, like cooking apples. I don't think it'd be that objectionable in pancake mixes or curries for example. You still need to learn to pick sheep up and handle them and can come to a local farmer if you're a sheep heavy place. As far as processing sheep wool and linalool sure, but if you want wook you may be interested. That isn't necessary to make use of it, it's used heavily as loft insulation in scotland for example without being processed. You don't need a ranch yourself though, either. At least here in the UK you simply rent or borrow the land, as fallow field's fertility is greatly enhanced by sheep grazing. You do need to learn to drive and herd sheep, and maybe even a dog. You kill and butcher your own animals? We have people for that here. Generally a shepherd will take his sheep or lambs to the market and sell them anyway. Killing is someone else's job! So is sheering to be honest. Sheerer's exist here, at least. While you can learn to do it yourself it is usually a two person job and its so much quicker with an expert and i'm sure the sheep prefer a two second cut. Unless you're a keen walker you probably want an offroad vehicle and a trailer or flatbed. But the only requirement is to be able to count and enjoy walking fields in the rain. It's not high work per sheep at all. Having a little petting zoo if small scale is a decent shout as they'll only make you a few hundred a year each unless you have a huge number.

Goats are incredibly difficult to keep. They get into everything and have some of the worst health issues. They can be great pets for people who really like their personality, but it's kind of like saying people who like dogs should get a husky. On a scale of 1-10 difficulty, they are closer to a 10.

@@Hi_Im_Akward I have to state this again, muts the best dogs; and the reasoning for that applies to every other animal.

Pretty sad that such a cute animal has such a short life. But I guess it doesn’t feel short to them.

that's why i stopped keeping small animals/rodents as pets, it's just too hard with their relatively short lifespans. anything under ten years is going to be long enough to get attached to, and then heartbroken when they pass

My ferrets lived the best part of 10 years, I’ve actually had dogs for less time. American ferrets have a much smaller gene pool though due to small original import numbers. And now people are breeding for angora and all that nonsense it’ll probably make them less healthy here.

Wher r u from?

short life span

You can ask your cat for permission, don't you?

Given that they’re absolutely crawling with ticks and fleas, that’s probably a good choice.

They aren't common in Britain anymore? Due to tales of talking animals, I always assumed there were loads and loads of real hedgehogs all over the UK, they are in nearly every children's book lol

@@montananerd8244 Loss of habitat has been the main cause.

⁠@@montananerd8244 they’re not that uncommon but their numbers are in sharp decline….there’s a lot less hedgerows left in the uk sadly, and that was a perfect habitat for them. I think also the increased heat is not good for them.

Oh, they aren’t anymore? What happened? Cats?

Excellent guard dogs not sure about pet quality 😂

It was indeed! Great catch!

You've skinned poor GusGus​?? You animal😤 @@ClintsReptiles

Both of my hedgies have loved their Carolina storm wheels.

​@@____________838I had a Carolina Storm Wheel for my first hedgehog and it was fantastic! For my second hedgehog I had to make a wheel using a large cake topper because he was very long and couldn't quite stretch out all the way while running on the CSW.

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@HassanMohamed-rm1cb, you should know that ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii) are split into four major groups, which are the subclasses Cladistia, Chondrostei, Holostei, and Teleostei, a majority of ray-finned fish belong to the Teleostei subclass The Teleostei subclass has four major lineages, which are the magnorders Clupeopterygii, Eloposteoglossocephala, Ostariomorpha, and Acanthomorpha, the superorder Clupeomorpha is the only extant taxon of the Clupeopterygii magnorder, which is so far the most basal of the Teleostei subclass, the magnorder Eloposteoglossocephala contains the superorders Osteoglossomorpha (Bonytongues) and Elopomorpha (Ladyfish, Tarpons, Eels, and Relatives), the magnorder Ostariomorpha contains the superorders Ostariophysi (Catfish and Relatives) and Protacanthopterygii (Salmonids, Lizardfish, Slickheads, and Relatives), and the magnorder Acanthomorpha contains the superorders Paracanthopterygii (Cod, Anglerfish, and Relatives) and Acanthopterygii (Spiny-Rayed Fish).

I’ve got the exact same problem with rats. I’d totally have some, but I get attached to pet _beetles-_ I couldn’t stand having such an intelligent, friendly animal die after so few years.

@@thatonepossum5766 supposedly degus may be a good alternative, they live more than twice as long. The giant rats they train for landmine detection also live a lot longer too, though not sure if there is a pet trade of them or not.

Getting a silent wheel is an alternative to that. My brother had a hedgehog. We share a room. At night it was actually quite nice hearing the tiny pitter patter of his little feet on an otherwise quiet wheel.

​@@Ofallthings089my wheel was silent, but the pitter patter was definitely still a distraction for some people.

I think they’re closer related to mongooses, I could be wrong.

Yes

@nettlesandsnakes9138, it's more correct to say "more closely related to", get your grammar right.

@@indyreno2933 English might not be their first language, don't be an ass

@@indyreno2933 I’m sorry for my bad grammar.

Placental shrews, moles and hedgehogs are in Eulipotyphla now. I don’t know how much is convergence vs retention of primitive characteristics.

@stefanostokatlidis4861, actually, shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons belong to the order Soricomorpha, while hedgehogs and gymnures belong to the order Erinaceomorpha, the two orders are not closely related and evolved independently, the Soricomorpha order is more closely related to bats (order Chiroptera) while the Erinaceomorpha order is more closely related to both pangolins (order Pholidota) and carnivorans (order Carnivora), the similarities between the orders Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha are due to convergent evolution.

@@indyreno2933 they got reclassified again.

@stefanostokatlidis4861, nope, Eulipotyphla and Sundatheria are invalid taxa, the latter is a paraphyletic group to primates (order Primata) while the former is a polyphyletic group as shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons are more closely related to bats whereas hedgehogs and gymnures are more closely related to both pangolins and carnivorans.

"Insectivore" is still a valid dietary description, which is useful when considering a pet.

My wife really wants some, so I had better!

Except goats need more space and food.

@@tell-me-a-story- but they are more hardy, easier to get, much better for handling, they will come to you for petting all the time, very easy to get food for them...

​@@LillyP-xs5qe...eat your car, stand on top of everything, jump your fences, eat paint off your walls...

@@CainXVII they be active and curious, and can climb any surface that isn't fully vertical and smooth, and are great jumpers, just need to set good tall fences... And make sure they can't dig under them, I once was petting some neighbour pet goats at a friend's house and one of the kids squeezed himself under the fence so he could come cuddle me, he was adorable, just wanted me to scratch his back and horns, was so happy with it

When I eat cereal, I just need to dry, and then I drink milk just like you.

Insectivora doesn't exist unfortunately. DNA sequencing proved that it was paraphyletic

​@@Daft_Vader Oh noo 😭

Perhaps one day we will stop, but our library is not even close to complete enough to consider this mission accomplished.

Do they also do the poop wheel / poopy feet thing?

​@@dom8467 sorry for the late response 😅 but no I've never seen them with poopy feet.