Skookum

What is the wierdest whim purchase you have ever made? I'm pretty sure ours is Skookum, our wonderful hedgehog.

Now, As much as I love this funny little guy, hes not as easy as he looks. For the first month we had him he remained curled up in a spikey ball and woud 'huff' if even your shadow got anywhere near him. I was pretty close to deciding that a hedgehog was the worse decision ever those first few weeks. However, we have learned a few tricks, like not trying to wake him up before 10 (pm), and letting him eat and run on his wheel and poop BEFORE we try and pick him up. Also leaving the lights off or low so he cant see shadows significantly helps, but now we have the opposite challange. Insted of being a ball of prickles, now he tries to run and he can run FAST!!! Good thing we got him a silent wheel so he doesnt keep everyone up all night when hes running his marathons! Also he loves his hat. He has a toilet paper roll in which he sticks his head in and then runs around with it on his head, he even tried to take it into his wheel this morning! What a silly Skook! He's still quite fearfull of being picked up, but once you have him then he is fine, hopefully in some more time he will realize BEFORE we pick him up that he is going to be safe!