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Grex Pets Item 16: Weird Pets
Entered by e4808mc on Thu Oct 17 04:16:37 UTC 1996:

I've got a hedgehog that may need a new home soon.  Its an African Pygmy
hedgehog, and needs a whole lot more attention than my kids are willing to
give it.  Looks just like sonic, very bristly, and very shy.  
The problem is that it needs to be fed twice a day, and is a picky eater. 
Does anyone else have a weird pet, and need help/info/advice?

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by popcorn on Sun Oct 20 01:47:59 1996:

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#2 of 12 by e4808mc on Sun Oct 20 21:13:18 1996:

My middle son, a serious soccer player, visits pet shops for fun.  We were
amusing ourselves in some town in New Jersey between games of a tournament.
There was a pair, spines falling out, overweight, sick.  We paid a ransom of
$100 and got them out of there.  I fearfully checked the pet carrier every
rest stop on the drive back, afraid that they had died.  One of them survived
six weeks (Scruffy), and the other (Patches) still trundles around our yard
and his cage.  (Yard only when fenced in and closely watched:  they
tunnel).We've had Patches a couple years now, but have no idea how old he is..

#3 of 12 by mooncat on Tue Oct 22 20:17:19 1996:

I'll try to talk to some people, see if I can help you  out
at all. :)  Good luck!

#4 of 12 by e4808mc on Thu Nov 14 04:14:46 1996:

Patches still needs a good home.  Anyone know anyone who likes little funny
animals?

#5 of 12 by katie on Thu Feb 20 04:48:27 1997:

Apparently the newest hot pets are hairless rats.

#6 of 12 by rcurl on Thu Feb 20 08:05:16 1997:

My daughter loves little funny animals. She has had a string a bad luck
with hampsters. Her third one died  today, after less than a month. No
signs of illness....very strange. They are handled a lot, but not abused.
But can food be left? Otherwise, what does 'feeding twice a day' mean.
(The present menagerie is one gerbil and one turtle, otherwise.)

#7 of 12 by valerie on Thu Feb 20 16:38:57 1997:

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#8 of 12 by e4808mc on Thu Feb 20 19:00:55 1997:

Rane, is your daughter old enough/interested enough to want a hedgehog?  Email
me if she is.  Otherwise, still looking for a home for Patches.

#9 of 12 by rcurl on Thu Feb 20 21:44:33 1997:

Hamster (deceased), gerbil, turtle and fish, all have different habitats.

#10 of 12 by rcurl on Sat Feb 22 18:42:25 1997:

There is a hdedgehog FAQ page at http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jes/hedgehog.h
tml
There is also a very coarse hedgehog song at
http://www-pp.kdt.net/tati.ryberg/hedgehog.html -- the things people put on
the web. Tch, tch.

#11 of 12 by thair on Tue Sep 27 01:51:33 2005:

Has anyone heard of a fish that eats algie?
I used to have one but it died ,and then all my other fish died.
Could anyone give me any help?

#12 of 12 by eprom on Tue Sep 27 01:54:06 2005:

help for what? all your fish dying?

There are plenty of algae eaters....off the top of my head: Siamese Algae
eaters, Otos, Chinese Algae eaters (aka gold algae eaters).

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