Surely everyone must have seen the very cute pictures of the little hedgehogs which are fast becoming popular pets! Since these furry little things are so cool, I thought that i'd dedicate a little bit of blog real-estate to these little guys *hint hint-birthday present-hint hint*

These two little friends of mine are going to be called Opinder and Baljit Singh.
Top 10 facts about Pygmy Hedgehogs*:*Starred facts may not necessarily be true statements.
- These little guys love being handled, and are about a quarter of the size of a normal hedgehog.
- They are about 2 pounds in weight.
- These little dudes are nocturnal, so worry not when you're at work - they're sleeping!
- They're very athletic - they can run about 8 miles every night on an exercise wheel.
- They don't carry diseases.
- Officially there are about 300 pygmy hedgehogs in the UK. There may be more if they managed to sneak in illegally on dodgy immigrant hedgehog trucks.
- They eat poppadoms*
- They eat Daal*
- They watch Bollywood
- They are available on Ealing Road or Southall Broadway*

This is a llama. Llama's have no relevance to this story but I find them to be beautiful and so deserve a shout :)