What kind of hedgehog makes the best pet?
European hedgehogs and Desert Shortear hedgehogs are only available with a license, to a hedgehog expert. African Pygmy, Dwarf African Pygmy, and Algerian hedgehogs are all good pets. Algerian hedgehogs like Angel are slightly more lively, large, and alert. They are also a little slower to adjust to humans, and in my experience never seem to feel quite happy being held. African Shortears are illegal for anyone but a licensed professional biologist with a special permit to keep. In general, dwarf hedgehogs are hard to find and expensive. In some cases supposed dwarf hedgehogs are just immature African Pygmy hedgehogs! African Pygmy hedgehogs are the best pets for amateurs. NOTE: While Algerians are a separate type of hedgehog, Algerian is also a color variety. Algerian and African Pygmy hedgies have been interbred to the point that they are very difficult to distinguish.
