Warning: if you catch a falling Hedgehog, her spines will
puncture you!
Canoli tried to walk off someone and I caught her. She
immediately rolled onto a ball ( because hedgehogs can fall up to 7 ft and will
be protected by their spines). Her spines punctured my skin a little. And boy
was it itchy
The itchy effect is another one if their defense mechanisms.
You would think that their spines (or quills) would be enough, but NOOOO they
add to it by anointing, which means they will eat something and then make a
foam in their mouth, then lick their quills.
This way, if someone wants to try to eat them, they not only get the
spines, but they'll also get whatever poison they have on their quills.
Since we dont have any poison for her to get into, she just
uses whatever she eats. The reason we
itch when she climbs on us and her spines are up and not relaxed, is because
she has small pieces of dirt and food all over the tips, and it gets under our
skin and itches. It goes away within
about 5 mins.
She's fine though, she only fell about 2 inches lol.
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