Long time hedgie owner, new to England!

Hello! My name is Maya and I'm originally from Texas. I've had African Pgymy Hedgehogs since 1997 and I have bred, rescued, and shown them in the States. I moved to Surrey with my British husband, four year old son, and cat and dog (both of whom also made the International move) in January and feel my home is not complete without a little prickly one. I recently found Lou on the internet and she recommended I join, so here I am introducing myself! I look forward to getting to know you all, making new hedgie friends, and answering any questions you may have for me.

Cheers!
Maya

Hey Maya

Soooo glad you made it over to say hello . Looking forward to you coming and meeting my herd . Girls are lovely .. and will introduce themselves shortly .

Have a nose around the forum and most of all enjoy .x

hi maya..welcome to the forum xx

Hi and welcome , I'm sure you will find everything you need on this forum :-) x

Welcome to the forum maya great to have you on board Xxx

Hi Maya

Welcome to the forum and look forward to your input with your own experience of APH

I currently have 19APH, 6 Tenrecs, 2 Desert Hogs and 1 rescue APH plus lizards, doggies and a house bunny.

xx

Don't forget a Punty and a grunting teenage son lol x

I was trying to forget them - thanks for reminding me!

Oops lol ..x

hiya maya im tayer i have 4 hoggies and welcome to the forum x

Hello Maya and Welcome to our happy friendly little place...xx

Hello Maya, it would be really interesting to know how you kept your hedgehogs, whether you had the same kind of set ups that we use here.... Please feel free to share any photies of the hoggies you had too

I have 4 prickly Critterz in my family at the moment, Ernie - my first rescue, Puddin - my first fostered hoggie - who has now been offered a forever home with me, Little Miss Daisy Splat who is my first Beanie who I got off Helen (Nellie) and she is sooooo chillaxed. Last but not least I currently have Hope under my wing who I am fostering and is such a sweetie.

Welcome to our forum family and England!
xoxox

hello! welcome to the forum.
i have 4 hogs (holly, suzie, paco and my mums hog mitch), i have a foster hog junior who will be going to live with elaine as soon as we can sort out transport, my gorgeous welly womble the tenrec, lacy hellhound the dog, jess the cat and nino the bearded dragon.

what are the shows in america like?

pam x

Thanks all, for the warm welcome!

I love the use of zoo zone 2s here; that was my favourite cage in the States and became excessively hard to come by. I used to keep my hedgies in Sterlite or Rubbermaid bins (not sure if this translates over?) about a medium sized zoo zone, as I handled them all quite regularly. My cat used to get quite upset when one would escape as they would make a b-line straight to her food bowl and usually leave a little "gift" next to it!

The shows were fabulous. I went to the Little Rock Round Up in 2000 and one in Iola, KS in 2001 (may have been '02). Lots of excitement and energy. Vendors, ribbons, multiple judges. I had a really good time. I was very sad when I sold the last of my line in 2007.

Maya x

Do you have any photos from the shows you went to, would love to see some xx

Id love to see them too Maya .x

I don't, but I remember they were up on the web long ago. I'll also have to dig out some pics of my beloveds. My old site The Happy Hedgehog may be still out in the Internet ether and that should have something on it.

Hi Maya,

Welcome!

I'd love to see pickies of your hoggies too!

I'm a first-time Hog-Mother in waiting lol. As I've almost adopted Junior, a darling lil Chocolate Pinto from the rescue who was bred by Helen (AKA Nellie). I'm waiting for Helen and her possy o'gals to arrange when they can co-ordinate their days off so they can deliver Junior and meet my owls Phezzy and Bo...

All the best.
Elaine

No doubt you will be I love when your spikey one arrives, Elaine! We did our Midlands trip for the Easter holiday... Too bad I couldn't have been of help!

As a non sequitur, I have a cousin-in-law also named Elaine, living in Coventry! Maybe you will bump into each other someday

Lol!
... Next time your up here you're welcome to pop in for a cuppa!

Maya,

Hello nice to here from you and hope your move has gone well. I live in Illinois. I also breed and rescue but have not had the opportunity to show a APH yet.

Lisa

A very warm welcome love.

Hugs

JO xx

So where in surrey are you maya? Wonder if you are near me xxx