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[moosehead]

I kid you not -

IPark Mall - next to Yongsan Station

upstairs above Yongsan Station - there is a hall way of restaurants, then you can enter the Mall - that first entrance there is a pet store area, some camping gear and bicycles - the pet store always has cute little puppies for sale but this time in a special display I looked once,

twice

and still couldn't believe it - there about the size of a coffee cup - curled up in little balls of spiky-fluff-like - ? huh?? maybe 5-6 of them

I stared and just couldn't believe it - but did recall K students seemed to be pretty familiar with hedgehogs when the don't know mny other wild animals -

are these actually sold as pets here? novelty pets or something? are they eaten?

anyone know what's up wtih this?

[D.D.]

I use to buy them in China and set them free in the woods. I think they were going to eat them.

[oldtactics]

hedgehogs are a reasonably common pet where I'm from, in southern Ontario...

[jkelly80]

I nominate this for best thread title of the week.

[Draz]

They are a novelty pet where I'm from too. A girl I went to high school with had one. Personally, I don't see the appeal. At least with a hamster you have to wait for it to bite you before it hurts to touch it.

[pokesplort]

they have hedgehogs in the emart near my house actually. i always wondered if its some kind of law that you have to name your pet hedgehog sonic. i don't know if i would be able to resist personally...

[Perceptioncheck]

Ha! If you think the hedgehogs are amazing, you obviously didn't see the cat they had at that same shop! It's kept on a leash inside and is usually hiding in those scratching post/house things.

It is the sulkiest-faced molly I've ever seen, probably because the shop girls dress it up AND EVEN PUT MAKE-UP ON IT!! It's hilarious until you realize how sad the poor thing is. . .

[moosehead]

[Rusty Shackleford]

If I have a shithouse day going and looking at the animals at e-Mart is one of the things I do. The hedgehogs are my favorite. I had heard you could keep them as pets but Korea is the first time I have seen them in captivity (they are quite common on the folks' farm). They are surprisingly pricey at 150,000won.

[aphase]

haha i found this thread kind of funny too, but yeah hedgehogs are also sold in america as pets. I think they are called pygmy hedgehogs. I assume they are cared for like rabbits and that your supposed to keep them in a cage unless your taking them out to play with or something. I think they may also be susceptible to genetic diseases or something. I don't remember the exact details, but i'm sure theres something about it on wikipedia or google.

Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_hedgehog

[Oreovictim]

Has anyone been to the Homever in Bundang lately? (The "Teddy Bear" one in Ori.) They have a chipmunk for sale in their pet department.

[victorology]

[Ekaia]

Mini Sonics are not for eating!

[Nierlisse]

My brother and SIL have 2 hedgehogs as pets...they are cute but I don't want to touch them. They pet them but no thanks!! Pretty much they sleep a lot or run in their wheels...when they are let out they run around and poop on the floor. Not fun IMO.

Sonic is an over-used name for a pet hedgehog. If you get one, you should name it "*beep*".

[Nierlisse]

Censored?! Drat.

I was trying to say "P r i c k".