Little kids: Avoid hamsters, chicks, turtles

Certainly animals as well as people can harbor germs that are communicable. Hedgehogs are typically not good pets for children under 5 due to their sharp quills. However, hedgehogs that come from clean, responsible, licensed breeders are typically disease free. They are no longer imported into North America, therefore all of the hedgehogs in N.A. have been bred here, so there are no exotic viruses that are going to be transferred. As long as you keep your hedgehog healthy, and do not expose it to Salmonella (or other germs) by feeding it raw meats, eggs, exposing it to reptiles, etc you should be completely safe.

Certainly animals as well as people can harbor germs that are communicable. Hedgehogs are typically not good pets for children under 5 due to their sharp quills. However, hedgehogs that come from clean, responsible, licensed breeders are typically disease free. They are no longer imported into North America, therefore all of the hedgehogs in N.A. have been bred here, so there are no exotic viruses that are going to be transferred. As long as you keep your hedgehog healthy, and do not expose it to Salmonella (or other germs) by feeding it raw meats, eggs, exposing it to reptiles, etc you should be completely safe.

I've never heard of people keeping hedgehogs as pets. In Europe they have a reputation of being the most flea-ridden animals there are. Maybe there's a potential market for pedigree, pestilence-free pet hedgehogs in Europe but it would require quite a marketing campaign to pursuade pet-keeping Joe Public

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