Meet Pepper: A local African Pygmy hedgehog
Pygmy hedgehog owner Lucinda Janse van Rensburg describes them as "adorable balls of affection."
PEPPER is a four-year-old African Pygmy hedgehog, that is 15cm in length.
“You can’t appreciate how much you adore them until you hold one in your hand,” said her owner and Caxton’s part-time receptionist Lucinda Janse van Rensburg.
“I was initially terrified because I was afraid her spikes would injure me. But after a while of holding and picking her up, I’ve grown accustomed to it and it’s no longer painful,” she added.
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Lucinda described having a pet hedgehog as a lot of work, “it’s a lot of patience in the beginning but over-time it becomes apart of both of your daily lives.”
Click the link below to watch a video of Pepper.
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She said, “hedgy’s make amazing pet’s, it’s like having a hamster but a lot more fun, Pepper is always excited to see me and she is also very easy to maintain.”
An emotional Lucinda said, “Pepper is such an extraordinary and beautiful pet. Having her in my life is the most wonderful thing. She is like my own child and I would do anything to protect her. She crawled her way deep into my heart. I adore her and can not imagine my life without her.”
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