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Anonymous
I really want to own a pet hedgehog, but I don't know if they're legal in Australia, or where I should start looking for one.

Are any of you owners/past owners? Are they hard to take care of? Do they take up a lot of your time?
>> Anonymous
They are easier to take care of than guinea pigs. They aren't exactly friendly though. You probably can't own one in Australia. They seem like the kind of animal that would do too well out in the wild there if they ever got loose somehow. Why don't you get one of the many smallish marsupial species you have there, and keep it for a pet?
>> Anonymous
I had one when I was tiny. It was pretty cute. Snuggly, for how prickly it looks. It liked to hang out in oven mitts. :3
>> Anonymous
>>283203
>>They seem like the kind of animal that would do too well out in the wild there if they ever got loose somehow.
Yeah. Hedgehogs are a minor pest where I live. Nothing like possums/rabbits/rats/mice/etc. They do eat snails and stuff though.
>> Anonymous
not allowed in Australia,
pest species in NZ

tl;dr: move to NZ and catch one.
>> Anonymous
Easy rule of thumb for pet legality in Australia:

Have I ever heard of anyone in Australia owning one? If no, animal is not legal to keep as a pet.

Works for hedgehogs, chinchillas, hamsters, gerbils, lions, katamari, tigers...
>> Anonymous
>>283261
sloth's
>> Anonymous
>>283265

antelopes, orangutans, breakfast cereals...
>> Anonymous
>>283274
fruit bats...
>> Anonymous
>>283203
we aren't allowed to keep any small marsupials as pets here.
>> Anonymous
>>283292
It's illegal even to touch an echidna here.
>> Anonymous
they are really cool! but...they will only trust you...