Hedgies?

I'm not one to judge when it comes to pets.  I am a cat person, and not a dog person.   I have a snake, which while it's is cool, doesn't actually show much affection. 

If I was not confined by living in an apartment(and being married(but it's a good confinement with side benefits), then I would probably have more than one snake, and more than one cat...and a ferret.  I just think ferret's are neato.  Oh, I've heard they can have a funk about them...but have you ever been around an 8-week old baby?  Ferret's just seem like they would be fun.  Oh...and a racoon(or a billy-bumbler).

So, I was a little caught by surprise by the newest craze sweeping my wife's facebook world: Hedgehogs.  Just this week, two of her friends have gotten hedgehogs as pets.

Now, I always thought of hedgehogs as kind of being a mini-porcupine...which wouldn't be much fun to cuddle with as a pet, but, after my wife showed me a few pictures of her friends with their hedgehogs, I will admit to being slightly intriqued.  I even visited the sickiningly sweet website Hedgies.

Only slightly intriqued though...the few breeders I checked out have waiting lists.  And they want between $175 and $200 for one. 

Ummm. 

I'm sure they are just as cute in pictures as they would be in my apartment. 

picture from www.petside.com

Or in my snakes tank.