Baby Porcupines
06-30-2010, 05:01 AM
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The pickers must be soft when they are this little, think of the mother when giving birth!!
I think hedgehogs and porcupines are the same. Depends on your area of the country. We have an adult one in our back yard I've nicknamed Mr. Pickers. We live on a mountain so all wild animals are constantly around us. We keep a safe distance and so don't they. No pets here so the wild critters are safe from harm.
I think hedgehogs and porcupines are the same. Depends on your area of the country. We have an adult one in our back yard I've nicknamed Mr. Pickers. We live on a mountain so all wild animals are constantly around us. We keep a safe distance and so don't they. No pets here so the wild critters are safe from harm.
06-30-2010, 05:05 AM
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Here's what I found, very interesting:
They are only alike superficially. Hedgehogs are insectivores and porcupines are rodents. Hedgehogs eat worms and insects on the ground and porcupines (in North America) eat tree bark and buds in the high branches and will chew up and destroy tools and things you touch with sweaty hands since they crave salt, and love to gnaw. They will chew the wires and hoses under the hood in your car, so beware. Hedgehogs are not found in America, and are just harmless. Porcupines will also swat animals (like your pet dog) in the face with their tails, if they get close to them, and the quills burrow themselves in. A vet will have to painfully pull those barbed quills out or they will keep working further ways inwards, the dog may get a bad infection from them and die. Porcupines won't attack you but give them their space, to stay safe. They can also grow a good bit bigger than hedgehogs. Even bigger ones live in Africa.
They are only alike superficially. Hedgehogs are insectivores and porcupines are rodents. Hedgehogs eat worms and insects on the ground and porcupines (in North America) eat tree bark and buds in the high branches and will chew up and destroy tools and things you touch with sweaty hands since they crave salt, and love to gnaw. They will chew the wires and hoses under the hood in your car, so beware. Hedgehogs are not found in America, and are just harmless. Porcupines will also swat animals (like your pet dog) in the face with their tails, if they get close to them, and the quills burrow themselves in. A vet will have to painfully pull those barbed quills out or they will keep working further ways inwards, the dog may get a bad infection from them and die. Porcupines won't attack you but give them their space, to stay safe. They can also grow a good bit bigger than hedgehogs. Even bigger ones live in Africa.
06-30-2010, 08:22 AM
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KathyAire, Thanks for sharing the photo. They are adorable.
Below are links to pictures of baby porcupines. They look very different than baby hedgehogs.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/200...re-fluffy.html
http://www.my-photo-blog.com/baby-porcupine
Below are links to pictures of baby porcupines. They look very different than baby hedgehogs.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/200...re-fluffy.html
http://www.my-photo-blog.com/baby-porcupine
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