Usually at our house whenever we watch certain girly reality shows like Top Model or Project Runway, we invite a lot of people over because it sort of eases the embarrassment? Anyway, we typically end up ordering chicken, and we also usually ended up bringing Max out and giving him a box to sit in, and feed him little bits of chicken. (It may seem cruel to put him in a box, but he’s a mole, and he loves dark places, if you put him on the table with a box, he’ll willingly crawl into it). Though he’s a total lap-hedgehog, and sometimes he’ll just sit with us. Like this:
Anyway, girly reality show chicken is sort of a tradition we used to do with him when we lived in New York, as you can see here with him, as you can see in these videos:
We’re getting settled into our new place, but we finally decided to take Max out for a test drive (currently our coffee table is a box of CDs) putting in him a shelf from a jewelry box he used to sleep in when he was little. Here’s his reaction to the chicken:
And here’s Amex’s reaction to Max:
So, obviously, we had no choice but to give him his traditional reality show chicken:
Hedge Hogs are moles? Who knew! I think of them as creatures from Monty Python: ‘Edge ‘Ogs. Anyhow, if I were one, no amount of chicken would compensate if I were forced to watch those idiotic shows. Like Max I would crawl into a box or smelly sneaker to escape.
I love the look on Amex face! He looks quite confused about the prickly mouse!
I think he wants to know why he doesnt get any chicken!!
Max looks rather comfy in that shoe. I tend to think of them as creatures from Shakespeare: Hedgepigs!!!! He seems to really like that chicken… mmm… chicken… is what he seems to be thinking. I’m confused though… Are they fuzzy underneath?
@Christine yup, they’re moles! They like to burrow in their bedding and they’re most active at night. For a while we were housesitting at a place with dimmer lights, and we would put them on the dimmest setting to trick him into thinking it was dark even though we could still see him. And he’s so active at night! He runs around his cage and plays with his toys and looks like a little bear.
@Daisy Amex is actually really good about Max, she’s never been even remotely aggressive towards him. Usually she’s just confused. (Our old roommate’s cat used to constantly bat at him though–good thing he’ll never see that cat again)
@Sidonie Yeah, their underbelly is soft fuzzy fur
Max is maximum snuzz: pointy on the back, adorable face and soft underbelly fur! Holy Hedge Hog, I would get one in a second if I could not hear my two Afghan Hounds’ mental telepathy: “Tasty hors d’ oeuvre!” They were bred to hunt creatures like Snow Leopards, so if I got a Max, they would think, “How thoughtful–a tasty appetizer.” Do not be upset, Brad, you should see them with squirrels!
I totally want one to cuddle while I’m at school. Except school says I can’t have snuzzy things, just fishies.
Fishies aren’t cuddly though, which is very sad.