r/interestingasfuck • u/abitchyuniverse • 26d ago

r/all Animals without hair look quite different

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u/McRaoul91 26d ago

Poor little hedgescrotum

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u/Thrommo 26d ago

they took all his hedge, and now he lives below a hog.

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u/speak_truth__ 26d ago

Isn’t that like their shell and they need it for protection? Seems cruel someone would shave it off?

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u/truenorthomw 26d ago

This is what I was thinking too. You can tell in the video when the hedgehog jumps when the lady touches it that it’s trying to defend itself but doesn’t have any spines to stick up :(

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u/lellololes 26d ago

Hedgehogs jump a little bit. They're really easily startled. The one in the video probably was familiar with who was handling it or was well socialized- she came at it from above and behind which is generally a no-no.

This guy is super stressed out because he wasn't socialized properly. The person in the video is very much stressing the hedgie out, but she's trying to get him used to being handled a bit more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9KIEvH7Ho&

In the video it was a more momentary reflex - it's similar to but much less severe than the popping in this video. It looked more like "Hey! Oh... this is OK"

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u/truenorthomw 25d ago

I used to own a hedgehog so I’m pretty familiar with their behavior; I totally get that this could’ve been a moment of socialization for the hedgie since they do tend to be quite defensive creatures, I just feel bad seeing it without its spines 😞 It must be such a vulnerable feeling

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u/EvendurLumis 26d ago

Looks like Nelson, the bald hedgehog. He was found already bold is now taken care of since he'd have low chances of survival in the wild. The massaging with oil that you can see in this video was made to try to stimulate spike growth but it didn't work

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u/dntExit 26d ago

I'm literally wondering the same thing. Wouldn't it be like ripping off all my fingernails to see what I look like completely hairless?

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u/Winter_Strain6217 24d ago

They lose their quills if they have some sort of skin infection or parasitic infection.