Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and even rats have long dominated the market as preferred picks for pint-sized pets. But there's another miniature mammal that's starting to gain popularity in the pet ...

If you have you ever stopped your Instagram scroll to admire a particularly cute, pointy, and quill-crowned face, you may have also considered the possibility of getting a pet hedgehog yourself.

My daughter wants to get a pet hedgehog. Should I be concerned that she could catch something from this kind of pet? African pygmy hedgehogs are cute little spiny creatures. Despite being nocturnal, ...

Hedgehogs have gained popularity as pets in recent decades. Before you add one to your family, Dr. Krista Keller, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, ...

All ye pet owners searching for that offbeat pet to help you prove to strangers that you aren’t some cat or dog yuppie piece of human garbage but a unique individual with FEELS and THOUGHTS — the ...

13 of the 17 individuals infected by this Salmonella strain handled hedgehogs shortly before becoming ill If you have a pet hedgehog, put the prickly guy down and read this. In January, the Center for ...

Not since Sonic the Hedgehog became a home video game star in the early ‘90s have the prickly little creatures been so popular. A plump hedgehog adorns the April cover of National Geographic. Biddy, a ...

There have been 11 reported cases of Salmonella infections across eight states linked to this outbreak Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...