Comments on: Welcome Home, Little One!

By: Cailin

Cailin — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:37:03 +0000

And Oh yeah, Teddy - TMI

By: Cailin

Cailin — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:36:03 +0000

I think we’re going to call her Kitty because, well, we call her kitty. (We call everything kitty)

By: Teddy

Teddy — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:26:11 +0000

Karen–Come on. Granted, those names bite the big one, but they also have Shreddy, Winkle and Burrdock–which, incidentally, rhyme with Teddy, Tinkle and Turd-Lock (a condition which occurs after eating too much bread), all things I am familiar with. Um, Hello?

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:14:12 +0000

Do you really want to take advice from someone who thinks “Muffin” and “Cookie” are good names??!!

By: Teddy

Teddy — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:10:06 +0000

I think you are the victim of some misguidance. A new name each week is strictly ill-advised, mostly for you, but also for the little one. If you want to love it and cherish it, you aren’t going to change its name–it is a captive/captor relationship psychology thing to never refer to the captive by name, because you identify him or her as a person. Little Hedge-row is a person (pets are people, too), and you don’t want to remain distant from cute little Hedge-better, do you? You want to love her! So give the Hedg-atelerix (Latin name for the African variety) a break and name her. You can try the url below:
http://www.hoglets.com/Names.html
They don’t like Spike, though, so beware.
Love ya–Tbear

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:07:22 +0000

Clearly, you have to name it so that you can register it on The International Hedgehog Registry, which is a part of the International Hedgehog Association (http://hedgehogclub.com/). I like Spike…you know she won’t get teased on the playground if she is named Spike. By the way, how do you hedgehog-proof a house? Is your furniture safe? Or am I getting cuonfused with woodchucks?

By: Marion H.

Marion H. — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:40:27 +0000

She’s adorable. She does need one name, not a different one every week. Otherwise you might have to get her a therapist for her identity crisis. You know me; I love pun names–maybe like Barbarella–Barb for short–and she is short, after all:-)

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:24:43 +0000

How exciting. She is quite cute. How about naming her Mildred? I don’t think Joanna would ever let me name any of our children Mildred, so I guess you can have it.

By: Auntie Sue

Auntie Sue — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:16:02 +0000

I like Daisy for a name! I hope Cynthia and Mauricio will forgive me. D

By: DH.

DH. — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:48:43 +0000

Yeah, I don’t mind some name suggestions. I kind of like “Thornelia,” Teddy. “Thornelia sedet sub gargoylis,” or some such pseudo-Latin.

Oh, and Teddy: She is just a hedgehog, so easy on the “uncle/niece” thing.

We have a list of names we’ve thought about, too:
Daisy
Diesel
Killer
Xena
Spike

Nothing’s settled yet. We’re also considering choosing a new name each week, since she won’t know the difference anyway.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:39:35 +0000

I’m an uncle!!! I have suggestions for my niece’s name:
Barbara
Bristilla (like Priscilla)
Thornella

Love you–Teddy

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:37:35 +0000

Wow… what a cutie! I love that she’s about the same size as the gargoyle.

I haven’t met the gargoyle yet, either, so thanks for including it in the photos as well. Do you want suggestions for names? For the gargoyle or the hedgehog?