He’s home!!!

He is not thrilled with me right now but I’m letting him sleep for a bit so maybe by nighttime he will have forgiven me

I have a story and a name but will tell it after I eat

BABY

there’s that face!!

It’s sleep time for baby

SO the story and the name.

I was heavily leaning toward Iggy or Simon Ferocious.

As we were driving home, I was playing music low and kinda keeping an eye on him because it's a two-hour drive. For the first fifteen minutes or so, he scrambled around in his carrier, kept drinking water even though the breeder said he likely wouldn't. (Drinking water in some animals can be a sign of distress - my dog does it.)

I tried everything. Turned up the A/C. Turn down the a/c. Slowed down. Sped up. Hummed.

Talked to him.

And then I was like.

"...How likely is it that my prickle hates Leonard Cohen?"

Turn off Cohen and put on the next song on the playlist, which happened to be Blixa Bargeld's band.

You'll recall

this joke.

THIS LITTLE SHIT STOPPED DRINKING, STOPPED CLAWING HIS CAGE, CURLED UP ALL RELAXED UNDER HIS BLANKET AND WENT TO SLEEP.

WELP

And no, it wasn't a fluke; I tried putting on Nick Cave and I think an Eva Cassidy song and he started up again

oh my god

like legit huffed and curled in a ball at the Kylie Minogue version of Where the Wild Roses Grow

he's a music snob

So his name is Blixa

god bless

and I listened to Youme & Meyou about 15 times on the way home.

because that's the one he seems to like best.

Prickle: Yes good. :3

sewerwolf you didn't get the second half fof that story ps

YEAH

lil shit

i love him

;.;

that's fucking amazing

Also I turned on The Garden (another EN song) while holding him and he unrolled while it was playing so

i dunno man

apparently I have Blixa Bargeld's animal soul mate.

I read a fanfic like this once

khklhlkk

i cannot in fact handle any of this ;.;.;.;

best facts best prickle what a blixa oh my god ;.;.;;.;.

I emailed the breeder to tell her WHICH I NEED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT BTW

and she was like "He knows what he likes arius face: "

just. gonna shout forever about this and also congratulations forever hhh andejiejbd

THE BREEDER. OH MY GOD.

THE BREEDER RUNS A PIG RESCUE.

Piggins and Banks Animal Sanctuary. They take in pigs people got as pets and didn't realize pigs are huge

!!!

AH AH AH HE'S MOVING

HE'S EATING

AHHHHH

baby!!

ANYWAY the animal sanctuary takes in pigs but also has horses and chickens and cats and she like. Raises hedgehogs and the sales of the babies supplement donations ;.;

and she had this sign at the entrance that said like "You're tired, and you're worn, and you've come a long way. Your journey ends here. Here, you can rest."

and I showed up to her front door crying about it.

bless this person

she's super nice;.;

y'all he's so active rn

he's exploring EVERYTHING

I would love to post pictures of Blixa but he is sleeping in his little snuggle sack and I can't find it in my heart to disturb him ;.;

Blixa's Very Exciting Day

blixa was running around exploring everything in his cage earlier and now I know that he is that 1 in every 100 hedgehogs that likes to CLIMB

so I'm trying to decide iffffff I want to encourage this and build him a loft.

I say encourage it! If it makes him happy to do it, you know?

such an adventurous prickle