They like to have a lot of room. It is easy to distinguish between male and female hedgehogs. The sheath of a male's penis looks like a belly button. When a strange smell or taste is encountered, a hedgehog may begin to foam at the mouth and then go through strange contortions to spread the foam over its back. The reason for this behavior is unknown.
Hedgehogs are very healthy eaters.
It will avail itself of any insects or other creepy crawlies that it may come across as it waddles around. My hedgehogs love Iaams kitten food. Some will take cottage cheese and even bananas. Just be careful, hedgehogs put on weight really easy. An African pygmy hedgehog eats an average of one third of its own body weight each night.