Local breeder's herd of hedgehogs is in high demand
By Anne Cook
Sunday May 11, 2008
Robin Scholz
An African pygmy hedgehog curls up in a ball at DoubleS Hedgehogs in Mansfield.
Sarah Roberts lifted a little hut covering Bailey and her offspring and plucked the protective mother off her babies, four tiny hedgehogs that looked like a clump of cactus.
"She has two girls and two boys," said Roberts, who has made a business of raising and selling the playful, trendy and trouble-free African pygmy hedgehogs. She also shelters hedgehogs who have run into trouble in other homes where owners no longer want them, often because they've grown old or become sick.
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