One day my husband was out looking for Deer Antlers and he came across this tiny little animal. He picked it up and realized he was holding a baby porcupine! It was obvious that this tiny creature had no hope of survival so he decided to bring it home. I was in complete shock and thought he was crazy! We could never help an animal we knew nothing about. We fed him a milk recipe from the vet for wild rabbits out of a syringe and he took it really well and started growing and becoming very affectionate. After a couple weeks of milk we noticed he was eating our cat and dog food along with the fresh picked leaves and fruit we were giving him and was rapidly growing. To cut this story short Spike is about 20 LBS. now. With his love for people and other animals and not knowing how to climb trees he has become unreleasable. Porcupines have become a very big part of our family and Spike attends elementary schools to teach kids a little about the softer side of a porcupine. |
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The Softer side of A Porcupine |
My thoughts on selling Porcupines Well I guess after asking all of you for your thoughts in my poll it is only right that I give mine now. I have to admit when I first found myself with a male and female and the letters kept pouring in from people wanting babies at very high prices I definitely considered it. I have a young daughter that has had 2 heart surgerys thus far with a third coming and many other health problems as well, as everyone knows medical bills and medicine is very expensive so the extra money was very appealing. However over time I found myself very attatched to sassy (the first little girl porcupine I had) and knew that she had become healthy and could survive on her own. I found the decision to release her or let spike breed her very difficult but not because of the money but how much I would miss her. So knowing it was the right thing to do I let her go. I have been very highly rewarded for this as I can go now a year later to sassy's home area and watch her climb 30 feet down a tree to greet me after hearing my voice. Porcupines are wonderful and very misunderstood animals and should not be pets in my opinion. They are a wild animal and they do have 30,000 quills on their body. If they were raised with humans and as adults someone not knowing how to handle them was hurt it would surely be the porcupines fault and the poor creature would not be able to survive on it's own or be wanted by anyone. I understand wanting one and I just hope those that do want one can take a moment to see the other side (the porcupines side) . To all of those who wrote me about babies I hope you understand and do not go looking for baby porcupines elsewhere. I am very grateful that these wonderful animals have taught me so much! |
Spike and Sassy |
This is me and baby |
me and scooter |
spike |