Tenrec Introductions

Hi Everyone,
I’m the Tenrec Lady. I have blue and purple hair, a very soft loving heart and a kick ass attitude!
This is Hedgwick, he is mommy’s boy.

 Hedgwick is my first baby boy whom we rescued from an exotic pet store that had him in a tiny cage with only cat food to eat and no friends to speak of.

He is only interested in snuggling with his mommy and eating worms. Hedgwick loves snuggles and scratches behind the ear... and occasionally the taste of human flesh...

After having Hedgwick for about 2 months we decided it is time to get him a friend. 

Enter "Fifi" AKA Bruce.

Bruce started life off as a beautiful undercover female and promised to deliver many baby Tenrecs. He kept this game up until he had a comfy life with us and then decided to surprise the world with his transition into a little bugger of a BOY with an appetite for adventure, whatever the cost!

Despite both of our little babies being boys, they got along surprisingly well considering males normally tear each other to shreds. Hedgwick was extremely curious about his new friend and I think just happy to not be alone any more. They enjoyed running around and eating together. Hedgwick introduced Bruce to the delicacies of the freeze dried meal worm and taught him how to hunt the illusive human finger. Bruce never cared much for human flesh but rather to play hide and seek with the humans, sending them into sheer panic for the fun of it!

This is MY friend! Mine!

Nom Nom Nom... Mmmm food...

The boys had been happily cohabitating for a few weeks when Bruce’s' previous Mom phoned up with an emergency. She had to move house and there was no space for her Tenrecs. We pondered for a few days on how to help and finally managed to get all 3 of her males a new home and we (being the soft hearted squishy pushovers we are) took on 2 fully grown females!

They were to become our Baby Mama's! Taking in Bubbles and Buttercup was a huge stress on me at first. We were functioning just right with the 2 boys and we had just found space for their new cage in our kind of cramped apartment... Now we were throwing an even bigger cage and 2 pregnant females into the mix! Tenrec Lady was very reluctant at first, but my stud of a boyfriend insisted that we help.

Once having Introduced the girls we noticed an immediate change in the boys. They threw their friendship out the window at the first sniff of that Tenrec booty!

"Are we going to a new home?" 

"My girlfriend!"

"Keep her, mine's better!"

Now that the girls are settled, they are getting plumper by the day and we are expecting Tiny little Tenrecs by the end of the year!