Top Document: Hedgehog FAQ [1/7] - About the Hedgehog FAQ Previous Document: <0.3> Goal of this FAQ Next Document: <0.5> Information I would like to track down and add -- please help! See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge I can take credit for only a relatively small part of the contents of this FAQ. Most of the useful information deserves thanks to others. I have tried to give credit to the right person in the right place by indenting specific comments by others and citing the authors. My real contribution has been to cobble together the many useful pieces of information on hedgehogs that have appeared on the Internet, and elsewhere, into a single source. With this latest version (3.X), I think the FAQ, and myself, have finally reached the point where we both know something about hedgehogs, at last. As part of this rewrite, I've tried to blend in many of the comments that people have provided, and in some cases, I may have dropped actual quotes from the FAQ. I want to apologize to those of you whose information has now become part of the prose, rather than a separate quotation. I've done this to try and make the information flow better for the reader, and I can promise it has not been done lightly. Of all the contributors, I would like to extend a special thanks to Nathan Tenny whose unofficial hedgehog FAQ formed the foundation for the information below. Nathan deserves the lion's share of the inspiration on this FAQ, and should be considered the father of the hedgehog FAQ. Thanks Nathan -- you saved my first version from just being filled with hedgehog anecdotes, instead of good information. I would also like to thank Katherine Long for the encouragement to actually pull this together, and Pamela Greene for allowing me to use the ferret FAQ as a guide for the topics and sections below, and many other useful tidbits of FAQ formatting. I have a special thanks for Cathy A. Johnson-Delaney, DVM, who as one of the first few veterinarians who has owned (or is that owned by?) hedgehogs, has provided some medical info for the FAQ. Thanks for the help Cathy, and for making me feel a lot better about this pile of babbling. Thanks to Peter Captijn, who almost single handedly kick-started me into finally adding the information on European hedgehogs that I've been meaning to for ages (and who actually contributed most of it) -- may your garden be overrun by prickly little visitors. And next to David Mantle for sending me an absolutely amazing wealth of information on European hedgehogs that will take me a while to wade through and incorporate all the wonderful tidbits into the FAQ. Sort of a quick separate thanks to all the hedgehog-happy readers of the rec.pets newsgroup, and the hedgehog listservers, who have unknowingly added volumes to this FAQ, and especially to Patty-Anne Lea for boosting my ego above and beyond measure and letting me know for sure that this creation is appreciated. In a general sense, I would like to thank all the people at the N.A.H.A., HI, and the IHR for their help and encouragement. I want to extend many thanks to the contributors who all deserve a round of applause for what they have contributed: Melanie A. Abell; Ron Adrezin; Andrew Albinger; Debbie Allen; Jeffery Allen; Debbie Andelin; Tammy Baer; Lance Barlow; Brenda Basinger; Michael Bell; D. Bishop; Shirley Ann Blakeney; Dick Brisky, Matt and Renee Butcher; Tom Buzzwo; Eloise Campbell; Christi Cantrell; Travis Carter; Chingur/Lani Richey; chvall; Teresa Claudino; Wayne W. Clendenin; Kathleen Close; Jazmyn Concolor; Bill Corner; CowFanatic; Peyton M. Creadick; John R. Daily; Del, Marcin Dobrucki; Doug Dorer and Mary Anne; Dave Ehrnstein; Elizabeth Galante; Robyn Gorton; Tex Green; Leslie H.; Michael Hainsworth; Lynn Hallquist; Sophie Hannan, Kim Heys; Kelly A. Hodge; John Horton; Stefan Hossack; Steph Hyne; Penny Jackson; Laura Jefferson; Jerry; Julihana; Melissa Kallick, Marcia Kautz; Kay of Hedgehog Helpline; Anders Kemi and Siw Bjorkgren; Kirby J. Kerr; Lisa Ladouceur; LeAnne and Adrian; Julie Leir-Van Sickle and Glen Van Sickle; Zack Lessley; John Lester; George Lewis; Terri Lewis; Alicia Look; Peter Mack; Melissa Maloney; Rachel Markey; John F. Masinter; Sharon Massena; Donald Martin; Janet Martin; Mike McGary; Gerald McKiness; Antigone Means; Melissa and Heather; Melissa-Lee; Jan Micheel; Elizabeth Jane Monroe; Julie Moor; Tiffany Mross; Willard B. ``Skip'' Nelson, DVM; Mary Novak; John Ofner; Dr. Tetsuro Oka, DVM; Ligia Ortega; Tim Pearson; Christine Porter; Pam Powers; Vanessa Purvis; Dr. Nigel Reeve; Todd Reeves; Paul Ritchey; Cindy Rosa, Lisa Rowe; Rick Russell; Seabury Salmon; Jon Santarelli; Richard Saunders; Matt Scott, Sigrun Seetrevik; Sheri; Michael Simla; Jon Simmons; Craig Simpson; Shelley Small; Wendi Smit; Bryan H. Smith; Alexis Sneller; Elyse Spaite; Randy Starcher; Ken Steigenberger; Pat Storer; Chuck Stoup; Doyle Stradling; Susan & Chia; H. Swaggert; Teresa; Tirya; Dan Tishman; Barry Turner; Steve Turpin; Anja van der Werf; Ian Van Natter; Jesse and Kris Welsh; Tom Weston; Kyrstin Westwind; Linda Wheatley; Janet Willacy; Johnny M. Williams; Dominique Winther; Woobie; Dawn Wrobel, Jennifer Young-Watson; Kathy and Donald Zepp; and Znofyl; and last but not least, my resident editor-in-quills and copy-girl Nookie, and the late, dear Velcro, Sprocket, Hocus, Pocus, Quibble, Bramble, Skewer, Popeye, Quiver, Pepper, Mimosa, Chestnut, Neon, Nettles, and Noelle. One last thank you that deserves separate note is to my wife, Betty Gunn for happily sharing and encouraging my hedgehog addiction, presenting me with Velcro, and for repeatedly translating this whole thing into English, from what ends up being little more than a mish-mash of spelling mistakes and punctuation that bears no resemblance to any language from this planet. If there is anyone I have missed, you have my apologies, and please let me know. I hope that the list above will continue to grow over the coming years. 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