Pixie's Exotic Hedgies

Breeder of African Pygmy Hedgehogs

Price List

What's your COLOR preference?

These are ESTIMATED prices only.  Prices can change without notice. 

Each hedgehog will be priced based on the current market value, along with it's sex, color, markings, personality, and pedigree lineage.

Breeders use these guidelines, when pricing hedgies:

VARIETY:   Algerian  or  White-Bellied

Algerian colored hedgehogs are easily distinguished by their MASKS.  Their mask is made up of a dark colored muzzle and cheek patches.  The cheek patches are made up of dark colored hair that extends from the bridge of their nose to the outer edges of their eyes.  If the hedgehog has a MASK, then it is classified as an Algerian hedgehog.  If the hedgehog does not have a noticable mask, it is classified as a White-Bellied hedgehog.

COLOR:  Each variety has a specified color range.  (Details and links, listed below)

PATTERNS:  Pinto,  Snowflake,  High White (aka: Uber or Tobiano),  True Whites

EYE COLOR:  Dark,  Red,  Pink

COLOR Ranges:

Dark Standard:  $225 - $275

(Dark Grey, Salt/Pepper, Black)

extremely dark grey-black skin, black nose, dark quill bands, extremly dark face with distinct mask patches.

 Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

Standard:  $200 - $250

(Chocolate & Grey)

light grey skin, dark brown or black nose, dark brown quills, visible mask

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

Light Standard:   $200 - $250

(Brown & Cinnamon)

dark pink with gray skin, light brown or pinkish brown nose, light brown or reddish brown quills, visible mask

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

Dark Cotty:   $200 -$250 

(Dark eyed Cinnicots)

pink skin, medium to dark pink nose, mix of tan-orangish-light brown quills, bands clearly visible, light mask

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

 

Light Cotty:  $200 -$250

Red eyed Cinnicots, Champagne, Apricot

pink skin, pink nose, light tan or light orangish quills (faint bands), red or ruby eyes, light mask 

 Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

Albino:  $200 - $225

(pink or red eyes)

pink skin, pink nose, pink or red eyes, solid white quills 

 

 Photo by:  Pixie's Exotic Hedgehogs

 

PATTERNS: 

Snowflake:   $225 - $275  (High White = higher pricing)

A standard snowflake, is a hedgie with at least 30% unbanded (pure white) quills.  When a hedgie has more than 80% unbanded quills, it is called a High White snowflake. 

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows 

 

 

Chocolate Chip:  $225 - $275 

At least 70% of the spines are solid white. The remainder are banded by chocolate-brown.  Banded quills are evenly spaced, and look like small dots.

 

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows

 

 

Pinto:  $225 - $275  (High White = higher)

Pinto is a partial form of albinism. Pintos can have one of more patches of pink skin with white quills.  Patches must be at least Quarter-sized.  Mostly white Pintos, are called High White (as shown in picture). 

Photo compliments of:  Dreamflower Meadows 

 

 

True WHITES:   $300 - $350

Rare & harder to breed for.

99.9% all white quills (no more than 10 banded quills permitted), must have dark colored skin, dark eyes only, Algerians will have obvious masks.

Photo by:  Pixie's Exotic Hedgehogs

 

 

To better understand the colors/patterns, visit the following websites:

Hedgehog Central - "The Color Guide"

A hedgehogs 'baby color' tends to fade with each quilling, until it is approximately 6 months old.  Thus, we list the color as what we think it will be at 6 months of age, not the color the baby currently is.   Because of the change in color as the hedgehogs age, we cannot guarantee the exact color of any hedgie...only the range of the color it 'should' become.

With regards to the snowflake pattern (especially the high white), we want all buyers to be aware that it can be extremely hard to tell the eventual amount of white quills that will be present at adulthood.  This amount will vary as each hedgehog grows.  It is possible for a baby to be sold as a standard grey, and then change to a high white snowflake after turning a year old.

Hedgehog PRICE LIST

The prices listed below are only guidelines.  Thus, all prices are subject to change without notification. Hedgehog prices are set for each individual baby and will reflect the current demand for hedgehogs (at the time of purchase).  Therefore, prices may vary from what they were when you first applied to be on the waiting list, or placed your deposit on an upcoming litter.  We will do our best to keep the price list up to date and current, but fluctuations in demand means hedgehog prices are always changing.   

DEPOSIT REQUIRED!  When the babies are about 4 weeks old, I will post purchase prices with each babies picture, along with a detailed description of that particular hedgehog.  I require a $75 deposit at the time you choose YOUR hedgehog or if you decide to prepay a deposit to be placed on our HOLDING list for first priority on upcoming litters.  You will have 7 days to send the deposit via PayPal, certified bank check, or money order via Priority Mail (with Delivery Confirmation).  I do NOT accept personal checks!  Once you pay your deposit, it is NON-REFUNDABLE.  Holding the hedgehog you have chosen, means that I take it off the market and it is no longer for sale.  If you decide (for whatever reason), that you no longer want the hedgie.....you will forfiet your paid deposit.  The reason for this, is b/c your deposit removed the hedgie from the 'for sale' list and I will have to be put back on the 'for sale' list.  It means that I could possibly have already lost a FOREVER HOME for that hedgie, b/c you said you wanted it, and I was holding it for you.  So remember, when you choose your hedgehog.....be sure you are commited to complete the purchase.

Individual hedgehogs are priced at about 4 weeks of age, according to characteristics which include: color, sex, temperament, breeding quality, and current demand.  Once a hedghog has been priced and a non-refundable deposit has been made, the price of the hedgehog will not change.

Due to an extremely high demand for hedgehogs, our waiting list could be quite long.  Because the wait time is based upon factors that are beyond our control, we cannot give an exact wait time.  PEH is a small breeder trying to produce quality hedgehogs for loveable personalities.  We carefully select our breeding herd for the best temperaments possible.  We handle our babies as early as the mother will allow, in order to help insure the babies will be hand-tamed at weaning time.  We do our best to make sure you have a healthy loveable hedgehog when it goes to it's new 'forever home'.

BREEDER INQUIRIES:  If you would like to purchase a hedgehog listed as breeding quality, please email me for PRIVATE TREATY pricing. 

PET quality means there is not enough GOOD background lineage on that hedgehog, for me to consider it breeding quality. These are still HEALTHY hedgehogs! They are just not recommended for breeding purposes.

BREEDING quality means that any known WHS gene is located at least four generation back on the parents, and therefore the 5th generation babies are considered good breeding quality.
 
PEH is striving to maintain a breeding herd that will produce, all breeding quality babies.  We are continuing to grow our lines, and thus our goal is to NOT have any known WHS hedgies of less than 5 generations back.  We are also working to fill each hedgies pedigree as completely as possible.

Health Guarantee

Pixie's Exotic Hedgehogs (hereafter referred to as PEH) guarantees, to the best of our knowledge, that all hedgehogs are healthy and have no apparent diseases at the time of purchase. We guarantee that all hedgehogs are healthy for up to 30 days from the date of pick-up, delivery, or shipment against all pre-existing health problems that were present before the hedgehog left our facility. This guarantee does not apply to any hedgehogs that are not bred from our breeding herd.

 
We recommend that all owners take their new hedgehog to a licensed veterinarian who regularly treats hedgehogs, for a full health evaluation within 7 days of purchase.  Should your hedgehog develop an illness or other health problem within the first 30 days of purchase, PEH will replace the hedgehog with another hedgehog (that is available now or in the near future), or we will refund the full purchase price of the hedgehog.
 
The unhealthy hedgehog must have been seen by a licensed veterinarian who regularly treats hedgehogs.  This means you may have to go to an Exotic Animal Vet, rather than your own family pet Vet.  The hedgehog must be returned to PEH within one week of the diagnosed illness, or this health guarantee is null and void.  A written report from the veterinarian, must accompany any returned hedgehog. The written report must contain the nature of the illness/disease/or other health problem, and state that it is was pre-existing at the time of purchase. Our health guarantee is NOT transferable from owner to owner, it only applies to the original owner that we sold the hedgehog to.
 
In addition, PEH gives a lifetime guarantee for all hedgehogs bred from our breeding herd, against Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome (aka: WHS).  WHS is a genetic disorder which could arise later in life, even though it was not detectable at the time of purchase. We strive to prevent WHS and other genetic diseases in our hedgehogs, by breeding responsibly.  However, the occasional defect may occur despite our best efforts. 
 
To receive a refund or exchange for a hedgehog that dies of WHS, a necropsy must be performed by a licensed veterinarian, at the expense of the buyer.  If the test results confirm that the cause of death was Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome, the buyer may choose a replacement hedgehog from an available litter or a refund in the amount of their full purchase price. 
 
This lifetime WHS warranty does not apply to any hedgehogs that were not bred and born at PEH.  Look for any special notation in the sales ad that would indicate the warranty does not apply. This policy is transferable from owner to owner, as long as the new owner contacts PEH within 1 week of purchase/transfer from the original owner we sold the hedgehog to. We will contact the original owner for verification of the sale/transfer. Should we determine at any time that the hedgehog is not an original hedgehog that we sold, this health guarantee will be null and void.