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st p 11 weekender juur8 1995 cute affectionate hedgehogs becoming popular pets by bruce staple y correspondent a project done as part of a college business course has turned into a lucrative ven ture for stouffville area res ident jennifer jones jones along with her four schoolaged children start- ed up markham creek exotic pets from their ninth line home set on a 10acre property this past march the family breeds and sells african pygmy hedge hogs the brownishgrey animals which weigh up to two pounds when fully grown were introduced to north america five years ago proving themselves to be lowmaintenance and childfriendly according to jones the hedgehogs are odorfree unlike guinea pigs and hamsters they are not given to nip ping at the fingers of curi ous youngsters who get too mike jones and sonic the hedgehog at markham creek exotic basement in a temperaturecon trolled environment which guar antees the temperature doesnt drop below the required 65 degrees fahrenheit jones receives daily help from her children aged five through 14 the kids clean the cages and feed them every night and they play with them as well jones said the children are anx ious to take their hedgehogs to school to show them off the response so far has been encour aging said jones although she has had to educate people about the relatively unknown breed theres lots of marketing involved people dont know what hedgehogs are unlike in europe where they run wild she set up at the recent brace- bridge sportsmen show and was the biggest drawing card there she said the fact that hedgehogs are nonallergenic has made them popular with families with mem bers allergic to other pets said jones also they are easy to maintain and feeding is as simple as open ing a pouch of dry cat food in addition to the hedgehogs the jones property also serves as a refuge for muscovy ducks pygmy goats siberian huskies and sugar gliders pets on ninth line close to their cages and they are nonallergenic they are clean and they are cute and affectionate said jones they roll up into a ball then when they are held they unfurl they bond to one person whom they rec ognize by smell but theyll relax with anyone after just a few minutes photolori emmerson jones decided to go into business after receiving a positive response to a pro ject completed while taking a business course at cen tennial college in it she outlined a plan for raising and marketing the hedge hog since then she has built up an inventory of 40 of the animals the hedge hogs are housed in the replanting good for perennials from page 10 loss from the plants until the roots become established if the leaves are marked with brown spots cut them back completely if replanting in the same location amend the soil as nec essary adding some compost or bonemeal a good clump will be formed by placing three to seven divi sions in a triangular or stag gered pattern about six inches apart with all the leaf fans fac ing in the same direction this is preferably to placing the divisions in a circle with the fans facing out as all new growth would be outward mak ing a hollow centred ring to make a drift rather than a clump set the divisions in a curved single line either behind or in front of other clumps of perennials when planting each division dig two slanted holes about two inches apart and five inch es deep leaving a shallow ridge of soil between them set the rhizome on the soil ridge and spread half the roots into each hole firm the soil around the roots and cover the rhizome not more than an inch deep this will produce better results than the old method of planting rhizomes sitting above the soil in dry weather water occasionally until new growth appears a summer mulch to conserve moisture should circle the plant but not cover the rhizome or leaf base if you would like to obtain some exciting new varieties the canadian iris society will have their annual auction and sale atthe civic gar- den centre 777 lawrence ave e in toronto on aug 19 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