🕊️goodbye to my friend and roommate of nearly 6 years, daphne the hedgehog. small/spiky, cute/weird, unfriendly/comforting, perpetual/unpredictable💌
maybe it was
@gnarlynana reading me the tale of mrs. tiggy winkle as a child, where a girl named lucie apparently befriends a hedgehog. maybe it was 2010s animal fail youtube. during quarantine, i immediately knew what sort of “alternative hamster” i wanted
☁️u Can find an african pygmy hedgehog in rural vermont in a global pandemic☁️
after scouring fb marketplace in my delusional optimist way, we drove nearly to canada to meet daphne at golden hour in a supermarket parking lot, receiving her in a cardboard box. she then lived in a crudely woodworked suite by urs truly in the biggest cage i could find, now housing some rabbits at
@nycacc in ridgewood
☁️4 roommates, 3 relationships, 2 full-time jobs, 1 hedgehog☁️
theres so much change in ur 20s. daphne was by my side through some of my most fluctuating years. we all miss her joy, her anger, her whimsy
in orderish: she explored vermont whenever above 70, ate a live worm, only ever bit a republican. she went viral on
@whatisnewyork , somehow got stuck inside my wall (sawed her out), only met 1 other hedgehog of
@pagancore she was too dumb and naturally asocial to engage w (but super cute 📸s). she was photographed by
@emilyhlavacgreen , was our tenant union group chat icon, briefly scared them of a worm infestation. she was cyberbullied on r/hedgehog, went on a buggier diet, swam, lost weight, always tried to eat part of the carpet. she was brand-recognized, the hit of every party, always there even in random places when i came home. she lived to 5.5 - super geriatric for a hedgehog
theres a cute but grumpy side to all of us. sometimes everyone finds us adorable, but we just dont want to be touched
☁️may she remind to follow our dreams, associate w no one, and eventually die☁️
@p.i.m ,with daphne from the start, helped me bury her in a park near her longest home in williamsburg after 🌅 - probably illegal, much like having a hedgehog in nyc. i dont have a new crime or personality beyond this weird pet, taking suggestions. love u 4ever, sweet angel❤️
