We are Patrick and Patricia Kiefer of Mastic Beach, NY. Yes, aren’t we adorable, Patrick and Patricia. Patrick is a boatbuilder and siege engineer, and Patricia is a romance writer, but we fund our careers at full-time jobs that keep us in two-by-fours and #2 pencils.

We have both loved animals all of our lives, and have always had several. We have quite the menagerie at the moment, among which are four cats, four chinchillas, a resCUTE little toy poodle, and a nutty Pomeranian.

A few years back, we discovered some baby hedgehogs in a pet store. There wasn’t much discussion about the matter; we both knew we weren’t going home without one, and we didn’t. That was Tiny Paul the Spiny Ball. He was our little darling.

Towards the end of Paulie’s life, Patrick decided he wanted to find him a little wife. Well, poor Paul passed away before he could reproduce, but now we had the bug in our heads to breed hedgehogs. We found our current male a couple of weeks before Christmas, and agreed that he would be our gift that year. That’s Burl, The Hedgehog Who Saved Christmas. After Burl Ives, you see, who sang many endearing and classic Christmas ditties. Soon after that, we located a wife for Burl. She’s Holly Jolly Christmas. After Burl Ives’ delightful song, you see. Holly Jolly is my precious little angel whom I love dearly. She is our first breeding female, and all of her children inherit her sweet and placid personality.

We have been adding to our herd over time, and we're always planning the next litter. Soon there will be babies galore to help us in our quest to blanket the East Coast with Hedgie Mama hedgehogs.

WELCOME TO OUR PARTNERS, JOE AND TAMMY DARROW OF MARYLAND!

As of October 2011, we are delighted to announce our new partners in Greensboro, Maryland. Joe and Tammy are gearing up for their first babies to be ready in the spring of 2012, so if you're reading this from anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic, Tammy will be happy to add you to her waiting list.