Safe sex for hedgehogs 101, a Dummies guide.

Hedgepigs are a natural species that procreates naturally, don’t we all, well most of us. Humans are minded to interfere in all manner of situations, my concern at present is for the lady who stayed in our Hedgepig house last winter. I feel that she may need advice on when and where it is safe to play footsie and how to prevent unwanted piglets. Here we have it. The Hedgehog safe sex for Dummies 101; rather like a CPR/Defibrillator training session. You pump and pump, then get a nasty shock. I know that deep in your minds many of you have wondered how such a spiny little creature does rudies, well it is dangerous, scratchy and possibly uncomfortable, at least that’s my experience. 

In the extras. Rob and Taff in the back of a French truck. When our little fleet docked in Toulon after playing war games against the Italian tanks in Sardinia and then the Foreign Legion in Corsica, during November/December 1972, the boss of the Recce Troop arranged for us to be met by a truck at the ship, we then spent six hours getting colder and very cold as we were taken into the Alps, Chambéry. Our first surprise came at a tinkle stop. There was no differentiation between hommes et dames, it was late at night so no problems. Our second surprise was the food which was excellent and our beds. A Straw filled palliase, a straw filled pillow and sheets that resembled sail cloth. Babies have never slept so deeply. We walked and clambered about in the mountains, drank the coldest of water from a trough dug into fresh snow and discovered real hot chocolate and coffee. 

In the second extra is my wonderful wife, sitting on the roof of our flats overlooking Sliema Creek, which may be seen in yesterday’s blip. Without her my life would have been different, marriage, even at 18 brings new responsibilities and ambitions.