Wednesday, July 18, 2007 . 1:36 AM

My sister's new objection of desire is a hedgehog.



Cute ain't it? Looks like its saying 'hi' to you! See its left paw lifted in a half-wave? Altogether now: awwww...

Yeah, this is what my sister wants as a pet. I always thought she has crazy ideas. I still remember how she talked me into adopting a black kitten with her. She surfed all the pet forums online and found this family who put up an adoption notice for a black kitten they found in a drain near their house.

I don't know how my sis did it, but she managed to talk me into talk a super long MRT ride down to Eunos and walking like 20 minutes in the sweltering hot sun looking for the house where the dear kitten was house.

Needless to say, one look at the poor dear and I was infatuated. In fact, I was so infatuated that I carried it and took the bus home. It slept through the bus ride while I fretted that it would die of suffocation. In case you're wondering, no it didn't.

So, this marks the second time my sister is appealing to me on her madcap scheme to get our hands on a hedgehog.

In case you are unaware, rearing hedgehogs in Singapore is ILLEGAL.

But that's not detering my sister. I must stress that she's totally crazy. We once had:

4 hamsters (winter greys)
3 rabbits (2 dwarf rabbit & 1 holland lop)
2 guinea pigs
1 cat
1 dog
1 pondful of koi

All thanks to her obsession.

But since then, the numbers have dwindled. Trust me, it's a good thing. Two dogs are enough to keep us on our toes. But now her obsession with her hedgehogs have rubbed off on me.

Don't believe me? Just look at these!

Looks like a tiny pincushion!

'Rub my tummy!'

Rambutans? No! They're baby hedgies!

How can you not love them? Sigh...