They can be tamed. And since it didn't know you of course it would get nervous and ball up.
solchitlins;2562216; said:We had to do community service to graduate from high school. I did mine at a childrens zoo at a science center.
They had a Hedge Hog there that I had to feed Cockroaches to. He would flip them over and eat them like a oyster.
If you tried to touch him he would ball up, get really upset and huff and puff.
Wasn't much of a pet and not really very interesting.
imho
but maybe ours was not the norm