Anything with teeth can bite.

When I first got Speedy he bit me, he was only 4 weeks old, but it didn't hurt at all since he was so tiny. I had just eaten some fish and chips and he thought I was a yummy treat.


When I first got Flower she bit me, and she bit me the other day when I took her out. It didn't really hurt but I did feel it. But there was no blood or anything. Their bites are nothing. Of course I've never been agressively bit before, so I do not know how that would feel.


Yes sometimes their quills can hurt, but most of the time they are relaxed so theylay flat against the skin and pose no problem. It's nothing painful, I can stand picking them up even when they roll into a ball.......well most of the time anyway. It's just something you get used to.