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Porcupines are nocturnal rodents. They have a small head and their body is covered with sharp quills (thick needle-like hairs). They have as many as 30,000 quills on the back, tail and sides and use them as a defense against predators. Porcupines are generally benevolent creatures and they do not readily attack animals or people.

African Crested Porcupine Baby - 2 Females

  • Name: Rachel Nagle
  • Posted: 10/06/2024
  • Phone: 440-679-1269
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Ohio
  • Website: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroP4MY3LmWB5WT8EtFiZcgW4l_84nksH

Price reduced! 2 females ($1,100 each, now $850 each) African Crested Porcupines born on August 21, 2024. Handled multiple times daily. Love to eat corn while being held! Fully weaned and ready for their new home! Near Cleveland, Ohio. Won't shi...

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Bottle-fed Baby female, African crested porcupine

  • Price: $2,000.00
  • Name: Travis
  • Posted: 10/02/2024
  • Phone: 615-604-5384
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Tennessee

She is three months old this month still currently taking a bottle twice a day and is absolutely the sweetest thing in the world. Price is firm and there is no shipping.

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African Crested Porcupine Available

  • Price: $1,000.00
  • Name: Hope Bennett
  • Posted: 10/01/2024
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Georgia

Bottle raised female African crested porcupine available! Very friendly! Used for educational outreach! Asking $1000 + tax. Shipping is not available, pick-up only.

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Albino African Porcupine Pair

  • Name: CWCP
  • Posted: 09/14/2024
  • Phone: 252-799-7529
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: North Carolina

0.0.2 African porcupine pair Albino and het albino Will not respond to email Must call/text for more info

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African Crested Porcupines - Priced to Sell!

  • Name: Corey
  • Posted: 09/13/2024
  • Phone: 7655921912
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Indiana

Just weaned African Crested Porcupines. Located in Indiana at a USDA facility. Will not ship. Priced to sell! Text me at 765-592-1912 for more info.

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African Crested Porcupine

  • Price: $1,500.00
  • Name: Gina
  • Posted: 09/12/2024
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Tennessee

We have a 2 year old African Crested Porcupine. I honestly do not know if it is male or female. It will come up to the cage and accept food and let you get its water or food in or out, but it is not friendly as in you can't pet it. I love it and w...

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African Crested porcupine

  • Name: Kathy B
  • Posted: 09/04/2024
  • Phone: 9043492699
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Florida
  • Website: ThatDamnMonkey.com

Buyer fell through so he needs to be in a home asap.Porcupette, mother is albino. Not bottle raised Always happy to answer questions USDA/FWC Licensed since 2007. ThatDamnMonkey.com

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African Crested Porcupine Baby - 2 Females

  • Name: Rachel Nagle
  • Posted: 09/04/2024
  • Phone: 440-679-1269
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Ohio
  • Website: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroP4MY3LmWB5WT8EtFiZcgW4l_84nksH

2 females ($1,100 each) African Crested Porcupine born on August 21, 2024. Handled multiple times daily. Very sweet temperament. Both fall asleep in my arms! Raising on mother’s milk through 4 weeks old. Near Cleveland, Ohio. Won't ship. USDA facili...

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African Crested Porcupine

  • Price: $400.00
  • Name: Lori Martin
  • Posted: 08/18/2024
  • Phone: 5734582125
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Missouri
  • Website: cubcreeksciencecamp.com

Please help relocate an unsexed porcupine. Our local conservation department found an African Crested roaming around a small town in Missouri. When catching it, they had to use a catch pole and ended up slicing into it's neck. That combined with lots...

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Young Female Crested Porcupine

  • Price: $600.00
  • Name: Lori Martin
  • Posted: 08/18/2024
  • Phone: 5734582125
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Missouri
  • Website: cubcreeksciencecamp.com

DOB: 5/29/24 Socialized female crested porcupine named "Velvet". Small amounts of leash training. Was raised by a teen leadership program at a USDA licensed children's summer camp. Loves chin & ear scratches. Weaned and ready to go. Local pickup pre...

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Albino African Crested Porcupine

  • Name: Samantha Shaffer
  • Posted: 08/15/2024
  • Phone: 8304236631
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Texas
  • Website: Homeofthewildranch.com

Albino male porcupine DOB: 4/16/2024 USDA Licensed Mother raised, with human interaction daily. Contact: 830-423-6631 Open to trades for male fennec fox

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African Crested Porcupine

  • Name: Samantha Shaffer
  • Posted: 08/15/2024
  • Phone: 8304236631
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Texas
  • Website: Homeofthewildranch.com

Albino African Crested Porcupine DOB: April 16th, 2024 USDA Licensed Feel free to contact me! 8304236631

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African Crested Porcupine

  • Name: Lori Martin
  • Posted: 08/01/2024
  • Phone: 572-578-7129
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Missouri
  • Website: Cubcreeksciencecamp.com

The Conservation Department asked us to take in a juvenile porcupine this spring. It was caught with a catch pole and had an injury to its neck. It is now healthy, eats well, is comfortable with people being in its enclosure, but can’t be pet. Unknow...

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Bottle baby African Crested Porcupine Female

  • Name: Topher k.
  • Posted: 07/24/2024
  • Phone: 4233680559
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Tennessee

USDA licensed. Raised in home and being brought to educational programs. Call or text with any questions.

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Prehensile Tail Porcupine - Male

  • Name: Suzette
  • Posted: 07/11/2024
  • Phone: 2815900426
  • Email: Email Seller
  • Location: Texas
  • Website: www.mammalpets.com

Prehensile Tail Porcupine, Male, Approximately 2 years old, Great personality

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They are native to a small range of habitats in temperate and tropical parts of North America, South America, Asia, Southern Europe and Africa. They live in deserts, rocky outcrops, forests and hillsides. In rocky areas, they can be found up to a height of 3,700 meters.

Among rodents, porcupines rank third in terms of size after capybara and beaver. They are approximately 25 to 36 inches long and have an 8- to 10-inch long tail. Porcupines weigh about 12 to 35 pounds and are rounded and large. They come in different shades: gray, brown and the unusual white. In the wild, their lifespan is around 6 to 8 years, but in captivity they may live up to 12 to 14 years.

In general, they are near-sighted, slow-moving animals that are ill equipped to avoid getting killed by predators, but for their unique and natural defensive system. Porcupines are generally benign creatures. Porcupines that are threatened turn their backside to the predator and try to drive the tail into them. Porcupines also produce a noxious odor and clack their teeth as a sign of warning. Contrary to common belief, they do not throw quills at attackers. People and animals have to come into contact with the porcupine in order for the quills to become embedded in their bodies.

Caging for a Porcupine

You can keep your pet porcupine in a fairly big cage having a solid floor, but proper ventilation is a must. You can place stalks of wood or branches of trees on the housing in order to give the feeling that they are in familiar environment.

Enrichment

As they are solitary animals, you must have one cage for one porcupine. Further, the cage housing the porcupine(s) should have only one level as it has poor eyesight. Moreover, they can easily break their legs. Include space for toys, food bowls and litter tray when building the cage for your pet. You must include a hiding spot as porcupines need to stay away from light, prying eyes and general activity during day time.

Porcupines are generally slow with the training. Target training and station training are important for them. They must be made to work for the portions of their diet. You have to find out which is their most favorite food as it can vary from one individual to another. You can use their favorite food as their training reward.

In the wild, porcupines eat a whole range of things: roots, crops and tubers. Therefore, you must give your pet with a varied diet consisting of root vegetables and other kinds of vegetables so as to mimic their natural diet's nutritional content. They love to chew. They need to do this in order to wear out their incisor teeth which grow constantly. You can give them branches of different trees to chew on. You can also occasionally give them bones to chew on. This will help them to maintain the sharpness of their teeth and get a supply of mineral calcium.

What to feed a Porcupine

Porcupines are herbivores. They eat leaves, twigs, herbs and green plants such as clover. In winter months, they may eat bark. While those found in North America climb trees for finding food, those that are native to Africa forage on the ground.

Therefore, you can feed your pet porcupine with different types of fruits and vegetables, including yams, apples and carrots. Commercially prepared rodent food is also available. However, you should provide sufficient quantity of food as hungry porcupines can be harmful. You may feed your pet porcupine twice a day, but it is important that you feed them on a regular basis at the specified time. You can refer the Rodent TAG Porcupine Care Manual for more information on developing a diet for your pet.

Breeding

In about 18 months, a female porcupine attains sexual maturity. The breeding season is between September and November. Prior to mating, the male porcupine urinates on the female partner, spraying at a high velocity. The gestation period is around 210 days, the longest among rodents. The female delivers one to two young ones (pup or "porcupette") in the spring (late April to early May). At birth, the young ones will have soft quills. They harden within a few hours of birth. The young ones open their eyes in about 10 days after their birth.

Porcupines are affectionate animals and they enjoy snuggling. They get attached to their trainers. Never allow them to feel alarmed. If other pets are around, they get alarmed. Further, you should never be aggressive and also avoid making extreme sounds.

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