Adorable rescue hedgehog stars in photoshoots with tiny props
Prickly poser! Adorable rescue hedgehog chills in the bath and dons a tiny witch’s hat in cute photoshoots set up by her doting owner
- Dancer Audrianna Martin Del Campo, 26, from Ajax, Ontario adopted Cinnamon
- Was inspired by a trip to Japan where she came back with range of tiny props
- Photos show Cinnamon toasting marshmallows and floating on lily pad
- Now has 28,000 followers on Instagram but is sometimes too grumpy to pose
This adorable prickly poser is certainly not camera shy.
Cinnamon is a one-year-old hedgehog with an Instagram page boasting 28,000 followers.
Owner Audrianna Martin Del Campo, 26, of Ajax, Ontario, Canada, is the mastermind behind the cute Instagram page.
The contemporary ballet dancer and photographer first met Cinnamon at the end of 2019.
From posing in a bathtub to sitting by a campfire, little Cinnamon is the perfect model.
Perfecting her prickles! Rescue hedgehog Cinnamon takes a bath surrounded by candles in an adorable photoshoot set up by her owner Audrianna Martin Del Campo, 26, of Ajax, Ontario
What a doll! Another cut photo of Cinnamon shows her [oosing on a tiny chair while clutching a cloth toy
Audrianna said: ‘She’s not like a dog who is treat motivated or respond to commands, so it’s taken a lot of patience and allowing her to do her thing.
‘Sometimes if she’s grumpy or not in the mood then the shoot doesn’t happen, I go off what she’s feeling. I use a camera with a silent shooting mode so that the shutter sound doesn’t startle or stress her out.’
The Instagram page first started in the middle of 2020, during Canada’s lockdown.
Audrianna said: ‘I had lots more free time on my hands as the situation made it so I couldn’t go to work. Just before the pandemic hit, I visited Japan and found all these cute little props.’
Magical! Cinnamon dons a tiny witches hat as she leans over a cauldron for a Halloween-inspired snape
Doting owner Audrianna, a contemporary ballet dancer and photographer first met Cinnamon at the end of 2019, when she adopted her from an exotic animal rescue centre
‘In Japan they love hedgehogs, so I found a lot of things to take home. It was this period that birthed the account.
‘It was really interesting to see how much joy it brought to other people.’
Cinnamon is certainly well pampered by her creative owner.
‘I have to trim her nails every other week and she gets bathed roughly every other month.’
‘In the summer she will get bathed a bit more after being outside in the dirt and a bit less in the winter because of the dryness to protect her skin.’
Cinnamon posing with a sunflower: Her owner Audrianna admitted that she’s not treat-motivated like a cat or dog and will only pose for photos when she’s in the mood
Midsommar Cinnamon: Her owner brought back lots of cute props from a trip to Japan where hedgehogs are hugely popular
Cinnamon, pictured posing with a tiny basket of flowers, is a one-year-old hedgehog with an Instagram page boasting 28,000 followers
‘She has her own enclosure both inside and outside with a wheel and a little blanket that she likes to sleep in when she is with me.’
Audrianna has always been an advocate for rescue pets.
She said: ‘I didn’t know if there were any sanctuaries who catered for hedgehogs, so I did some research and found a place near the border to New York, which is Niagara Falls. They have an animal sanctuary for exotic pets.’
‘They rescued a hedgehog and in whilst in their care, she had a litter of baby hoglets.’
‘It seemed like fate, so things fell into place really quickly, I reached out on the Friday and the following Wednesday they were making a delivery to the town beside me. They literally dropped her off at my door.’
What a pumpkin! The aesthetically pleasing photoshoots mainly follow an Autumnal trend, because this is Audrianna’s favourite season.
Toasting marshmallows around the campfire. Audrianna’s favourite look is an outdoor photoshoot with a woodland feel
Audrianna said her pet is low maintenance and that she visited Facebook groups to pick up tips from other owners
The aesthetically pleasing photoshoots mainly follow an Autumnal trend, as this is Audrianna’s favourite season.
She added, ‘The shoots evolved as I found more props, my favourite pictures are when she is outside in a woodland feel.’
Caring for a hedgehog is certainly different to a cat or a dog, but Audrianna insists it is manageable with the proper research.
‘They are a very low maintenance pet, so it was not a difficult process.’
‘Forming a good relationship is very important. I joined a lot of information groups on Facebook. A lot of people shared their experiences of getting their hedgehogs to warm up to them.’
Perfect poser: Audrianna said that from the outset Cinnamon was curious about her new owner and was instantly friendly
‘It usually takes a while for them to get used to you, but from the first moment I got her, she looked up at me with a curious twinkle in her eye and within minutes was friendly and curious.’
‘The adoption fees range anywhere from $150 to $350 and she was in the middle of this margin.’
‘Her main expenses are her special exotic vet in North Toronto and the food which I buy in bulk roughly four times a year at $30 a time.’
