It's honestly very rare for a domesticated one to be chill/nice, at least in our experience. I've talked with several other hedgehog owners and their hogs are very similar to ours where they are quite grouchy and nervous. So, yeah, they're mostly sentient cactus monsters that are adorable.

You're welcome for the laugh. But, that laugh is going to cost you $5. You can pay this either via Chuck E Cheese tokens, or in nuclear wasteland bottlecaps. Perhaps transferred via carrier pigeons.