A Walking Tour
The actual space,
not the stock photos.
Every photo below was taken here, in these enclosures, with these hedgehogs. Come see it in person any Tuesday.
Sleep Pods
Held at 75–80°F around the clock
Bioactive Enclosures
Cork bark, coco fiber, live spider plants
Daily Weigh-Ins
Logged every morning, shared with you
Wheel Run Room
Silent spinners, supervised nightly
Enrichment Time
Foraging hides changed every visit
Street-Front Entrance
14 Hollow Oak Lane, East Nashville
Drop-in tours welcome · No appointment needed
"I've kept hedgehogs for nine years. I know when they're stressed, when they're curious, and when they just want to be left alone."
— Mara, Founder & Primary Caretaker
Your Caretaker
Hi, I'm Mara.
I speak hedgehog.
Before opening Quill, I fostered rescue hedgehogs for the Nashville Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and kept a colony of six for three years. I know hibernation attempts from true sleep, and I know which hogs need the lights dimmed at 8pm sharp.
9 years
keeping hedgehogs
48 hogs
boarded since 2023
0 incidents
health or safety
5.0 ★
average Google rating
Every Stay Includes
What we do while
you're away.
No upsells. No tiers. Every hog gets the full experience — because cutting corners on a hedgehog's care isn't something we're willing to do.
Daily Gram-Scale Weigh-Ins
Weight tracked every morning. A drop of 10g or more triggers a same-day vet check — at no cost to you.
From the Neighborhood
What hedgehog families
actually say.
Boarded Thistle, 5 nights
East Nashville
"I cried dropping Thistle off. Mara texted me a photo at 9pm of her on the wheel looking totally unbothered. I slept better than I have in months."
Chloe Nakamura
First-time hog parent
Boarded 4 hogs, show weekend
Germantown
"I needed someone who understood that my show animals can't be stressed before judging. Mara knew exactly what I meant. They came back calmer than when they left."
Darnell Okafor
Breeder, 3 years
Daycare between adoptions
Hillsboro Village
"We use Quill as a halfway house for our fosters between adoption events. The enrichment work Mara does actually makes them more adoptable. This place is a gem."
Sofia Reyes
Rescue foster coordinator
Boarded Pebble & Fig, 8 nights
Five Points
"The daily weight logs were a revelation. I never knew Fig had been losing weight until Mara caught it on day 3 and had her checked. Vet found a tooth issue. Literally saved her."
Marcus Webb
Hedgehog owner, 2 hogs
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14 Hollow Oak Lane, East Nashville · Mara, Founder · Open 7 days