Pygmy Puff

A Pygmy Puff is a miniature Puffskein, bred by Fred and George Weasley and sold at their shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes at 93 Diagon Alley in London, as one of the known products in the WonderWitch range. It is one of their most popular products, as George said they were having trouble breeding them fast enough for the demand. Ginny Weasley bought a purple Pygmy Puff named Arnold in August 1996, which she played with at Hogwarts.

Ginny once joked that her brother Ron had a tattoo of a Pygmy Puff, without saying where, when Romilda Vane was pestering her about whether Harry Potter had a tattoo of a Hippogriff.

Characteristics
Pygmy Puffs resemble little fluffy balls that roll around, squeak and come in various shades of pink and purple. Luna Lovegood believed that all Pygmy Puffs sing on Boxing Day. A group of Puffskeins or Pygmy Puffs is called a poffle.

Behind the scenes

 * While some magical creatures can naturally change their size, Pygmy Puffs would appear to be violations of the Ban on Experimental Breeding. However, as they are merely miniature pink or purple Puffskeins, this may not count as an offence as Fred and George Weasley may have attained a special licence to breed them.
 * Despite the blanket ban on the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes products on Hogwarts, Ginny somehow managed to bring Arnold with her into Hogwarts. This may be because the Pygmy Puffs are not joke items and that the ban Argus Filch placed on Weasley's Wizard Wheezes may only affect their joke products.
 * Pink and purple Pygmy Puff plushes and key chains, as well as pink Pygmy Puff slippers are available for purchase at at Zonko's shop (there’s the naming ceremony, a mini-show that accompanies purchasing a pygmy puff plush, in which a shopkeeper will ring a bell and announce that you have adopted one and sometimes, the name you have chosen for yours) and on the Official online merchandise store of the park. The plush is also available at  online store. The keychains and plushes with sound are also available at the  and its online store. The plush measure six inches (15.25 cm) in diameter (that seems to be a pretty big diameter considering that Arnold can ride Ginny's shoulder and that a nest of dead puffskeins, which are the original species of pygmy puffs, and therefore are considerably larger, has been found under a sofa where there is not a lot of space). The diameter of the key chains (approximately 2 inches) is smaller and seems more appropriate. Some Pygmy Puff plush are in pink cages, exactly like in the movie.
 * Giant Pygmy Puff plushes and Pygmy Puff earmuffs and t-shirts are also available in the theme parks at Zonko's Joke Shop. Including shirts with the inscription: "Mini Puffskeins - Pygmy Puffs - Peacefully Pet the Puffs", is the same inscription we can see on the pygmy puff cage's label in during the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes shop scene.
 * The campaign and website www.adoptapygmypuff.com was launched by The Fwooper Foundation, an animal rights group focused on “empowering young witches and wizards to get active for the magical creatures in our world by using parallels from the  Harry Potter  series”.

Appearances

 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
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 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account
 * J. K. Rowling's Twitter account

Notes and references
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