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This little hedgehog was brought round to see me today, on its way to the hedgehog rescue centre. It'd been found on my parents' lawn at 1pm eating food put out for the birds. A hedgehog being out during the day is usually a sign something isn't right. It weighed 536g, and they really need to weigh 600g to survive a winter's hibernation, so it's staying in hospital for the time being to be fattened up and kept an eye on. If it does ok it'll be collected and returned to my parents garden, so fingers crossed for the little hedgehog :)



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I love hedgehogs. They are so cute, armless, flea jackets :))

16 Oct, 2012

 

This one was pretty cute Katarina, even if all I could see was a ball of spikes :o)

16 Oct, 2012

 

It is funny, they are very small creatures, but they can be quite noisy :)) Some years ago I found one like this in my garden, very small and he did strange movements in circle, as if he had some kind of nervous disease. I put him in a box with hay and apple and he fell asleep there. Was controlling him several days, he looked like sleeping but one day I noticed he is dead. Quite sad. We do not have rescue centers like yoou have, that´s a pity, as they are very useful animals.

16 Oct, 2012

 

Ohh, that's sad. I had heard they were noisy eaters lol!! But I wouldn't mind adopting one, I never see any in my garden, but I do have plenty of slugs they could eat ...

16 Oct, 2012

 

Good luck little guy xxx

16 Oct, 2012

 

I would adopt the whole army of them, lol. Then I would sit down on my bench and watch how they enjoy my garden and get it rid of slugs and mosquitoes :))

17 Oct, 2012

 

At least the little one stands a better chance of surviving now that someone is caring for it, I haven`t seen any in our garden at all this year but I`m hoping that could be the fact that the weather did not encourage being in the garden after dark....

18 Oct, 2012

 

I think my Mum's hoping this one gets better so it can come and live in her garden! She's had a "hedgehog house" there for the last 2 years but so far, no takers ...

18 Oct, 2012

 

:))) Dreams should be filled on Christmas :)

19 Oct, 2012



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