Why oh why did it walk across my garden....

phoenix only if you wish, I will probably private message you with times and quantity. Just let me know

LizG I wouldn't have slept.

My friend in the Hebrides has threatened me not to bring it on holiday. He is the Species Protection Officer for the Islands so better not.

Still here and alive after one night in the 'cells' Must be glad it wasn't out in the maelstrom we just experienced. Hail, rain, thunder and gales. Lucky little Colin Hogmanay

for Flowerofthe west

Have decided that my little hoglet and probably all hoglets PONG. Have cleaned him/her out twice today. Given the little soul a small box to hide in if he/she feels like it. It prefers to lay in it;s poo and wee though. Did snuggle into box with kitchen roll earlier but left a poo at the door way.

It's the dog food, not the poor little hedgepig. Maybe slugs and worms would smell better once digested? Shall I send you some? I have plenty... You need a wormery!

It must be so tempting to make it a play area. I wonder what it would like. Lots of nice dry leaves and twigs. A bit of moss. Does it sleep a lot?

Good luck Flower and well done for all efforts to support the little hoglet.

UPDATE ON COLIN HOGMANAY: Due to Colin having green poo I have taken advice of the Hedgehog Preservation Society and am taking him/her to a lovely man who lives in the next town. He will let us have the little creature back in the Spring - if he/she survives - to put back in our garden. Will miss him/her but must give Colin a fighting chance. It is no trouble at all to care for him but I think he has an intestinal infection so needs specialist care as he is so tiny. I wish him luck. FAREWELL COLIN - UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

Poor Colin but you are doing the right thing flower

I always wonder why female hedgehogs are so wasteful, having litters in the late autumn - and why evolution has not put a stop to their silliness. But I guess they are successful breeders full stop, and their earlier litters carry on their genes to the next generation.

Good wishes to young Colin.

Colin now renamed Orange, has his own medical and weight diary, in quarantine at the moment with a big dish of dried meal worms and a bed of straw. A wonderful man who is a dental technician and spends his time between false teeth and hedgehog care. He will update us regularly and we can have Colin/orange back in the spring if he survives along with one or two other hedgehogs. (Best to release them in 2xmale + 1 female groups. Also supplies a hedgehog house to get them acclimatised.

I wonder why they renamed him Orange?
I hope he does well and survives to come back to your garden Flower

He is colour coded dusty as are all the rescued hedgehogs. Each one has a difference coloured marking on the head. That way they can be identified when being weighed and medicated.

Is he on contract or pay as you go?

I do hope he survives, chickens love mealworms too. They are quite tasty. Green poo, that must have been exciting...

2 males to one female! Now there's a thought... I always thought harems were the wrong way round. If you had two males there might be a chance of getting all the DIY finished.

phoenix

Apparently janerowena if a female hedgehog does not want to mate there is NO WAY the male will get his way. FYI the males 'bits' are where you expect his belly button to be. Must make for easier mating with all those spines.

Hope the hedgehog survives for you. I haven't seen one for ages.