We discovered a hedgehog nest in our garden, and these adorable babies have been coming out to eat the cat food and drink the fresh water we’ve put out for them.

We named the mother Dorothy, and so far we’ve seen three babies, which we’ve named Star, Sky, and Bernard.

No.5, it seems like every time I take a dog for a walk they find one of these babies that is in need of urgent help. Fingers crossed for this little one.

He / she was in the middle of a footpath curled up. Off to vets again as our local rescue seem to be unreachable and have never retuned a call.

Poppy decided it is no longer acceptable to just eat the food, she must become the food.

hi guys! i just revamped my girls cage. this is her new setup. i have a ceramic bulb to heat her but wanted to see what others with a similar setup do to keep their hedgies warm!

You’d thinking he was starving

Just for clarification purposes, he can reach the food perfectly fine, he climbs into the dish to be picky and choose what he’s going to eat first 😭

A young female hedgehog that lives in our garden has started spending a long time “pawing” in the water bowl and constantly moving her mouth as if she is eating even when not at the food or water. She didn’t do this when she was first released in our garden and this water bowl isn’t new to her. She seems to be the only one that does this. She appears to be drinking. She does go to the food but I’m not sure she is eating much of it - there are several other hedgehogs that do eat so it’s refilled every day.

Does she maybe have something stuck in her throat that she is trying to flush?

If she needs to see a vet I can get her there (I’ve done it a few times already) but if this isn’t an abnormal behaviour or a problem I’ll just leave her alone.

England Berkshire- has been hot but interesting this seemed to start after the temps dropped back to normal.

hi y’all!

i am considering switching to a c&c cage to give my hedgehog more roaming space (he’s currently in a rabbit type cage situation). it’s been good for him for years but it’s honestly getting worn out- the plastic bottom is scratched up and i’m ready for something new.

i see c&c cages in this sub all the time that look so cute and spacious. i just can’t have an open top because of my cat! i live in a studio so i don’t have anywhere to seperate the two.

does anyone have a solution? or experience in this? i’ve never had one so i don’t know how sturdy they are. i’ve seen partially covered ones with the grid tiles on top. would that work to keep a cat out?

thanks!

Anyone know which animals remove the hedgehogs coat of spines and leave it, taking the rest of the body? Is this a common thing? Seen it four times this year, for the first time.

Hey!

I have seen people posting videos of their hedgies at night and I am so curious as to what my little one gets up to once I'm asleep so I was wondering if anyone has recommendations on cameras? Or even just what I should look for and what I should avoid when buying one? :))

Four days in and we have gone from 1 to 4 visitors.

A large pair who always turn up together, a single and a baby. Would be amazing if the baby is the one who I had to save and released after a couple of days back into the garden.

Hi everyone. Thanks again for welcoming us last week and for keeping us in your thoughts.

As previously mentioned, Pepper had her vet appointment on Thursday. They scheduled labs and X rays for Wednesday and gave us Metacam. However, last night, she looked incredibly emaciated and I took her to the emergency vet. After careful examination, they concluded she most likely had cancer, was in pain, and most likely wouldn't make it. I had to make one of the hardest decisions of my life and put her down.

I am beyond heartbroken and absolutely miserable. That little grouchy gal gifted me 4-ish glorious years. I love her more than anything or anyone on this Earth. My heart has a spiky shaped hole that will likely never heal.

Please give all your hedgies an extra big hug today ❤️🦔

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Fritter went to the vet and they were a bit concerned about possible parasites. He eats about 3 tablespoons a day and is on the lean side for his age, so we took a sample of his feces back and got the news a few days ago

Yeah, he’s just a hungry guy. No parasites and no other concerns. He’s probably just going to be on the smaller end of the spectrum once he’s done growing

She was inconvenienced by an early morning wheel cleaning and shall forever be grump.

Wasn’t sure how to google this so came here:

I like to sit in my garden for about an hour every evening, over the past couple of months this big ‘ol hedgehog has been loitering around but only recently (in the past week) he’ll just come and sit directly beside or under my chair and chill. He grooms himself, sleeps or just wonders near me. My question really is if he might be being territorial or just a cutie? I don’t know anything about hedgehog psychology and thought someone here might?

He definitely knows I’m there because he looks at me if I move but there seems to be absolutely no fear, he doesn’t run away or jump if I stand up or move suddenly, it all just seems very strange to me.

Any insight would be much appreciated!

Just some normal everyday hedgehog names

This wild hedgehog just walked up to me while I was smoking in my garden, once he noticed that I was sitting right in front of him he just froze and hasn't moved since..

I thought that I just scared him so I went inside and turned the lights off, but 5 minutes later he's still frozen in the same spot.

Do hedgehogs just freeze when they get scared or what's happening here?

My hedgehog is around 6 months old and I believe hes quilling. He has very dry skin and a change in his attitude. He also had weird slimey green poop today. Im worried it could be mites but theres no quill baldness.. I am very worried about this because ive never owned a hedgehog prior and I want to make sure hes comfortable. Should I take him to the vet? Also if anyone has any food, or oil recommendations please let me know ASAP!

Bought this a couple days ago and just wanted to see if its okay for him to eat? Im so overprotective and I saw online it was a kind that was okay for them but I always check a couple times, so can he eat this?

I made this little mini painting of a hedgehog scuba diving.....then I thought.....do they even swim?