Definitely get it to the vet... Hedgehogs are getting more and more rare.... Be nice thing to save it... Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk
We called him Spike and took him to Tiggwinkles. He didn't move for about 30mins then got up and had a good sniffle around. They think he should be ok.
Many moons ago, there was one in my garden that would come through the cat flap and eat the left over cat food.
My dog has just been going head to head with a Muntjac.....lucky the deer didn't have horns. I wondered why he was barking so much.......it only ran off when Mrs Arq appeared...... Pity I didn't years ago......
Spike? Well I never. There can't be many hedgehogs called that. Good on you for helping the wee soul out. They used to be fairly common in my youth but I can't remember the last time I saw one that wasn't road kill. In fact, even more worryingly, I can't remember the last time I saw one that was road kill. :Wideyed:
Antlers. Horns are made of keratin, antlers are made of bone. Bovines have horns, cervids (deer) have antlers. Definitely get injured hedgehogs to a vet or a rescue centre. They are an endangered species in the UK and we can't afford to lose a single one. Big problem with habitat loss and badger predation. Felines and canines cannot deal with a hedgehog once it has rolled into a ball. The badger is our only native predator which has claws like a bear and it can force the hedgehog out of its ball with these and then it eats the creature through its belly. Encourage hedgehogs into your garden. They'll eat your slugs and snails but avoid ponds, they'll blunder into it for sure and they can't swim. They'll drown.
I know what antlers and horns are made of...........I was keeping it simple............ .......but you could hardly call the small sticky out bits on a Muntjac's head 'antlers'..........
They're actually pretty good swimmers. The problem is they fall in the pond and fail to scrabble back out. It's recommended that pounds have a step in place so they can get out.
