Hedghogs

[goolie]

do they need feeding in the winter

[funnywebsite]

Probably not! but best to read up on hedgehogs. They should be hibernating. Have you seen one still active? If so I would feed it.

[woofgang]

Does he look well and alert? sometimes being awake at this time of year is a sign of illness, although the weather has been unseasonably warm and he might be dirty stop up hedgehog!!

[Chessman]

To follow on from woofgangs post, we had a hedgehog about this time last year, it was by our back door, snuffling ito a corner, took it to the vets, and it had to be put down, it was riddled with worms and something else, can't remember what, so if you see one, watch its behaviour.

[WendyS]

A healthy adult hedgehog would normally hibernate so if you see one at this time of year, perhaps it's either unwell or a youngster who hasn't built up enough body fat to enable it to survive hibernation. A good food for them is tinned cat foot (meat variety rather than fish), or dog food. Bread & milk is not particularly helpful as their normal diet is worms, slugs and other insects.