Hedgehog care-can you help me?

[Katieface]

I recently found a small hedgehog running across the road. I picked it up and put it in my garden so it wouldn't get runover. I leave plenty of water and cat food out, I even made it a house! Is there anything else I can do to make sure i's happy? I would appreciate any advice. Thankyou .

[B00]

Awww bless you, I adore hedgehogs- lol.

As long as it's got access to water and food I should imagine it'll be happy, and it may stay a regular visitor to your garden:-)

[sue11]

In my local pet shop they are staring to sell hedgehog food! But any wildlife website should be able to give you some more advice.
Cheers Sue

[puddycat]

Only advice I can give is to never feed a hedgehog fishy flavour cat food. I tend to leave straw out for my hedgehogs about this time of year so they can start nest building (usually under the garden shed).

[B00]

Me again! :-)

Found this for you.

http://www.hedgehog-care.co.uk/feeding.htm

[The Big Gill]

St. Tiggywinkles

[wolf63]

puddycat - why no fishy flavoured cat food? Apart from the fact that it stinks and looks gross.

[Katieface]

Thanks everyone for your advice! I've used the websites you gave me and i've found out that he is a boy, and is very healthy. I think i'm going to call him Bramley. Hopefully he will stay in my garden and eat all my slugs!!

[The Big Gill]

Nice one. Why 'Bramley'?

[puddycat]

Wolf - sorry to take so long coming back to you. Fish based food and cow's milk make hedgehogs ill. I'm not sure why, I guess fish is too alien to their natural diet and their unable to properly digest it. They'll eat any type of meat based food though.

[Katieface]

bad news guys, Bramley passed away this morning. He was taken ill in the night so I took him to my local animal rescue centre, they said he was peaceful and had died of a worm infection. There was nothing they could do. At least he wasn't in any pain.