Baby hedgehog!

A knock on the door just now, and there is a man and his son who live in the village with a box, and in it a dinky baby hedgehog!! His wife was walking their dog, and it was on the path, walking along! By the time Bill went to look it was eating dog poo. He picked it up, and it let out a squeak, he waited for a while but no sign of a parent, no sound either form a parent.

OK, maybe he should have left him (on quick inspection it's a little boy), but he didn't, they knew we took in and cared for Teasel a few weeks ago, so they brought him round.

He weighs 100g, no snuffle sounds, eyes appear clear, so he is in a little cage, with food and water. We will take a better look tomorrow, for now the little chap is having a sleep.

aww how wonderful i hope the little fella comes through at this early age without parents around they tend to pass away but well done for taking the little hedgehog in and good luck

Good luck,hope he does well
Any chance of pics?

Hope he does well. Keep us posted. Good luck.

Aaaw, thanks all!! I have got all the stuff the British Hedgehog Preservation Society sent me last time, have had a read and it is common this time of year, for various reasons, for babies to be abandoned. We think he is about 4 weeks old, so will feed and care for accordingly.

Kev just took a photo, not great as we don't want to disturb him. He is about 3 inches long curled up!

Lovely pic,we have a resident hedgehog that visits every night,only been leaving him water out as there are loads of slugs and snails in our garden to him to feed on.
Keep us posted on his progress

Its Bongo as a puppy

Aww, what a cute little thing. Good luck with him. keep us updated

Aww how cute, welldone you for taking him in, you'll be starting up a hedgehog rescue at this rate! Lots more pics needed!

Thanks all!

The little guy made it through the night, the boys were stunned to see him, they had no idea he was brought here last night!