Injured Hedgehog

.E_C_K_S.

Hi guys,

Just came home to find a hedgehog in the garden. It was turned on its side and seems to have a bad injury on its legs. On two of his paws the nails are completely removed/torn off like as if it was bitten by another animal but not too sure.

No idea of what age or anything it is so had a look around the garden in case there were others and what do you know I came across another one!

I have attached a pic just to get an idea of the size of them. I put them together also but not too sure if this is a good idea!

Any suggestions as to what to do next in terms of feeding, housing them etc.
Thanks!
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missloulou

If one is injured you might find your local contact here:

http://www.irishwildlifematters.ie/animals/contacts.html

.E_C_K_S.

One is visibly injured. There is blood on its underside. Thanks for that link, there happens to be a person the town over so I'll give her a call.

Silverfish

I rescued a hedgehog before, he was face down in a drain and couldn't get out. I got him out, dried him off, fed him a bit, and I was sorry I did since then he wouldn't leave us alone and kept causing loads of trouble, since he lost his fear of people.

If its injured, its best to contact any local wildlife expert, usually they can get them fixed up and re-released. They don't take well to being 'kept' or housed, they need to be in the wild, any wildlife place will be able to keep him in as close to his natural habitat as possible until he's ready to be released.

Best of luck!

mymo

Hope you get in touch with someone in the know, they look quite small.
This time of year they should be big and well fed, getting ready to hibernate, think its something like 600g the minimum weight they need to reach to survive hibernation.
Most vets will treat wildlife free, mine does anyway.
Cat or dog food is good food, no milk or bread.
Good luck, hope they are ok.

DBB

www.thehogsprickle.weekly.com

Run by Vet Nurse of the Year 2012 and trained wildlife rehabilitator Bev Truss, this new hedgehog rescue is the place to contact!
The hogs must be handed over to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, by law. Keep us posted, won't you? Well done for helping these guys out!

.E_C_K_S.

Trying to get through to a rehabilitator at the moment but only getting through to voicemail. Also very lucky that her specialisation is Hedgehogs so will keep ye updated best I can!

honeybunny1984

they look like they might be those late bred babies that are born too late in the year to put on enough body weight to survive the winter months as they do appear to be very small, they'd need looking after and feeding over the winter as they wont be able to hibernate effectively, hope the injured one is ok.

we have two adults hibernating in the garden shed as we speak