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15-06-2010, 10:40 PM
Honestly, it would be me!
Walking Star to my dads this evening to pick up the wee man and happened upon a wee hedgehog laying in the middle of the path in broad daylight. At first I thought he was dead but when I looked closer I could see he was breathing. Star is a gentle and good natured dog, she was, for the most part clueless but I let her have a wee sniff (a controlled sniff before anyone jumps at me) just to see if he would roll up into a ball and he did, albeit slowly.
Well I couldn't leave him there could I? Aside from me instantly thinking he was hurt or unwell to be out in the street and in broad daylight, if any of the 'yoofs' round there got hold of him it would not have been a happy ending for the poor wee man.
So took him to my dad's and popped him in a cat carrier. He is clearly unwell and struggling to even keep his head up off the floor and is breathing erratically. :( My dad thinks that perhaps he has ingested some poison as he only looks like last years baby poor thing. He doesn't appear injured in anyway but there is only so much investigation you can do with such a spikey creature!
So took him home with me and put some hay in the cat carrier for him to bed down on and some cat meat and water for him. Hopefully he will make it through the night and be a bit perkier tomorrow. Will ring our local hedgehog rescue for advice in the morning if he is still with us and will let you know how he gets on. Took some pics but will upload them tomorrow.
Walking Star to my dads this evening to pick up the wee man and happened upon a wee hedgehog laying in the middle of the path in broad daylight. At first I thought he was dead but when I looked closer I could see he was breathing. Star is a gentle and good natured dog, she was, for the most part clueless but I let her have a wee sniff (a controlled sniff before anyone jumps at me) just to see if he would roll up into a ball and he did, albeit slowly.
Well I couldn't leave him there could I? Aside from me instantly thinking he was hurt or unwell to be out in the street and in broad daylight, if any of the 'yoofs' round there got hold of him it would not have been a happy ending for the poor wee man.
So took him to my dad's and popped him in a cat carrier. He is clearly unwell and struggling to even keep his head up off the floor and is breathing erratically. :( My dad thinks that perhaps he has ingested some poison as he only looks like last years baby poor thing. He doesn't appear injured in anyway but there is only so much investigation you can do with such a spikey creature!
So took him home with me and put some hay in the cat carrier for him to bed down on and some cat meat and water for him. Hopefully he will make it through the night and be a bit perkier tomorrow. Will ring our local hedgehog rescue for advice in the morning if he is still with us and will let you know how he gets on. Took some pics but will upload them tomorrow.