young hedgehog found

smodgley

ive just found a young hoggie, id say its about 4/5 months old going on the size, i know its very unusual for a hoggie to be out and about during daytime. i have given it some tinned dog food, water i have it in a box in the shed with straw and leaves, is there anythng else i should do,????
should they not have hibernated by now?

tricky D

Let it go where you found it. They'll hibernate when they're good and ready.

mymo

They have to be over a certain weight to survive the winter, it may have been trying to find food.
Hold on to it for now and feed it cat or dog food, there are a few places that take them and over winter them, if I can find a link I'll post it.

There's a few threads about it;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055781974&highlight=found+hedgehog

Another place to try:
http://www.irishwildlifematters.ie/\


Great bit of info on that last site, have you a set of scales to weigh it?
found under the common conditions tab,
OTHER

Too underweight to hibernate
Clinical Signs – usually those born in late litters Aug-Oct, weighing less than 500g at end of November
Diagnosis –weight
Treatment – check for underlying disease. Keep indoors, feed up. Take outdoors to hibernate if reach 600g, leave food available in case they come out of hibernation. Otherwise keep warm (18-22C) to prevent them from hibernating, feed up and release in April/May depending on weather conditions
Comments –Usually hibernate between January and March.

Out during daylight hours
Clinical Signs – found walking around during the day
Diagnosis – history
Treatment – must be taken into care to discover cause.
Comments – strictly nocturnal. Possible causes – blind, hungry, sick, injured, orphan

smodgley

mymo wrote: »

They have to be over a certain weight to survive the winter, it may have been trying to find food.
Hold on to it for now and feed it cat or dog food, there are a few places that take them and over winter them, if I can find a link I'll post it.

There's a few threads about it;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055781974&highlight=found+hedgehog

Another place to try:
http://www.irishwildlifematters.ie/

thanks a million for that

TooManyDogs

Hedgehogs weighing less than 600g often don't survive hibernation so if you can weight him. If he's under that you could drop him into Dogs Aid to spend the winter there, they do hedgehog rescue too. If he's over 600g and has eaten then I'd let him go at dusk. They can eat any cat or dog food but not fish based ones
www.DogsAid.ie

smodgley

ok weighed it it is 325g we have it in a box now with food, water and straw and leaves and bit of a blanket in the shed, here's hoping it survives till we can sort out bringing to to a refuge of some sort

jap gt

smodgley wrote: »

ive just found a young hoggie, id say its about 4/5 months old going on the size, i know its very unusual for a hoggie to be out and about during daytime. i have given it some tinned dog food, water i have it in a box in the shed with straw and leaves, is there anythng else i should do,????
should they not have hibernated by now?

where did you find it, why did you think it needed to be rescued

golden8

This might help you its from tv3 pet the vet talking about a hog this week.

They should be in hibernation mode and as the other poster said hog needs to be 600g

http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=29137&locID=1.65.74&date=2010-11-10&date_mode=&page=1&show_cal=&newspanel=&showspanel=&web_only=&full_episodes=

smodgley

jap gt wrote: »

where did you find it, why did you think it needed to be rescued

i found it in our housing estate at approx 1pm in the afternoon, it is very close to a busy road thats why i rescued it

smodgley

golden8 wrote: »

This might help you its from tv3 pet the vet talking about a hog this week.

They should be in hibernation mode and as the other poster said hog needs to be 600g

http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=29137&locID=1.65.74&date=2010-11-10&date_mode=&page=1&show_cal=&newspanel=&showspanel=&web_only=&full_episodes=

ahh brill thanks for that

pobble

hey, i know pete the vet, the guy who is on irish tv all the time, just did a piece on what to do if you find a hedgehog. i saw it on his facebook page.