They fell asleep by their wormie bowl, must be waiting for the next handful

Hi guys!

We have regular hog(s) in our garden, and we see them ranging from about 6.30-10pm (over the last week anyway).
We think they may have a nest behind our garage as we've seen different sized ones.

Before the last week, we only caught glimpses at night time but on Saturday this little one came at 6.38pm, which is quite early. Then 8.30, then 7ish.

She (assumed) hunts around in the grass and then usually eats the food I put out and has a big drink. The concern is last night she was at the feeder eating for about 25 minutes.
I spoke to my local hedgehog rescue centre and they're worried as it looks like she has a dip in the neck which could signal dehydration. At first they said she could be a nesting mother and that's the reason for her early appearance, but then they said she probably wouldn't hang around for long.

They said they were concerned and that they'd check her over if I was able to bring her in. My fear is that she's fine and that this is cruel to rip her away from potential babies. She will be so scared if I put her in a box. I'm then conflicted because the rescue are concerned. They said I could return her if they check and she's all good.

What do you think? Any advice welcome 🙏🏼

This is what happens when you leave Grandma in charge of feeding time for 2 weeks:

Is my chunki boy smilling

I’ve been on and off staying at my grandma’s over the past few weeks. No reason, just wanting to spend time with someone a she is never busy

But anyways, hedgehog
After making his new snuggle sack, Fritter has been more affectionate and brave

I hope it’s not just having his schedule changed, but that he’s genuinely getting more socialized, incredibly grateful I ended up getting a somewhat affectionate hedgie, I know they aren’t typically cuddly

This is Tigs. She’s six years old. Got news on Friday that my little girl most likely has cancer— they were going to send a biopsy but did X-rays and said there’s not a whole lot of bone left in her jaw from the tumor and it’s going continue to grow and they were worried about it breaking her jaw along the way.

She left Friday with a couple different pain meds to administer twice a day.. and felt this wasn’t right to do to her. I gave her a few nice days, let her run in the grass, eat what she liked, although she only chose her meal worms and ground up kibble, but she seemed happy enough.

I decided to say goodbye to her before anything got worse and while she seemed fine (I say seemed because she was on pain killers). I gave her a kiss dropped her off. It was heart wrenching.

I’m just feeling terrible today.

She was such a sassy thing. Love you Tigs 💜

She must have pulled a corner up but I thought I tucked them in well enough 👀 i hope it’s not just a bunch of turds under there

Herbie meets Olive. Olive wants to snuggle but Herbie ain’t having it.

So, I had some left over yarn and was bored this weekend and wanted to make something so I made a little purse. Turns out it makes the best snuggle sack! Tucker loved it and settled right in. She stayed there the whole time while I started a second without a strap. She usually is off to explore. Now I need an excuse to make a bunch of them! 😂

A frog chills out in a water bowl. A hedgehog eats dinner and scares the frog, the frog jumps out of the water bowl and scares the hedgehog. The hedgehog scares the frog and the frog jumps on a lawnmower and scares the hedgehog again.

Dinner was served at 20:50hrs, there were no reservations for the restaurant last evening so we were expecting a quiet evening given the inclement weather. Tank, clearly had been giving us ⭐ ⭐️⭐️🌟🌟reviews on HOG ADVISOR. So staff, we’re delighted when Tank brought 5 chums for dinner. They dinned on finest mealworms, with a side of chicken & catfood, washed down with the finest clean water.

volume up!!

Hello, this is felix and he has been with me for about a month and a half. he originally came from the animal shelter. anyways we were having cuddle time the other night and he started making this honking (?) sound for a couple minutes as he sniffed around. We were just at the vet and they said everything seemed good but now i’m worrying that maybe he’s having respiratory issues.

he's about 3 months old, has a water and food plate, with time he will be spoiled more but yeah, he is just a ball and hides from me, hisses and atacks a little if i continue touching, wanna do everything right, how do i correctly make him love me and be happy

First time Poppy crawled up in my neck and took a nap out in the open like this 🥹 I feel blessed.
Sorry for the bad picture I was scared of waking her up but wanted to see for sure that she closed her eyes.

This diva hasn’t pooped or peed in 2 days and isn’t running on her wheel, which is worrying since she’s usually a big runner. It started after a 10 hour road trip where she got bad motion sickness and threw up even while being held. Usually she bounces back fast but this time it’s dragging on, she’s been lethargic and mostly just lying down.

Took her to the vet today and doc said nothing major or anything to be worried at, she’s still alert despite its her usual bed time, just extra grumpy. Vet prescribed deworming since her poop was a bit green, plus a multivitamin. Her weight also dropped a bit, from 310g to 280g, so thinking of upping her calories with stuff like freeze dried egg yolk or extra mealworms (normally she only gets mealworms on weekends). This is the first time bringing her in for being sick, earlier vet visits were just regular checkups.

The doc told me to try giving the meds straight into Miki’s mouth if possible so she actually takes it properly, just one drop a day for each medicine. But I was thinking of mixing it into her kibble instead since I’m scared she won’t eat if I put it directly in her mouth. Don’t want to stress her out more with that because Miki is really the introvert type of hedgehog, she loves just minding her own business
Would love to hear if anyone’s been through something similar or has any advice :) thank you!!

Baby hedgie eating some cat food, in my wild garden in denmark🥺

I have just ordered some hedgehog food too my little friends.

I have a mom and her 3 children living in my toolsheld❤

Giving them fresh water everyday, 3 spots around in the garden. Love these little sticky animals 👏🏻🥺🦔

I got a few good pictures of my silly little guy, but he hates my phone and typically doesn’t give me time to snap a pic before he turns away.

He also got a new snuggle sack that he is adjusting to his liking

My sister’s hedgehog has been acting a little strange for the past few days. We were waiting for a vet appointment slot to open up but she is now gasping for air. No exotic vet within several hours is open during weekends for emergencies. We plan on bringing her to the vet first thing tomorrow but first we have to get her through this night. We have a nebulizer that we are going to fill with water and just one drop of albuterol to try to help her breathe. Is there anything else we can do?

UPDATE: she made it through the night with constant oxygen and intermittent nebulizer treatments. X-rays show both lungs full of fluid. I’m cautiously optimistic, as there is treatment available it’s just a matter of how she responds to it

UPDATE 2: she’s responding well to the medication and the vet says there’s a decent chance we can bring her home tonight

FINAL UPDATE: she’s home and we’re giving her oral medications. She’s doing so much better now. We might even be able to take her off of oxygen by tomorrow.