Tiger 🐯

If you're seeing hedgehogs around and wondering why they aren't hibernating, it's because they can't. Hibernation is a complex, dangerous process, and only full-sized healthy hedgehogs can attempt it. So these underweight sickly hogs are forced to struggle through winter, when there's no safe natural food. But you can help. Please DO NOT take them take them in! Keeping them in captivity just adds to their suffering. The stress of being imprisoned by you will kill them, no matter how much you feed and love them. Provide a dish of good nutritional food every evening before dark. This must be cat or dog food ONLY. Wet food is okay, but it'll freeze on subzero winter nights, so dry food is best. Dry kitten food is perfect. Please read the ingredients because it must have meat listed as the first ingredient. Hedgehogs can't process cereal. And always have a large shallow dish of water beside the food (a flowerpot saucer or a casserole dish lid is perfect). If you see cats stealing the food you can easily make a cat-proof feeder, to keep the food safe. My website has a whole page of ideas: hedgehogcabin.info/making-a-… Making them a house to sleep in between meals will protect them from the cold and save their precious energy, so they can digest the food as they nap. They may even choose to live in it. Please don't waste your money on these cheap small uninsulated houses. If you notice signs of them being ill - coming to the food much earlier than normal, or eating much less, or doing smelly or sloppy poo, or making any breathing sounds - please take them to a rescue (never a vet) for treament straight away. Google 'hedgehog rescue near me' to find a rescue with space. Your local rescue may be full, but keep trying others. No matter how far away it's only one journey, and you'll save a life. If you can manage it, a trail camera will allow you to watch back video of the night's action.uk.govicture.com/products/vi… It will also alert you to unhealthy breathing sounds that need investigating by a rescue. Thank you for being a guardian and provider to our precious and endangered hedgehogs.