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How to recognize a healthy hedgehog 

 

out in the early evening to morning  (only an adult mother hedgehog might be out in the day if it is finding extra food, or gathering extra bedding then it will look like it is on a mission and immediately disappear back to a safe place undercover)

walking or running or foraging

spines prickly and upright

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Approximate size of a hedgehog

 

(Natural Hedgehog)

baby  - approx size of an adult's thumb  8 gms    to  50 gms    0 hours to  3 weeks

hoglet  (youngster) about the size of a tangerine 100 gm  to 400gm   4 weeks  to 10   weeks

adult - bigger than a grapefruit        above 600 gms              12 weeks and over

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