[Selkie]

boris just turned up one day and started living in our shed and soft touch that i am he's been there ever since -- he has two cat beds and a chair to sleep on!

we did try him inside the house but he's very much an outdoor cat (even though he's neutered now he still sprays and fights any of the wandering tomcats that pass through);

he's so podgy he reminds me of jabba the hut (from starwars/startrek - i always mix them up) but every night he comes walking when i take the dog out.

we also have toby in the shed too - another outdoor cat; and then we have my baby pearl who's an indoor puss and likes her home comforts.

[muntjac]

they do carry loads of fleas happy so be careful with ya cats ..... n please anybody do not tell me they are different fleas ,,i know but they will get on cats n bite etc and then die off if you have the flea stuff .and or leave voluntarily :roll: and they bite humans ,,,,,, both the flea and the hedgehog,they steal eggs and kill chicks and even adult birds sleeping

[babe]

the best info on hogs is here

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

oh dear rosemary hit the nail on the head, he needs to weigh 600grams or he wont survive.

ive just weighed him - 255 grams. poor wee thing, thankfully tiggywinkles has all the advice to see him through the winter.

[muntjac]

the best info on hogs is here

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

oh dear rosemary hit the nail on the head, he needs to weigh 600grams or he wont survive.

ive just weighed him - 255 grams. poor wee thing, thankfully tiggywinkles has all the advice to see him through the winter.

 

[Selkie]

oooh looks like you've got another member in your little zoo happy v!!

[Aunt Sally]

your hedgehog looks pretty small and mightn't be able to survive the winter (there is some minimum weight they need to have to have the reserves to last through the leaner months but i can't remember)

The need to weigh about 600 grams to survie the winter Rosemary.

[babe]

ive spoken to a lady at tiggy winkles who put me onto a lovely lady 3 miles from me, who takes in underweight hoggys for the winter.

she has 5 already.

she said wee hugglets is very small for the winter and that she will happily take him in.

so looks like wee hugglets found a new home with a wonderful lady who knows all about hedgehogs so he will be moving tomorrow.

so happy to know he will have the best care, thanks for all your help here. we saved a hedgehog yeah    

[Selkie]

will you get him back in the spring?!

ooh i want to adopt baby hedgehogs (peter would love that) his mantra is ''we have enough animals'' :cry:

[babe]

im not sure, i think he gets to go back to the wild.  i will ask when i see her tomorrow.

im just pleased to know that as he is so small he is going to get the best chance of survival and without this forum i would never have known he was so tiny - thanks for that.

im going to adopt a hedgehog from tiggywinkles to say thanks.

[muntjac]

just dont call it munty ,, it makes me feel guilty as i ate one many years ago lmao  

[Selkie]

just dont call it munty ,, it makes me feel guilty as i ate one many years ago lmao  

and used the spines as toothpicks :?:

[muntjac]

just dont call it munty ,, it makes me feel guilty as i ate one many years ago lmao  

and used the spines as toothpicks :?:

 no they was stuck in the clay  

[babe]

just dont call it munty ,, it makes me feel guilty as i ate one many years ago lmao  

eww why would you eat a hedgehog, you must have been very hungry - or very ennebr inebri -( oh B*gger cant spell it) drunk

[muntjac]

no its was being cooked by soem folks who used to work on the farm, travellers ....great folks  

[babe]

did it taste good? i know i shouldnt ask, but now youve said it, i want to  know - i must be a cat because curiosity is gonna kill me one day  :cry:

either that or im just flippedy nosey