Hegehog Weigh In Attracts a Facebook Hedgehog!!

The hedgehogs I found turned out to be way too small to survive the oncoming winter.

This one only weighed 240gs!!! So I'll definitely be looking after them until I can let them go in the spring.

When I posted these cute pictures on my facebook site I got a call from someone who had found an even smaller one so I'm now looking after this one too.

It's so small I've had trouble finding the right food for it until I hit upon Spikes Hedgehog Food at Pets at Home, which it loves.

Britain's most vulnerable species

After the exotica of Kenya, my attention was brought home to our own endangered species after I found two baby hedgehogs in the garden.

They look too small to be able to survive the oncoming winter and so for the moment I've brought them inside.
According to the animal rescue experts Tiddlywinkles they need to be over 600gs otherwise they won't make it through the winter.
I'm going to weigh them to make sure but they seem much too small. It means they are likely to be with me until next spring, I'll keep you posted on how they get on.