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This one has just come in so I thought I would show everyone what a tiny hedgehog looks like

he weighs 90 grams and is not much bigger than a medium egg

There are 4 pictures so you can compare him  to an egg and get an idea of what a tiny hedgehog looks like in size

Anything this size seen out on its own needs to be picked up immediately & kept warm & an experienced carer or rescue centre or Vet contacted IMMEDIATELY if he is to stand any chance of survival

Any hedgehog seen out in daylight needs help URGENTLY

The people who found him knew he was young but thought he might be just under 1 year old and he was sitting out in the pouring rain, huddled in a corner trying to get shelter. They were going to put out dog or cat food and hope he would survive on his own. They now know he would have died and probably by tonight if he hadn't have been picked up

I have had him for about 3 hours now and have managed to warm him up using a heat pad and he has just come round enough to give a few 1 ml syringe  of esbilac milk to start him off

He will need feeding every couple of hours for today and hopefully the cold & wet won't have done any serious damage

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If anyone can save him,Derek,you can.I have been quite concerned for the young wildlife and birds this appalling wet weather.I have found several very young,dead baby birds blown out of their nest,it is so sad.How old do you think he is Derek? Should he still have been feeding from his mother,or it the time they get their hardened spines the time they go off on their own?

After the upset of the ones you found after the strimmer did the appalling damage,I do so pray this little one makes it.

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I would think he is about 3 1/2 weeks old to 4 weeks as he has teeth but still has the very wobbly gait of a baby that isn't used to walking yet

He will lap at milk & puppy food but prefers to be fed so he must have still been feeding from mum and either followed her out & got lost or got left behind when mum moved them as they do tend to at about this age

I hope he stands a good chance and he seems quite happy
I have called him Napoleon from  Bonaparte as he is quite thin & bony

he should be about 50 grams heavier than he is  so he is only 2/3rds of his proper weight

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He's lovely Derek, I ve never seen baby hedghogs, I always keep a look out for hogs when I driving, but I never see any, I m still putting water in the centre of town where my boyfriend saw one walking, it was near the old Tesco which is closed now, so I m wondering if they had been feeding on waste food left by the store and people.
Anyway the water goes down in the bowl and has soil in it, a sure sign of little snouts lol, I also leave chopped peanuts, and they are gone too, and last time there were peanuts in the water.
The place is in the centre of town, there are big roads all around, so hogs must be living in this enclosed space, it also has a large churchyard, but with more buildings going up, I don t think there will be enough food for them. 
Keep posting the pics of baby hoggy, good idea to have a pic with an egg, just shows how small he is, hope he makes it. Pauline.

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Aw - that is about the cutest thing I have ever seen

He's lucky to have found you Derek - he's got the best chance of making it now. Hope he responds to your help.

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What a gorgeous little hoglet, it's a good idea to photograph him next to an egg (I did a similar thing once with one of my cats to remember how tiny he was  ).

I really hope he survives Derek, you've have a rough time lately with all the strimmer deaths.  He's in the right place. 

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here are a few more

the first 2  curled up in bed with his substitute "mum" to keep him cosy
the next 2 show him exploring, but show how thin his back legs are and they should be at least double that thickness, especially in the thighs  in a healthy well fed baby

It is so easy to think they are fine when you see a fluffed up set of spines, but that is all it is usually, a bundle of bones and a puffed up coat of spines hiding everything