Hedge - Alert is back up and running

Last night we set up the computer in the bathroom and made sure the camera was working. We put out some peanut butter and to out surprise, we saw Hedgy!! He still has his 1 dot on his back. CUTE!! He is quite big. We were having a sleepover at the time with two of our friends, so they got to see him too. Boy, those hedgehogs must be hungry! They eat all the peanut butter that I put on the plate!!

Us petting Hedgy with our friends.

Hedgehogs are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going to put back the hedgehog house because the hedgehogs are finished hibernating. (We think)

I am going to tell you a bit more about baby hedgehogs which we hope we will get this summer. Firstly, Baby hedgehogs are born approximately 4.5 weeks after becoming pregnant.The births are mostly in June and July.

At birth, Its eyes are closed. Within hours the spines begin to appear through the skin.

At two weeks the baby's eyes open and fur begins to grow, obscuring the flesh of its underbelly, which starts to darken from its original pink.

When baby hedgehogs (hoglets) are about 4 weeks old they start to venture out of the nest with their mothers

At the age of five to six weeks, the babies begin to fend for themselves. By this time they are about ten times their birth weight and will continue feeding until winter.


Baby hedgehogs grow very quickly for the first month of their life. When they leave their nest, their growth slows as they have to feed themselves. Unlike most animals, the hedgehog does not stop growing once it reaches maturity, but will very slowly continue to get bigger throughout its life.


So now you know a bit more about hedgehog babies.