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This is my little fella, Eddie, age about 8 weeks, having rescued him from almost certain death in my garden where he was being mobbed by Magpies. I dont know if the photo is going to work and if i have got this wrong I apologise. :o

Oh my goodness that is HUGE and I do apologise, havent done this before and clearly got it wrong. If anyone knows how to reduce it please do and thanks! Eddie is a wild animal so obviously not a pet, and he will go back to life in the wild in the Spring but had he not been brought in, he would have been killed by birds but, even had he escaped them he would have hibernated and died because he was a juvenile.

He is a lovely little lad who gets on ok with my two cats, who merely tolerate him. He is greatly loved!

what kind of product do you use on his hair to get it to look so good, that's what I want to know.

Carrot is so yummy! :P
I did not know hedgehogs had blue eyes!

Yes I put a t shirt on RosaLuna, she was cold! ;)
This is her caption below because I speak for my pets and use emoties for them too!

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"I can't do anything now! I just had my nails done!!" :eyebrow:

I can't delete the original for you, but below is a cropped pic (ask the mods)

I am so jeal.
Just having a hodgepig in the garden excites me beyond belief.
When I lived in a sodden rental beside a canal we used to get them in the house (lax security on our part and slugs in the kitchen - retch.)

To have rescued one and be able to see it every day is just gorgeous.

Oh Sundae thank you, I just couldnt get to grips with it..

I also have them in my garden and feed them regularly so they don't need to eat the slugs, only because the slugs carry the dreaded lungworm which is death to hedgehogs. Once Eddie gets his freedom in the Spring I will also continue to put food out for him for the same reason, but also because he was so young when I brought him indoors I dont think he would survive now if he had to forage for himself. He is quite a character, and an athlete, his little legs are a blur when he runs around the house. :)

I'm not sure about his 'blue eyes' in the photo but suspect it is a similar reaction to being photographed as in 'red eye'. In reality his eyes appear dark but colourless and he's almost sightless, relying almost totally on very good hearing and scent.

You'll know that here in England (not sure about UK) his is a Protected Species and as such, and because he is a wild animal he can't be kept as a pet, so he does have to return to the big bad world out there. He is currently about half his ideal weight which is about a Kilo so once he reaches that I'll let him hibernate, until the spring. Isnt he gorgeous.:biggrin:

What a pose in that first one! :)

Har! Della, you cutie you!

Beautiful pics Moar :) She looks supremely cosy.

Bet Carrot and Della would love to play together. I can just imagine them chasing each other about.

RIP old friend.

Details if you want them: Pete found his body on the opposite side of the hedgerow a short walk from the house. He had a bad stomach wound that was consistent with most likely a barbed wire cut and less likely a boar attack or shooting since the split seemed to run front to back without further injury. I buried him along our mtb bike trail and put a large rock with a couple smaller ones on the grave. Best dog ever. Here is his haircut photo last summer.

I am so glad you found him! RIP dear Merlin! You loved him and took care of him always ...