JeanetteM
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so I threw a ball for my dog, and she brought me back a hedgehog 
so does anyone know anything about hedgehogs, its only a tiny little thing, tennis ball size, I know nothing apart from the fact if its out in the daytime its generally in trouble, I've shoved it in an old rabbit hutch with some water and cat food and atm my plans are to let it go when it starts to get a bit darker, but is that the right thing to be doing? can anyone advise plz
so does anyone know anything about hedgehogs, its only a tiny little thing, tennis ball size, I know nothing apart from the fact if its out in the daytime its generally in trouble, I've shoved it in an old rabbit hutch with some water and cat food and atm my plans are to let it go when it starts to get a bit darker, but is that the right thing to be doing? can anyone advise plz
Well done for keeping him - if he's underweight then there is no way he will survive the winter, he's probably a late litter and hasn't had the time to pack on the pounds! I wouldn't worry about the fleas they are specific to hedgehogs and only live on them - some frontline will do the trick. We've had small ones we've found over the years winter with us, we had one one year called Dennis who lived in a tea chest in the kitchen and would growl and bash the box to bits when he wanted more food, he used to spread out like a pancake infront of the TV and chase the cats off their grub!! We successfully let him go in my grandparents garden and he lived happily there for many years, all the rest have been happily let go in the spring, I even used one for a few weeks in the veg patch before letting him on his way to get rid of alsorts of crawlies - he did a good job too!!