Did you find a Ježí chick in the garden or walk?How to behave and how to know that your help needs other articles »

Did you find a Ježí chick in the garden or walk?How to behave and how to know that your help needs other articles »

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We do not have to tell for a long time that hedgehogs are welcome in our gardens.But what to do if we find a chick that does not survive without our help, even if we build the best accommodation in the street?There is nothing left to do but take it under your wings and to accommodate it at home.Where to put it, what house to prepare him and what to feed him, we will advise you in the following text.

It is also important to make sure you really found a hedgehog orphan.Female hedgehog, mother of seemingly orphaned baby, can move around and look for himself and chicks food.It should usually return within three hours.However, if you find a chick that does not weigh more than 50 grams at first glance, it is cold and is not in the nest, it's up to you.

First, decide if you really want and are able to provide a baby of safe refuge throughout the winter sleep.If not, contact an animal rescue station in need to advise you on what to do next or where to transport the hedgehog cub.If you are not an experienced breeder, it is a safer option for a hedgehog.However, if you have decided to take the fate of the animal into your hands, read well how to do it correctly.

Check the hedgehog and get rid of it parasites

Before you accommodate the hedgehog at home, check it thoroughly, remove any ticks, fly eggs or larvae.Use the products intended to kill fleas, mites and other parasites.Be sure to consult a particular product that is suitable for hedgehog cub.Also be aware that the hedgehog also has a certain amount of internal parasites that are the most common cause of hedgehog death.Therefore, the hedgehog preventively give an aniparasitic that will recommend you to the veterinarian.

Where to accommodate the hedgehog

Definitely do not put it to the animals you already have at home, such as a hamster or guinea pig.Hedgehog is a loner and must be accommodated separately.The hedgehog will need a space of about 1-2 square meters and the paddock should have at least 50 centimeters in height so that the hedgehog does not get out.Equip the enclosure with a sleeping house, which is a hay, straw or newspaper.The paddock floor should be washable and you should clean it daily.The most suitable for a hedgehog will be a room that is dry, light and there is a ground around 20 ° C.The chicks need a shed that is heated to 30 to 35 ° C for their sleep.

How to feed it

The hedgehog is an insectivore, so we love it as residents in our gardens.You will not catch your flies at home, so you need to feed it with a diet containing enough meat.Hedgehogs, which do not yet have 100 grams, serve powdered milk for puppies according to the instructions, every four hours by syringe directly into the mouth.Then you need to massage their tummy to empty correctly.But never feed them with cow's milk.

Once they have gained at least 150 grams, you can start serving them for kittens and give them a cold fennel tea for drinking.Once they learn to take food separately, you can also offer them a decoction of oatmeal, rice or ground beef.Mix everything from the beginning.Over time you can add cooked chicken necks, poultry or beef, rice, cat or dog granules and canned food.A daily hedgehog weighing 150 grams should get 90 grams of food.The hedgehogs over 450 grams should eat 120 grams of food a day, especially in the evening.Also ensure access to drinking water.

Return to nature

After winter sleep, the hedgehog should be fed to the original weight before the wild, as before falling into the winter sleep, or even flour worms or beetles to get used to the fact that no one in nature no one in the naturemeat will not mix.

Maybe it will be difficult for you after the winter spent together, but during March to April it will be time to return the hedgehog back.Hedgehog is not a pet, not your property, it is a wild animal that belongs to the wild.Once the temperatures stop falling below 5 ° C, return the hedgehog preferably where you found it (if this place is suitable).And if the parting is hard for you, prepare him accommodation in your garden.We also wrote: Do not throw fallen leaves, because it has a versatile use.You will come in handy as a mulch.

Source: RSPCA.org.UK, Hedgehogstreet.org.

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