sorry its been so long HAPPY EASTER i am very excited and the hedgehog sanctuary is coming along quite nicely we have a mini bridge soon to be upgraded and 6 ferns that are thriving in this weather (in New Zealand) on of my friends is also making a suggestion box to go up next to the fence to stop people getting in but hedgehogs are able to get in and out for the big winter we have come to a decision that we will let the area do its best bye its self but along that period we are going to mow the lawn and create a small pond behind the bridge!

Sorry its been so long  buttons  survived the night at my friends but when i took him home we checked on him every 10 minutes or so that i forgot and checked on him after 30   minutes and he was dead it was very sad He will be remembered and he survived long than a old  hedgehog Bramble.

                                                                             RIP

Me   and my friends Have found a Baby Hedgehog Her Name is Buttons  And Is A Female Thankfully She Survived Yesterday at the moment today she is at my friends house apparently she is shivering so she is heating up a water bottle.Hopefully we can save it who knows everyday its a  suprise. We found her on the concrete During The Day Sniffing a blueberry all on its own we picked it up while it was awake in the sun and put it in a shaded area while we looked for its mother we searched for about 20-30 minutes and all we found was candy rapper    although a couple of days before this We Found Another dead Hedgehog under a bush and after that another alive hedgehog we called Bramble who sadly died from a unknown Sickness.More Info Coming About Button Friday Stay Tune!!
 

In the precursor to Groundhog Day, hedgehogs were the supposedly portentous critters.

But when German settler got to America and found no hedgehogs, they turned to the similar-enough groundhog for their winter-weather predictions.

The sea urchin is actually named after the hedgehog.

Before the more adorable name came into use, the spiky mammals were called "urchins" and thus inspired the name of the similarly spiky sea creatures

Hedgehogs are largely immune to snake venom.

This means that, although their typical diet consists of insects and berries, they can take down a viper in a fight and eat it, too.

Hedgehogs can hibernate, but not all do.

Which makes them one of the only three animals in Great Britain that hibernate.

Hedgehogs got their name from their preferred habitat—garden hedges—and the pig-like grunts they make.

Their taste for destructive insects makes them a historically welcome presence in English gardens.

Unlike porcupine quills, hedgehog spikes are not barbed, and they're not poisonous.

The inside of the quills are mostly hollow, with a series of complex air chambers that make them light but strong.

Hedgehogs rely on hearing and smell because they have very poor eyesight.

and even their limited sight is best in the dark as an adaption to their nocturnal lifestyle

There are 17 different species of hedgehog, none of which are native to America.

Australia also has no indigenous hedgehogs; the hedgies in New Zealand were introduced by humans.

Whatever You Do Don't Feed a Hedgehog MILK or BREAD !!!!!!!!

Each hedgehog has between 5000 and 7000 quills.

Muscles along the animal's back can raise and lower the quills to respond to threatening situations.

Hedgehogs are illegal in Maine, Arizona, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and New York City.

 

The hedgie as a pet has gained popularity in the past decade—but some cities and states still qualify them as wild animals, which are not allowed to be kept domestically.

  A group of hedgehogs is called an “array.”

 

But it doesn't come up much, since hedgehogs are solitary creatures who usually come together only to mate.

Hedgehog behavior and facts

• Hedgehogs are nocturnal, hunting at night for eggs, frogs, fruit, fungi, lizards, mice, snakes and insects. They eat carrion when available.
• They use their prehensile (adapted for seizing, grasping or holding) snouts to search for food, turning over leaves, sticks and other debris.
• They escape predators by running and hiding in rock crevices and under logs, or rolling into a ball and using their spines as a deterrent. Muscles under the spines cause each spine to stand erect, making the hedgehog an unpleasant bundle of pain for any persistent predator.
• They are friendly, solitary, and squeal and grunt when they are hungry, excited or afraid.
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Hedgehogs

Sadly Most Of The Hedgehogs  I have meet Are Dead Or Died So I Decided To Start Up A Website Called Save The Hedgehogs. I'm Only 10 Years Old So When I See This Kind Of Thing I Feel Horrible And I Want Hedgehog Awareness To Be Raised.This Blog Will Tell You How To Look After Hedgehogs,What To And Not To Feed Them And Much Much More.

Caring and feeding Your HedgeHog

The pet or domesticated hedgehog, commonly referred to as the African Pygmy Hedgehog is an exceptional animals that is easy to care for and friendly if properly socialized. Not a wild species, the pet hedgehog is a hybrid of  two African species (Atelerix algirus) and (A. albiventris). Hedgehogs are classified as insectivorous and in the wild spend most of their time searching for food. In captivity, they prove to be curious animals who spend an abundance of time exploring their environment.

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To Make You Fall in Love With Them Look At These Photos

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