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Home Forums Carers / rescuing a hedgehog Autumn juvenile advice Reply To: Autumn juvenile advice

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Hi Jillian

You’ll get lots of conflicting advice on this question. I’m assuming that your hogs have seen a carer and been checked over.
I am an experience rehabillitator and as soon as the hog no longer needs treatment or close monitoring I would move it outside to a garage or shed if you have it. ( I also keep outside in hutches ) Some will say it’s too cold but I rarely find they properly hibernate in captivity and if it does try you could always either let it at that weight or bring it back in to warm up. If your garage or shed don’t have windows then you will need to use a light to substitute daytime.
I would do the same for the smaller hog.
I do not find that hogs like being in our houses, they are after all wild animals used to living in the wild, and to be frank I don’t think you’ll enjoy the smell after a while!

Good luck

Hedgehog