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Home Forums Carers / rescuing a hedgehog White patches Reply To: White patches

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I can’t see your picture properly but it’s likely that either someone has painted him or it’s ringworm or mites. I would suggest contacting your nearest carer and talking to them about it/taking it to them to look at.
Both are treatable
BTW it sounds as if it’s not deaf if it easily differentiates strangers – they often give the impression of being both blind and deaf when approached by people
Keep up the feeding – don’t worry if it’s fish flavoured it doesn’t matter

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