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Nic

Hi Altair

Are you positive that the hog is a female, because it looks slightly similar to the neck rubbing which sometimes seems to extend into entire under body rubbing which hogs sometimes do – although it seems it’s normally more often that males do it.

The white spots look to me as if it’s got specks of food on its face, but that probably depends on what you are feeding, as to whether that is feasible or not. Alternatively particles of soil or similar. They don’t look like fleas to me – fleas would more likely be hidden between the spines/fur, but it’s quite normal for hogs to have some fleas.

The stripes are almost certainly marks which someone else has put on the hedgehog to identify it. Not something that I either approve of or think is necessary – hedgehogs can be identified by their natural markings with a bit of time and observation.

Hope that is some help.

Hedgehog