Pls help. Sick hedgehog

[LittlePrickle89]

Hi there.
We have a medium size healthy hog living in a big house in our garden.
It moved in a few months back and has been super healthy happy and active.
It eats all our semi moist spike food nightly and drinks clean water.
It has clean hay and has made a clean nest.
Lots of healthy poops.
No known issues.

Until today when it came out in the daytime.
Drank all its water and went back in…Very slow. No fear of us.

But its healthy looking with no sign of ticks or quill loss.
BUT it did a slimey green poop.

So as you can imagine we’re very worried as We ve never seen a hedgehog by day.

Our local rescue is currently booked up and difficult to get to.

We changed all water.
And out fresh hay down.
What else can we do if anything?

Thanks

[stef]

Hi
There are several reasons that it could have come out in the day. The weather currently is not friendly for hogs as they find it difficult to find food when the ground is so hard which puts stress on them. Hogs naturally carry internal parasites from the food they eat. Under stress these parasites can become unbalanced and make the hog sick.
The second reason could be that it’s a nursing mum, they would often come out during the day.
Have you asked your local rescue for advice? They may be willing to at least look at the hog – it would be easy to determine if it’s nursing. If not your local vet should be able to assist – check if they have a wildlife nurse/vet
Finally hogs have a fast gut transition time and often produce a green poo so not always a major panic, but in your case I really would seek help. If it is sick you won’t be able to help it, it needs proper help.
Always remember that if a wild animal appears ill it’s usually really ill as they hide it well

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