Here comes the rain   Falling on my head like a memory Falling on my head like a new emotion I want to walk in the open wind I want to...

Taken at night in my garden - Fuji FinePix 2800Zoom Sethlong (Tswana for Hedgehog) has become a regular visit to my garden. Since her ...

. If you suspect that a Hedgehog has made a nest somewhere in your garden, leave it alone! In the summer it may be a mother and babies; i...

Hedgie Hedgie, the African Hedgehog, came into my life in July 2000, at a time when I felt I couldn’t handle any more responsibiliti...

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Caring for baby or under-weight Hedgehogs    Initially the food should be offered in a dropper or a plastic syringe. Each young hedgeh...

Just before Winter in March 2008, Golden Girl and Sethlong had 6 babies, first pink and wrinkly with soft little spines, but soon perfect li...

HOW DO HEDGEHOGS FEED THEIR YOUNG?  From birth, the mother feeds her babies with milk. She has four pairs of nipples, which seems mor...

THE GAMEKEEPER'S REVENGE :: The hedgehog is welcomed by the gardener, but not by the gamekeeper; it is viewed as vermin, accused of eati...

WHY ARE HEDGEHOGS NOCTURNAL? The hedgehog is well protected from predators by its spiny coat, so there seems to be no reason why it should b...

RUNNING IN CIRCLES :: Hedgehogs were first observed to run in circles in the 1960's and the phenomenon has been reported since. Ther...

. SAFETY FIRST Dead hedgehogs lying in the road cause much concern among hedgehog-lovers - and much controversy too. Either it means that he...

TWO'S COMPANY Some of the hedgehog colonies in the Scottish islands might have started simply because people like hedgehogs. Apparently,...

HOME FROM HOME Hedgehogs like to live where their food - largely insects and soil animals - is abundant, and where there are plenty of broad...

THE HEDGEHOG'S NEST Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs lack the insulation of a warm fur coat. And keeping the body warm requires a lot of e...

SELF-ANOINTING Self-anointing seems to be triggered by smell or taste. The hedgehog twists and turns, stretching out its tongue to lick foam...

A NEW WORLD Long sea journeys have taken the hedgehog right to the other side of the world, to New Zealand. From the 1870's onwards, col...

"Hedgie, the Hedgehog" - watercolour in Moleskine large sketchbook - Maree Hedgie the African Hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis)...