Chances Of Survival?

[EDDIE B 3,120]

Mother in law found these two little lads in her garden three days ago. No sign of the mother, and they are just curled up at the edge of her hedge. She is leaving water and food out for them, and they are eating it. Surely young hedgehogs would be well grown by now? These things are smaller than a tennis ball. 

 Have they any chance of survival? 

Edited September 22, 2021 by EDDIE B

[kanny 19,331]

She could try ringing a local hog rescue place for advice, maybe they'll take them in ? 

[EDDIE B 3,120]

22 minutes ago, kanny said:

She could try ringing a local hog rescue place for advice, maybe they'll take them in ? 

Yea ill try get her to ring someone. Don't know if there is such a crowd like that around here, but surely there's some sort of rescue place in the area

[Lenmcharristar 9,172]

Get a big plastic plant pot cut an entrance out of it and place it over the top of them

[mushroom 12,352]

Bollocks, pick them up ! Give them a load of worms, maggots etc, put a bit of spot on, on them and leave outside for an hour, then bring them in. Fatten them up and put them in a box with straw, in a quiet warm part of your house. Release them next spring into the garden

Edited September 22, 2021 by mushroom

[EDDIE B 3,120]

23 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

Get a big plastic plant pot cut an entrance out of it and place it over the top of them

Already tried that lad. Little shits were back where they were after about five minutes. 

[EDDIE B 3,120]

4 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Bollocks, pick them up ! Give them a load of worms, maggots etc, put a bit of spot on, on them leave outside for an hour, then bring them in. Fatten them up and put them in a box with straw, in a quiet warm part of your house. Release them next spring into the garden

If only I had the time lad. If I thought the kids (teenagers) would look after them, I'd take them in. Thing is, like everything else they've brought in, no doubt the poor b*****ds would end up swimming in their own piss and shit.

[DIDO.1 20,814]

20 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Bollocks, pick them up ! Give them a load of worms, maggots etc, put a bit of spot on, on them and leave outside for an hour, then bring them in. Fatten them up and put them in a box with straw, in a quiet warm part of your house. Release them next spring into the garden

At the end of that I thought you were going to say 'wrap them in clay and cook them in the embers of a fire' 

[mushroom 12,352]

5 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

At the end of that I thought you were going to say 'wrap them in clay and cook them in the embers of a fire' 

Nah mate. We have to look after what we have

[mushroom 12,352]

As a kid, we did it all the time.. give them a chance.. Brock is the problem.

 

[Greyman 25,165]

9 hours ago, EDDIE B said:

If only I had the time lad. If I thought the kids (teenagers) would look after them, I'd take them in. Thing is, like everything else they've brought in, no doubt the poor b*****ds would end up swimming in their own piss and shit.

If you can weigh them they need to be over 300 grams I believe to survive hibernation mate, or give them to a local hog rescue place, I have kept them awake and feeding through the winter before but as carnivores they make quite a smelly house guest

[EDDIE B 3,120]

Only thing local is a dog rescue/re homing place. If I was on that Facebook, I'd probably get a volunteer to take them on

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

25 minutes ago, Greyman said:

 as carnivores they make quite a smelly house guest

Amen to That!!! I kept one in a bath, one time ~ don't ask. Fed it snails. Good god! Needed a fukking gas mask to go in there!

Shame, actually. I have exactly the right facilities for them, right here. No baths, thank christ! Big, escape proof cage though. In a powered out building. Wouldn't be feeding them fukking snails either!

[South hams hunter 8,820]

2 hours ago, Greyman said:

If you can weigh them they need to be over 300 grams I believe to survive hibernation mate, or give them to a local hog rescue place, I have kept them awake and feeding through the winter before but as carnivores they make quite a smelly house guest

My MIL did it year before last, had 4/5 of them and they stunk worse than ferrets. 

300 they'll scrape through and 350 is comfortable apparently 

[EDDIE B 3,120]

This is how small they are. I'm getting Mrs to ask on Facebook for someone to take them in