Hungry little hoglets

The baby hedgehogs are still having their bottle feed every two hours and they are much easier to handle now.   Three of them, Biggie, Huffie and Woody, have their eyes open.  The two little ones are obviously much younger and their eyes are still tight shut.

It doesn’t stop them moving around though, this is Pearl who is very quick and darts all over when I put her down for a moment.    I feed them one by one and at first I had to separate them into a different box so that I didn’t miss anybody or feed someone twice!

Now I know them all so well and can distinguish them easily.   They know me too – I am their surrogate mother and they associate me with milk and feed times.  No curling into a ball now – they want their milk straight away.

This is Pearl feeling content and sleepy after she’s had her bottle.   She’ll go back with her brothers and sister