{"id":12710,"date":"2024-07-04T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2024-07-02T23:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T04:31:49","slug":"young-southern-african-hedgehogs-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/young-southern-african-hedgehogs-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Southern African Hedgehogs Rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12711\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-standing-jwvh-20240704-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Southern African Hedgehog standing on towel\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-standing-jwvh-20240704-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-standing-jwvh-20240704-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-standing-jwvh-20240704-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-standing-jwvh-20240704.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12715\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-eating-jwvh-240704-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Southern African hedgehog eating from a bowl\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-eating-jwvh-240704-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-eating-jwvh-240704-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-eating-jwvh-240704-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/hedgehog-eating-jwvh-240704.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about Southern African hedgehogs was submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johannesburgwildlifevet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital<\/a> in South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A collection of seven little Southern African hedgehoglets (<em>Atelerix frontalis<\/em>) have recently graduated to an outside enclosure after being carefully raised from young.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12721\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-hedgehogs-jwvh-240704-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"four Southern African hedgehogs standing on a towel shown from above\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-hedgehogs-jwvh-240704-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-hedgehogs-jwvh-240704-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-hedgehogs-jwvh-240704-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/four-hedgehogs-jwvh-240704.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>All admitted for different reasons, we are glad they could grow up together. Three hedgehoglets were found initially, and then a subsequent fourth hoglet two days later on a small holding, without their mum around. Another was found potentially dumped on the side of the road, with a mom cat and two kittens. A sixth hedgie was found alone on the side of the road, and another transferred from Fourways Vet Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the weaker ones were syringe-fed a special milk formula and then <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> until they were strong enough to eat on their own. While EmerAid Carnivore was a firm favorite, each slowly transitioned to a variety of insects (with additional nutritional supplements).<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, this now highly secretive and elusive bunch will be released into a hedgehog-friendly environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Southern African hedgehogs rescued around the same time and unable to go back to their mothers are raised together by the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife-conservation-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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