Feeding Babies

For advice about Hand Rearing babies see here

This baby hedgehog needed feeding by hand every 2 hours day and night for the first 2 weeks of his life. Then every 4 hours for the next 2 weeks until he could lap on his own. He was one of a litter of 5, who all needed hand feeding. They are fed on a milk substitute called Esbilac, which is the closest thing to natural hedgehog milk. Esbilac is very expensive to buy, because it has to be imported from the United States and costs over £25 for each container of powdered milk. It takes 2 or 3 containers to rear a litter of 5 baby hedgehogs from 2/3 days old until they are weaned at about 5 or 6 weeks old and able to take solid foods. Please help us to rear more baby hedgehogs by donating to buy this essential milk.