Sunday 18th: In the warm afternoon Sun, we took the Hoglets out into the garden to start a process of enabling them to feel the fresh air and ground. Hedgehogs rely almost entirely on their sense of smell, so introducing them to the great 'wilderness' and the feel of grass, soil etc will start to attune their senses for the task of survival. Of course we stayed very close to them, never taking our eyes off their continual walking.
Yes the Hogs have now got to the stage and have been for a week, where they have lifted their bodies off the ground and are now walking! In fact given the chance they'd walk until tired! This is good exercise as it strengthens the legs. All are putting on weight more rapidly and they are bulking-up at a reasonable rate - still below targeted weight but they seem to be progressing well at their own rates. The male though still the smallest is piling-on the grammes! The two females are much larger, being a third heavier than the male. Today was a day of 'Firsts': the eyes of the two females are now peeping, that is to say, though the eyelids are still slits, the tiny eyes can be seen. The other First is that the two females are now 'anointing' themselves.
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