Hartford Hedgehog Rescue, based in Alconbury, helps ill and injured hedgehogs across the county, with the aim of returning them to the wild. Martin Cooper with one of the hedgehog patients. (Image: MARTIN COOPER)I was surprised to learn that main reasons for they stay of the 13 patients was lungworm and fluke – diseases both caused by hedgehogs eating slugs – which are not good for them. So why do hedgehogs eat slugs when they make them so poorly? Simply because there isn’t enough food that is good for them out there.

Source: The Times September 30, 2023 08:17 UTC