Mein Igel

It is time to introduce you to the newest member of our family, Luka. The 14-day-old was found on Sunday under a car, and we decided to keep him through the winter because he's too small to hibernate, and we're the only family with animals which won't bother him (our cats had a run-in with his type a while back). Luka is the sweetest little hedgehog you have ever seen. He'll even let you pet his bristles if you're careful.

Most of the time Luka likes to sleep. He loves warm, dark places, so the ideal spot is inside my sweater.

Luka eats snails, egg, and cat food, and drinks milk. He has been steadily losing 5 grams a day since Sunday, which is obviously not good. We hope it is only because he is still adjusting to his new home, a large cardboard box with newspaper and straw.

Hopefully soon we will manage to get Luka to a vet near enough to us who will look at baby hedgehogs. In the meantime, we will keep on catching snails, a mighty task, seeing as they're so fast. Pictures of Luka will get up here too, eventually.