Hedgehog Poo

[Rob 2]

Just adopted a hedgehog from a rescue society. I have a large enclosed garden but have been advised to supplement feed with cat food, which I have been doing. I am not sure what hedgehog poo looks like but I have seen some which looks like mouse or possible even rat droppings round the feed bowl. Can anyone advise please? I would like to feed the hedgehog but do not want to encourage rats.

[Fitzer]

Hedgehog poo looks like shiny black slugs, about an inch to two inches long. You're very unlikely to be able to feed a hedgehog without feeding rats as rats are everywhere, thought to nest under every back garden deck in the country.

[heathfield]

Agree with Fitzer over what the poo looks like, but when it's dried up, it can look like a small shrivelled and blackened dead worm. Can't think of any other garden animal's poo that resembles it.

[Curry King]

I never knew one could adopt hedehogs. I had one once in my garden and it left home when I accidentally watered it with the watering can.