As Hedgehogs Also Head For Extinction Some Feeding Advice

 

Milk can also make foxes ill -again lactose intolerance. 

I would add that "experts think", as quoted by so many with no real knowledge of wildlife, can be defined as "X = The Unknown and "Spurt" is a drip under pressure".

No one has really studied hogs in the wild and to explain how little they know about hedgehogs each year children's TV (especially Blue Peter), newspaper and magazine items and the RSPCA advised people to put out bread and milk for hedghehogs "love it".

No joking. In Care For The Wild (1982) written by John Hughes who served as a warden for the RSPCA Wildlife Field Unit and W. J. Jordan "with his long experience as a veterinary surgeon, formerly as Chief Wildlife Officer of the RSPCA" must have been responsible for a LOT of hog deaths through ignorance:. On page 93 and looking at nourishment for hedgehogs particularly when they wake up from hibernation they write:

"Tinned dog or cat meat and a dish of water will be quite acceptable and quite sufficient, although a dish of bread and milk will be appreciated."

As any wildlife rescue or naturalist will tell you:

Bread:

Bread is low in energy and provides little nutritional value for hedgehogs. It's not a natural part of their diet, and they don't absorb much nutrition from it.

Milk:Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant, meaning they cannot digest the lactose in milk. This can lead to diarrhea and other digestive problems.

MILK KILLS HEDGEHOGS