A guide to identifying wildlife poo shared from BBC Wildlife Magazine.
How to identify wild hedgehog poo
Please read my detailed guide about how to identify hedgehog poo. Here is an image of a hedgehog poo to help you.
Hedgehogs often poo inside or nearby feeding stations in my experience….
Hedgehog poo can also tell us a lot about the health of a wild hedgehog. Green poo is a sign of gut irritation which can be caused by one or more things including a heavy burden of internal parasites, a bacterial or protozoan infection. It is important to clear up any green poo in and around hedgehog feeding stations to prevent anything spreading.
Learning how to help hedgehogs
If you’d like to find out more about how to help wild hedgehogs, I run online hedgehog courses aimed at all levels of experience. I cover what do do about green poo in my basic first aid for wild hedgehogs course.
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