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You are so lovely. Thank you so much for highlighting the plight of our favourite mammal.❤️ The attached article is mostly good. However I would like to stress that hedgehogs aren't "mostly" nocturnal, they ARE nocturnal, always, all the time!! And ANY hedgehog out in the open in the day is seriously ill and needs to be taken *to a rescue*, never a vet, urgently, not 'cared for'. I take phone calls every single day from people who have seen a hedgehog out in the day (mostly babies this time of year) and have taken them in and 'cared for' them, and are ringing me 2 or 3 days later asking why they aren't moving any more, or are crying. A lady who called this morning saw a baby hedgehog out in the day yesterday, covered in flies. She said she picked the fly eggs off and kept this baby in a box but is worried today that he seems sluggish. That's because he was deathly ill and in terrible pain when she found him. The flies knew he was close to death so they laid their eggs on him, so that when the maggots hatched they'd have a nice fresh meal. And, as I explained to this lady, that's exactly what they would be doing now - the eggs she didn't see, in his ears, nose, mouth and genitals - would be eating him alive now, from the inside. He would be in agony. It really is critical that there is no ambiguity about this: If you see a hedgehog out in the open in the day, grab her, then ring a good rescue who will ask all the right questions and triage the situation, and give you advice. As an example: Below are two images of the same baby hedgehog. The photo is as she was admitted, looking cute and fine, with all the visible fly eggs picked off. The video is the same baby after I'd applied a substance that irritates maggots and makes them come out from inside their victim's body. The substance is very toxic as must be very carefully and sparingly applied by a knowledgeable and experience rescue. This little girl was treated successfully and is now thriving, growing so well she may even be able to be released back to the wild to hibernate this year.