QUICK help dog has attacked a hedgehog

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I no this isn't AIBU but my dog has found a hedgehog in the garden got in his and he's covered in blood round his mouth cut the pieces and gums cut too, the hedgehog is tightly in a ball but has some kind of looking blood on the outside don't no if it's hurt but I don't want to move it from the garden and leave it what can I do to help it??

EveOnline2016 no they're your pets and you've introduced them into your local habitat, that's not nature. Cats and dogs are not natural to the wildlife. OP is doing the right thing by caring for the animal her pet has harmed.

That's awful.
You tried op! You did more than others would!
Hope you tell everyone how 'helpful' the rspca was.
Fed up of seeing them scrounging when they do nothing

At least he isn't in pain now though. He's at peace. How is the doggo?

I just feel awful that my dog caused it, i no it's just his instinct and he's not a vicious dog but still

The dogs okay his gums have a few good cuts and he's been very interested to get back in the garden but at the same time knows he's not allowed

You were kind enough to try to help so don't feel bad.

You didn't leave it to suffer and it is no longer scared or in pain. It isn't the best outcome but it could have been so much worse.

Now concentrate on your dog.

It happens OP, my late lamented terrier would always go for hedgehogs if they were in the garden. The first time I took it to the RSPCA hospital hoping they'd put it out of its misery but they just put it under a heat lamp ( there's no one there at night really). When he found the next one we were living in the back of beyond so I just put the hedgehog under a bush outside the garden to let nature take its course, it was gone in the morning. My difficulty was trying to work out how to humanely dispatch a hedgehog - you can hardly wring its neck, so it's tricky. Thankfully the current lurcher just bounces around them then runs away. You might want to spray your car with flea spray, hedgehogs are alive with them.

Sorry to hear the hedgehog didn't make it OP but just wanted to say how lovely it was of you to try. Not many people would have gone to that trouble. We have a dog that is obsessed with the poor hedgehog in our garden, although thankfully he's never got very far with it. Don't feel bad though - your dog didn't know what he was doing and you tried your best to help it

You tried. Poor hog

We rescued one in the middle of the day once and the RSPCA were no help then either. [anger]

Never Take it to an emergency vet. There will be no charge, I don't think. Poor little thing.

Oops, sorry....in my eagerness to advise, I missed that the poor little hog died. My friend and I found a hedgehog once whose eye had been pecked out (had maggots in it). We took the poor thing to an emergency vet and he was put out of his misery. I hope your little hedgie didn't suffer too much.

I was just thinking... Hoglets are born in June/ July... There might be orphaned baby hedgehogs in your garden. Could you leave some food at the borders (near undergrowth/ bushes etc) of your garden? Here's what baby hedgehogs can eat:
Suitable foods include dog or cat food (not fish-based), minced liver or mealworms. Never give cow's milk to hedgehogs as it can give them diarrhoea. If the hoglet eats the food then it is probably weaned and should be able to survive.

Poor little hog, but well done for trying.

My vile terrier killed a hedgehog in the garden. The other terrier, sadly no longer with us, celebrated its demise by rolling all over it. Spent the whole weekend picking hedgehog spines out of the latter dog's fur.

If I put food down for any possible babies won't that just attract them more so? I've done an infection around the garden and found where I think it got in, must be the only place because it really is a secure garden so going to go the the range today and get something to safely block if off to hopefully stop any repeat performances tonight

Hope pup is ok, too!

Hedgehogs are now considered an endangered species.

Ugh, dogs.

If you put food out it will help them.
Their numbers are dangerously loe
Put cat food out and water, never milk or bread as it makes them ill.
( though suprising they can eat cottage cheese) but best things are cat food ( or dog food as you have it) and keep a bowl of water out.

It's not the dogs fault,.

Right so I've blocked any possible entrance into my garden from any possible visitors tonight and I've been and put a tin dog food down that the RSPCA said to give injured hedgehog lay night in 4 different places in case there are any babies or family members near by and the dog won't be going in the garden once it gets dark

Thank you everyone for all the advice

That's lovely op.
Put some water out too.
I hope you're feeling better
I love hedgehogs, but this was not your fault, nor your dogs x