An excellent reference book on hedgehogs, copiously
illustrated is

	Les Stocker: The Complete Hedgehog
	Chatto & Windus, London, 1987
	ISBN 0-7011-3272-8

Highly recommended.

Yours
Robert Firth

Wonderfull - "Though don't put the bloody thing back in the cage with my  
prize long-haird geuinie-pigs, again - Ewatchku!!"

- is a phrase my dear (..alternative..;) Polish ex-wife once heard from me  
- after she had come hope - like so many times - still semi-vertical but  
_heavily_ intoxicated - and this time the company was more of a threat to  
my pet than me or her at the breakfast table!  ;)

ron bartle auch snuffy@berlin.snafu.de fax:+49.30.6884296/tel..6884295

The sad story of Spike

>From: powisd@aol.com (PowisD)
>Subject: Sick Hedgehog Need Help!!
>Date: 7 Apr 1995 18:30:58 -0400

>Desperate.  I have a sick hedgehog.  Hedgehogs are not native to North
>America and therefore veterinarians do not have much information on them as
>pets.  I am looking for either a phone number for a pet hospital that deals
>with hedgehogs or an email address for someone that knows about them.  Any
>info would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. 

>David.
>email  POWISD@AOL.COM

From: PowisD@aol.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 15:40:07 -0400
To: khyri@primenet.com
Subject: Re: Sick Hedgehog Need Help!!

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, "Spike" died last night from
complications. For future reference, the symtoms he had was not eating and
lost of use of his back legs. This lasted about three days. X-rays showed that
 there were no breaks either in his back or legs.

Thanks again.

David.