[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The simple answer is no. Hedgehogs can suffer from fleas but the majority of hedgehogs that we see do not have fleas. Even if they do, the flea you will find on a hedgehog is hedgehog specific, i.e. it will only live on a hedgehog. Hedgehog spines are banded between dark brown and fawn, when you disturb a hedgehog it will raise its spines and it can appear that it is crawling with fleas between the spines, this is most often an optical illusion from the movement and banding of the spines.
Hedgehogs especially ones that are already ill can and often do suffer from tic infestations and we have removed over 250 tics from a single hedgehog.
Tue May 14, 2013 8:17 pm
