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[Problem] Ticks [Advice] Be very careful using Frontline™ Flea spray from vets. Never spray it onto the hedgehog Even though the substance is safe for hedgehogs in very small doses, it is too easy to overdose and kill the hedgehog. The alcohol in the pump causes severe breathing problems when absorbed through the skin or breathed in and kills hedgehogs. We find the safest way to use it is: spray into a small medicine cup about ½ ml to 1 ml, depending on how many ticks to remove and then use a pipette or a cotton wool bud to drop or wipe a tiny drop directly onto each of the ticks avoiding the hedgehogs skin.This prevents the hog inhaling the alcohol from the spray and reduces the danger of causing problems or killing the hedgehog through overdose of Fipronil ( the substance inside Frontline) . We only use Frontline in “severe” cases when there are too many tiny cobblestone ticks to safely remove using tweezers or a tick remover. They need to be twisted out carefully in an anticlockwise direction. If you are not sure don’t try yourself, contact a vet, experienced carer or wildlife rescue centre for help and advice Do not try to pull off with tweezers, frequently the head of the tick is left behind and causes an infection [Description] 
White/grey beads with brown legs, head buried in skin sucking blood.Often found around the ears, Skirt and on the tail, but can be anywhere on the body. More than 10 or 12 ticks on a hedgehog will cause anaemia and will weaken a hedgehog severely. More than 30 ticks and the hedgehog has a poor chance of surviving See Pictures here of a hedgehog with over 100 ticks on it
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