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After a gestation period of 35 days, an average of four or five blind and deaf baby hedgehogs (hoglets) are born weighing 15-20grammes. The mother suckles her offspring for six weeks, the males have nothing to do with rearing the young. When they are three to four weeks old, the youngsters leave the nest for
Only in very mild regions, like the Cologne basin,