I would love to be able to identify the different hedgehogs that visit my garden. I try to do it based on size or facial colour but it’s not easy. I don’t resort to painting them though and as for Mr X that paint job is way OTT.
I have taken hedgehogs from rescue to rehabilitate in the wild and a small colour mark is useful to monitor that hedgehog as it adapt’s back to the wild. It also has the benefit that if that same hedgehog happens to get in trouble again the rescue can identify it and know its medication history.
I personally don’t think a small mark is detrimental to the hedgehog but as always once you say something is ok someone will go OTT
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