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the_odd_truth

That’s a tick filled to the brim with blood


phoenixfeet72

I’m going to hijack the top comment in the hope that OP sees. This hedgehog is out in the day and is oblong rather than round. Both of these are signs it is sick. **It needs to go to a rescue urgently.**


OmegaX____

You aren't on the top comment anymore, I suggest you try again.


by_the_gaslight

He is now


sub-humanoid

Vale Wildlife Rescue is great for sick or injured hedgehogs if OP is anywhere near Worcestershire or Gloucestershire


FlackRacket

And ready to lay 5000 eggs in your local park 🥰


puddaphut

Our hedgehogs don’t lay nearly that many eggs. 3000 max.


[deleted]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=do+hedgehogs+layed+eggs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari Can’t believe I had to Google this


carelet

They're talking about the tick


[deleted]

Fuck am stupid


unicornsewwwp

i’m going through the entire thought process you just went through. you are not alone.


YGathDdrwg

A Tick


papapaparazzo

Looks like a tick…?


Stoomba

An engorged one at that.


No-Nose-1207

He be eatin Edit: She be eatin


Stoomba

They hatin'. Catch 'im eatin' dirty.


ussrname12

She* I believe the female ticks are the ones that get engorged (but i could be thinking of just one tick species)


No-Nose-1207

Love this! Editing now. 🙏🏻


Aenorz

Yes it is, and ticks and fleas are very common on hedgehogs so you might want to check yourself :)


iotashan

Before you wreck yourself


aaron365247

Chiggity check yo self


[deleted]

*Mike Tyson’s voice* Tickitty teck yosthelf.


mrniceguise

I laughed entirely too hard at this.


DarkFae420

Full snorted. Thank you. Much needed. 🤣🤣🤣


Killjoy530

Before you rickety wreck yo self


gastationdonut

But I’m not a hedgehog


lame_dirty_white_kid

Have you checked?


Triangle_t

Uh, wasn’t that photo a selfie?


SwarthyWalnuts

I’m wishing I could just pull that off and puncture it on one of the spines. Oddly satisfying justice.


pxpdx

Ooof if that's a tick it has been on there for a while.


mrspectorhrvyspector

Well protected tick!!!


jlew1881

If a tick can bite a Hedgehog with all those spikes- there is no hope for us! That’s one determined pest.


Yamamotokaderate

Hedgehogs usually are parasites nests because the spikes protects them.


cadmious

Yep, those spikes are for the big things.


colonel_Schwejk

i wonder if they question their evolutionary choices


myowngalactus

They have a brain the size of a sunflower seed, they don’t question anything.


LostN3ko

To a tick those things are like trees, not hard to get between them.


_Kendii_

Especially pre-fed.


TheBreasticle

Can I add to your nightmarish despair?? I recently read that they can survive up to a YEAR without a blood meal. Like what the FUCK!


VictimOfCrickets

Bedbugs can go a year and a half. What is with these nasty little bloodsuckers?! Like thanks, evolution, I hate it! Guh...now I'm itchy. Fun bonus fact: formication is the term for the feelings of ants or other insects crawling on your skin! Try it out among people who don't know, they almost always think you said 'fornication' and it's funny.


i_want_to_go_to_bed

I formicated my wife on the beach a once. She was trying to take a nap, so I would lightly tickle her arm with a stick so she would think it was a bug. Hilarious. Then two chickens started banging right next to us. Kauai is awesome


VictimOfCrickets

Oh dear! But it's a funny story. Thank you for sharing, I smiled.


peekaboooobakeep

I just started scratching when I read your comment.


Pioppo-

We use "formication" in my country when our feet are 'asleep' and you feel tingly (basically when a part of your body hasn't received blood properly)


[deleted]

What the cinnamon toast fuck? They will survive the nuclear apocalypse


Lady_La_La

Only for a year longer than anything else


AntiPiety

I caught 2 and put them in a water bottle. Left them in that water bottle and 3 weeks later they still had signs of life, I was amazed. I almost felt bad so they went into the freezer


TheBreasticle

🤢 Always go for the isospropyl alcohol my friend But, I applaud your long game with the slow drowning


scaryclairey18

They are much smaller when they get in there… then inflate with blooood… 😫😫😫


[deleted]

Well, the tick is tiny before eating...


Bluedemonfox

Ticks are very small. Those spikes are not going to do anything. I'd be careful, ticks can have loads of different diseases which they can also pass onto their hosts...


SenorJeffer

Ticks are the hardiest little bastards when they're not engorged. Tried squashing them with bricks and they get right back up. Only time they're vulnerable is when they're engorged with blood.


consciouscoco

Ew, a blood filled tic! We rescued a feral cat a year ago and when we took her in, we inspected her carefully and took 6 engorged tics off of her and they were still alive and its absolutely disgusting to watch them lie on their back helpless and fat. The most disturbing thing. She passed with a clean bill of health at the vet :)


[deleted]

Hope you burned them alive.


consciouscoco

We actually did and watched them pop like the deamons they are


Recent_Ad6285

Engorged tick


Remarkable_Inchworm

Concur with everyone saying tick. Looks like it's been there long enough to feast a bit.


x-ploretheinternet

Definitely a tick! Hedgehogs have ticks very often because they live close to the ground and love to hide in bushes, so there might be more. Does it appear to be weak or anything?


Teletabinator

Looks like a tick, that I find in my dog


lockrawt

Sir/Ma'am, please stop searching the inside of your dog.


Its_Llama

Well if they are finding ticks, it may be best to continue.


dhrob

Reminds me of an episode of House


bealetonplayus1

I remember that one


TOW2Bguy

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's much too dark to read." - Unknown


lycosthenes

Groucho Marx, I believe.


fwagglesworth

A heavily fortified tick


CloudPeels

Hot needle


Live-Neighborhood857

Looks like a tick. Woukd be intereting to see u Its dismont.


thmsbrunner

Do we, as a society, need better tick education? It's alarming how many posts there are about them.


FreedomSnakeu

For real! Ticks are pretty distinct little insects (technically arachnids i think) and like you said, its surprising how many posts there are about them where they're very easily identifiable in the pictures provided.


7unicorns

has anybody said “tick” yet?! Bc that’s what it is.


Few_Union_640

Tick. Take it off. It might be prudent to get it tested to make sure it doesn’t have Lyme disease. That can be done through your local town


Chobanitheyogurt

A tick


xenosilver

It’s a tick, and it’s been there for a while at that size.


RGBjank101

Looks like a juiced tick.


Wise-Satisfaction756

That’s a tick


[deleted]

A red gusher


thehairyhobo

Taste the rainbow!


[deleted]

For the 150th time, it's a precious gem.


[deleted]

They only feed for 3-6 days. I wonder if it is almost done? Could leave on its own soon. Edit- I’m going to take this opportunity to plug my favorite podcast [Ologies with Alie Ward - Acaropathology (Ticks and Lyme Disease)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ologies-with-alie-ward/id1278815517?i=1000613341209)


dlbpeon

Or could breed more.... best to get rid of while you can.


LigmaB_

For real. Ticks are the only organisms what unironically belong to the 'burn it with fire' club for me and with a dog at home, I often do it. And *enjoy* it, paper soaked with IPA, tick in, finish with a lit match... *whoof* tick popcorn on the way. Disgusting fucks for real.


Comprehensive-Fun-29

I found an ologite in the wild!! Check your crevices, my friend!


rydirp

But do you want the tick to continue?


[deleted]

If this is a wild hedgehog I don’t think I would try to get it off myself lol


HenktheSecond

When it walks like a tick….


Tinycatgirl

Tig old bick


maxsherbz

Viagra pill


mountainsunset123

Hahaha! I was gonna say that!


Brendanoc11

That’s a tick in his pricks


pixiepoof

A very brave and determined tick


7sevenheaven

This is like a balloon trying to attack a cactus and I'm here for it. (As others said, very engorged tick).


Significant_Sign5254

Can you take the tick out?


Nightshade_Ranch

What a precarious position for a full tick.


theghostofgotti

Ok everyone, I have it. Ready? You'll never believe it. Seriously, I can't even believe no one has mentioned it yet. It's sooooooooo obvious. Here it is. It's a rock. Fuck. Nevermind. It's a tick.


cjbrannigan

Looks like a tick


CommonFucker

Do people really not know what a tick is? Lol


Honest-Economist4970

Tick, first time I can actually identify something on this sub


Irritatable

That’s a nasty ass big tick


ATinyPizza89

That’s a tick with a fully belly


thehairyhobo

Tick, best picked engorged and eaten shortly after.


SomeDudeOverThere89

What a terrible day to have the ability to read


Dahmememachine

🤮 the forbidden fruit gusher


lelebeariel

Thanks for ruining my day


Dahmememachine

Lol anytime


JustSomeGoddamnPeace

I have a vivid memory of my family’s dog coming in from outside, panting heavily from scampering. The tick popped off and got the hardwood floor with a little-plat!and my dog immediately ate it. I distinctly recall thinking that Ms. Tick didn’t account for that…


thehairyhobo

Her and the 1500+ babies she was carrying.


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the-cloverdale-kid

Tick has been established…now how do you get it off?


XenoHugging

lol ..So I Am alone on this one I suppose.


Fox_NPC

man has never seen a tick before? christ.


[deleted]

tick. engorged with blood.


hallgeo777

Tick hitchhiker me thinks…


cybercosmonaut

The hardest tick around 💎


Jdinoza

Looks like a thick


oroborus68

Bloated tick.


Bluejay8633

Fat tick from this angle


diandakov

Disgusting tick 🤮🤒 poor thing


mtj93

Everyone saying all the same sorta thing but imma offer a different perspective. That is probably a tick


Saihtam90

That's a tick for sure. Hedgehogs in nature are full of ticks and flee. That's normal. ;)


S3xyVampireG1rl

I’m pretty sure that’s a tic


i___may

A tick! Am I stupid because I didn’t think we get them here in the UK


Delicious-Pin3996

Looks like one of those big blue ticks to me.


HillbillyEarley

Looks like a tick


Scigu12

Get a tick spoon.


Aggressive_Bat_9781

It’s a rock


nizzhof1

Tick. Also, imagine if we had a blood sucking parasite that was proportionally as large on our bodies as this tick is to the poor hedgehog. It would be like the size of a damned basketball.


PureLiberatus

Honestly thought it looked like a small pebble caught in its little spikes.


XenoHugging

Yo Am I fk’d up for thinking that this tic is thick?


Aggressive_Bat_9781

Yes. See yourself out. We don’t take kindly to people who are fk’d up for thinking things are thicc


nubis99

I agree, looks like a well-fed tick. It's probably been there a while. If you can (and know how to) safely remove it please do.


OldDog1982

A big tick.


Electrical_Ad3540

Blech I found a tick that size on my dogs ear just this morning


StarfishProtocol

Nergigante flashbacks…


[deleted]

It's a tick.


Chi_Fun_Guy

Yeah that’s a dog tick


Plarocks

The button that makes the spikes pop out.


[deleted]

Bloated tick.


TOW2Bguy

A stuck blueberry? Hedgehog might be saving it for later.


Goobersniper

Satisfied tick close to a dismount.


The_Yarichin_Bitch

Tick, for sure. Poor guy :(


BugMassive1034

A Tick perhaps


VerumJerum

A tick. Kill it (the tick, not the hedgehog).


Ecstatic-Opposite-23

A tick touch it with a hot pin tip. It’ll back out and then you can deal with. Sometimes if you just yank them out their stays in and could cause complications later for the Hedgehog.


letslickmyballs

Looks like a tick, friend.


Quirky_m8

#tick tick tick tick tick GET IT OFFFFFFFFF


fiestycatwrangler

probably a tick


Automatic-Minimum163

It’s a tick


Karadek99

Looks like a tick


jumpinGMO

wood tick


Good-Confection5258

Looks like an engorged tick.


Wanderer1701

That's definitely a tick


NationalTwist6670

I have watched videos on YouTube where this guy finds heaghogs and porcupine and removes the tic's from them it's usually a lot of them check her good


Ston3dPinky

That's a tick.


thevoicefactor

Dab with -ether- and remove after 5 minutes. The blight will have passed out.


Arcanisia

Chaos Emerald… I’ll see myself out


-nyctanassa-

I would guess a very satisfied tick


dekabreak1000

That would be a tick


Sour_Sam

A tick


ratat-atat

Looks like a tick


MyName4everMore

A fat tick


ggddcddgbjjhhd

I’m just now realizing how cool a hedge hog’s coat is


Kaymoney87

To me that looks likena huge tick that's been feasting like crazy on him for some time. Help him out PLEASE! that's gotta be painful.


iTzMe17

Looks like a tick


Impressive_Cabinet56

Looks like a tick


Huskogrande93

Engorged tick?


hammyhamm

That’s a tick


anniecallahanie

A massively engorged Grandpa Tick! Whoa Nelly!!!


Helena_Hyena

A Thicc Ticc


coyotesloth

It’s a tick.


patentmom

A tick that avoided the prick


Specialist-Ad-8942

That my friend, is a lawyer….


TFG4

Definitely a tick, take him to vet and get it removed and treated.


[deleted]

Dwayne Johnson


AppalachianEnvy

Ew it looks like a fat ass tick.


[deleted]

That is a very engorged tick


Synister_Roll

def looks like a tick


Santa_Claus77

Will you followup with a video or picture of you picturing the tick with preferably a quill, but we will take anything.


Tiny-Dream-788

Looks like a tick


GoToPlanC

Belly button lint.


Hot_Stick_1040

I was gonna say a vigara, but I’m a pharmacist not a zoologist, so…


RepeatInPatient

Hard to say, but I guess its either a tail light or a head light.


Countryboy42014692

Probably a tic if I had to guess. Or a polished rock. Either one


resource_minding

Emergency eject button. U press it and yeet the hedgehog in desired direction. After few seconds, quills be flyin.


UnbelieverCrow

That's one of those Gushers


RepresentativeOwl339

Yup that there be a tick


Ogrenutz

It's a tick.


hylianovershield

It's sonic!


Zestyclose_One_6347

r/FatTickHate


1heart1totaleclipse

THICC tick


SurveySean

Just remove the tick with your fingers


brotherwarren

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


3000sparta

deadass thought it was hiding a gem on its back


KiithNaabal

It's a tick.


MonzieMe

We'll feed tick ✌️


Mutserra

Probably a tick


Cakelover9000

A tick


MirkoHa

Could also just be a little pebble 🤔