Baby Hedgehogs Out In Daylight. Its very rare to find a baby hedgehog in the day hours because hedgehog mothers are very cautious about their safety. Either way it is likely to need help.
In an effort to stave off hunger the baby hedgehogs will begin to take food from mamas dish. So you found a hedgehog out in the daytime. The likely cause of a hedgehog out at 8 am are that it is sick possibly a massive worm burden or an infection of some sort or that it is blind and cannot tell the difference between night and day.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal creatures that should be sleeping during the day and foraging for food at night.
If you see it again out in the day please put on a pair of gloves and pick it up. COVID - 19 In the current crisis this is the advice given when bringing a hedgehog to us. The mother will have made a maternity nest as a nursery. A house builder has donated 500 to the Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital to help them support a number of baby hedgehogs.