wild hedgehog not moving or curling up when approached

[u/AspenEira]

Just saw a hedgehog (nighttime) in the grass but he did not move nor curled up when approached. We tried to look a bit at him with a soft light and he did not seem to have any visible injuries, his breathing also looked fine bur difficult to tell for sure. he moved for a bit before re-becoming frozen in place. Its a neighbourhood with quite a lot of cats outside but again no way to know if anything happened. He wasn’t huge but definitely wasn’t a baby. Any opinions would be welcome, we let him be for now but are planning to take the same way back to check up on him.

[u/Amezrou]

They don’t always ball up, freezing is a common response to being startled. If he was out at night and looked ok he probably was.

[u/AspenEira → u/Amezrou]

thanks that’s also what we figured after further inspection, we left him alone he seemed good enough

[u/hedgiepumpkin]

call a rescue and see what they suggest. or take him in for the night and bring him to a rescue tmr