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I am posting today about our recent losses.
I want to tell every one about Sarah, she was a kit born here in April.  She was the runt of the litter weighing half what her siblings did at birth.  I did not think much of that as this often happens with big litters. I planned on giving her extra feedings to keep her weight up and  keep her growing well.  She was a live wire from the start at half there size she would bully for space at the nipple and be the first to the bowl for her kit mash.  She continued to lag behind her siblings as the weeks past but I grew comfortable that she was out of the danger zone and grew so in love with her that I named her and told my family that she was going to stay with us.  She opened her eyes 2 weeks before the others and would leave the nest and come over to me when I was in the room. She knew I would hold her and feed her some mash, she had me well trained. Then at 6 weeks it happened, she died.  No warning, no illness, just here and then gone.  I had mom and her siblings checked out by the vet to make sure nothing was wrong they were fine.  She passed quietly and I cried not just a graceful tear but a full snotty mess.  

We have lost several kits this year, I am just writing about one of them in tribute to them all. My best friend who has been breeding Hamor Hollow Hedgehogs for over 5 years, always call no matter what time of day when she loses a litter.  We talk and some how her knowing that I know and morn them too helps us grasp why such tiny lives are taken home so soon.  So I guess that is why I am writing this, I am not looking for sympathy just acknowledgment that they were here and some one will miss them.