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Originally Posted by kestrelx
Like you, I know how to pick them up, if you do it gently and cup your hands all you feel are the tips of the spines like a plastic hair brush. It's if you try and grab it with fingers out stretched, that's when you get hurt by them.
When I used to look after a friends dog it used to cower under chairs when fireworks were let off.
Down here, they only start letting off fireworks few days before the big night and then usually stop. They got better behaved a few years ago as far as I recall. I'm sure up north they carry on letting them off after the 5th.
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That's exactly what I mean!
Also , if you're nervy picking them up and your hands are trembly and you're not 'deliberate' enough, they tend to be more alarmed and stick their spines out more. I just scoop them up as you describe, and hold them to me if I need to carry them.
I worry for dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs as well as wildlife so just try to do my bit to be a 'slacktivist' and raise a bit of awareness
