Cancer

Cancer is the most common disease affecting hedgehogs and it comes in many different forms. The most recognizable thing about cancer are the tumors that develop. In cancer, a distinction is made between benign and malignant tumours. Benign tumors do not spread and are often easier to remove surgically, although the risk of such an operation in hedgehogs is always high. Malignant tumors do spread and that metastasis often causes the worst problems.