I can't help with advice, nor do i have a hedgehog but we had them visiting until late autumn, they came into the house every night. One of the three (a young hoglet) was very sociable, i gave her long belly rubs.
Here in England most vets treat wild hogs free, also there are many hedgehog rescues. Anyway, what i heard is wild European hedgehogs typically don't live longer than two years on average in the wild. They can live up to 5-6 (in rare cases 8) years in captivity, if they cannot be rewilded for whatever reason (i.e. disability etc.). 5 and 6.5 years are very good age for hogs - chances are it's just old age what ailed / ails them.
53 grams is very tiny for for hoglets, they must have been only a few days old. Handfeeding orphaned newborn hoglets is rarely successful. You did a wonderful job that all three survived; not only that, but reached a grand old age.
Hopefully someone else with more knowledge will reply.
Here in England most vets treat wild hogs free, also there are many hedgehog rescues. Anyway, what i heard is wild European hedgehogs typically don't live longer than two years on average in the wild. They can live up to 5-6 (in rare cases 8) years in captivity, if they cannot be rewilded for whatever reason (i.e. disability etc.). 5 and 6.5 years are very good age for hogs - chances are it's just old age what ailed / ails them.
53 grams is very tiny for for hoglets, they must have been only a few days old. Handfeeding orphaned newborn hoglets is rarely successful. You did a wonderful job that all three survived; not only that, but reached a grand old age.
Hopefully someone else with more knowledge will reply.