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Hedgehogs - drunk?

OK, second silly question of the night....

We have the occasional hedgehog in the garden. In fact (s)he is so desperate to get into the garden (s)he's dug a channel under the gate to get in. We have a snail problem and I don't like putting down slug pellets so I'm going to put down a beer trap. Will the hedgehog eat these from the trap and if so will (s)he get drunk?

....vivid images of a drunken hedgehog staggering around the garden singing his / her little head off....

I also think the hedgehog is removing, and eating, the fat ball I put down on the ground feeder for the blackbirds. Will that do him / her any harm?