Three very poorly hogs in one after the other this evening;
One with bite wounds which are infected, including one through the right eye, head wound, dehydrated, emaciated and covered in ticks. Currently in one of the ICU/recovery units, in critical condition.
One bleeding from the back end and very lethargic.
One barely responsive, very very cold, found laying on its back. Covered in fly strike. Currently in one of the ICU/recovery units, in critical condition.
We’ve had quite a busy week so far, 19 hedgehogs came in and 24 went out for release, 3 new
We maintain several feeding stations for hedgehogs in our garden as we get so many of them visiting, probably because at the bottom of our garden is Lytchett Bay nature reserve, a SSSI. We found several autumn juveniles in the garden, or out on the nature reserve, that were too small for hibernation, so have had them over wintering. These all get released out the back, so it’s nice to be able to see them still around.
Thanks to a grant from Animal Canopy and the proceeds of Suzanne Langley’s garden party, we have been able to
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