Rescue, Rehab, Release
Another new entry this lunchtime, from our very good friends at Upton Vets.
A young adult male hog, we have called Franklin, was taken in by a member of public after they found him on their lawn bleeding. The vets treated him for a bleeding foot, dehydration and wormed him.
We will keep him for rehabilitation and feed him up as he is a bit skinny, then he will be returned to the finders garden for release.
We received a call from B&Q at Castlepoint this morning for a hedgehog that had been trapped under racking in their warehouse. Tracy zipped over there and collected a juvenile male hog. He is very dehydrated, so has been given subcutaneous fluids, but appears to be in good health, if a little thin.
One of the things we do at HHR is take part in scientific studies to further the knowledge about, and
