Here are a few photos of some of the litters that are in our nursery shed with their mums, taken today by Sally while she was cleaning out the cages.
We’re not entirely sure how many hoglets there are, as many of the litters are too young to risk disturbing them yet. These are the older ones, and all appear to be doing quite well.
We’ll be able to start releasing these hoglets in a few weeks or so.
This hog came to us after being trapped in pond netting and was partially submerged in the pond.
It was cut out of the netting and brought home to cut away the rest of the netting. The hog was very cold, so was placed on a heat pad while I cut it free.
It was given subcutaneous fluids for shock and dehydration, and it was placed in one of the ICU’s to warm up.
There were no obvious signs of injury, so it will be released once it’s had time to recover from the shock of it’s ordeal.
We would like to say a big thank you to Charlotte and the team at Branksome Tesco for holding a
Two more orphan hoglets in earlier this evening, brother and sister weighing 53g & 56g respectively. Both very cold, both
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