Here are three of our little singleton orphan hoglets, Spikes (at the food bowl) and her companions, Elda and Shelby.
These three have been put together for company, rather than be kept on their own, as we find that hoglets seem to thrive better with company of a similar age/size. It also gives them a bit of competition for food, which seems to bring them on much better.
They will all be released back to where they came from once they reach 400 – 450g.
Here are some then and now pictures of one of the litters of hedgehogs that we hand reared this autumn,
Young Beatrice is an autumn juvenile who came in with a leg wound due to a slightly deformed lower leg.
Another one of our emergencies;
She had been taken to a vet by the finder, where she had stitches in her mouth and front leg, and the finder then had her for about ten days.
She had not responded after the vets treatment, and the finder called us for advice, and we felt the hog should come to us for aid.
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