Jim – Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue

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By Jim January 17, 2021

COVID-19 Update

Due to the rising incidence in COVID cases in our region, we have decided to take further steps to keep members of the public, our staff and volunteers safe. Therefore, we may ask you some other questions when you ring us up after finding a hedgehog. You will be asked...

Hogs

By Jim January 10, 2021

Arthur

This little chap is Arthur. He came to us a few weeks ago with a distal femoral fracture to one of his hind legs, and weighed in at only 233g, so a very late Autumn hoglet. X-rays showed that he had Metabolic Bone Disease, for which he has been receiving...

Hogs

By Jim January 8, 2021

Anna

This little lady named Anna came to us from Blandford yesterday afternoon after being found out wandering around a heavily frosted garden looking for food. She weighs 370g, so is lucky to have survived the recent cold snap. Luckily for her, the lady who found her popped her into a...

Hogs

By Jim January 4, 2021

Racking

We've gone from piles of crates stacked on the floor, to crates on shelves. This means we and our volunteers no longer have to drag a stack of crates out to clean etc, we can just pull out one crate at a time. This will mean more working space and...

Hogs

By Jim January 1, 2021

New Year’s Entry

We never quite made it to 700 hedgehogs last year in the end, we had no new entries for the last two days of the year, so finished at 698 hogs for the year. 2021 has kicked off with two hogs in this morning, one male and one female juvenile...

Hogs

By Jim December 25, 2020

Out in Daytime

This 260g juvenile female came in to us today, one of three we have had come in today, having been found out in daytime, wobbling around. She is quite cold and dehydrated. Her eyes and face are swollen, and her snout has been pushed over to the left. She is...