Hogs
Idiot…
Some idiot thought it would be a good idea to paint this juvenile hedgehog blue so that it looked like
14 May 2021
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Some idiot thought it would be a good idea to paint this juvenile hedgehog blue so that it looked like
Last night and today, so far; 1 x female hoglet 131g found out alone in the middle of a main
Two more entries this evening, a young female with lots of broken spines and both centre toes ripped off her
Three more hoglets have joined us this lunch time, brought in from Sturminster Marshall. They were in a stable, wandering
Three more hoglets just arrived, two boys and a girl, weighing in at 48g, 50g & 52g, all still have
This poor old fella came to us Friday afternoon, he was found wandering around in circles.
Upon examination, we found that both his eyes are missing, with small wounds around the area, which suggests that birds have pecked his eyes out .
He does have a respiratory infection, which could explain why he would have been out in daytime and was able to be attacked.
Hogs like this cause us ethical and moral issues – do we keep him alive to live in permanent captivity, all be it in an enclosed garden, or do we have him put to sleep.
We’ll have to sleep on this one, poor bugger.
Meet Marian, she came to us last week after being seen out in daytime, wandering around aimlessly. She has a sunken left eye and her right eye looks milky, so is possibly blind.
As you can see from the photos, she also has significant spine loss, probably from a mite or ringworm infection that, judging from the condition of her skin, appears to have cleared up.
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