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Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machines in the garden.
Please check grass and hedges thoroughly before using mowers, strimmers, or hedge cutters.
12 April, 2019
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Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machines in the garden.
Please check grass and hedges thoroughly before using mowers, strimmers, or hedge cutters.
Humphrey, the hedgehog that came in with balloon syndrome, has been back from the vets for a couple of days, and is looking fine with no sign of him ‘ballooning’ again.
This little chap is Robbie. He came to us at the end of February with a strimmer wound to the back of his head (you can see where his spikes have been cut by the strimmer in the photos below) and the worst case of pneumonia we’ve ever seen.
The majority of hedgehogs will usually wake up during April and will be preparing for their year ahead. The first priority is to replace some of the weight they have lost during hibernation and they will be very thirsty so make sure some clean ground level water is available for them. Some may come out of hibernation in a very poor condition and may be found out in the day. These will need to be rescued and passed on to a hedgehog rehabilitator.
This is what happens when you see a hedgehog out in the day, and leave it thinking it’ll be ok, and it’s still there the next day. By the time a call comes in to a rescue, it’s too bloody late.
This young hedgehog MIGHT have been saved had we been called earlier, instead it was all but dead when we arrived, and subsequently died on the way home.
IF YOU FIND A HEDGEHOG IN NEED OF HELP, PLEASE CALL US ON 07587 925 476 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Following our little piece in yesterdays Echo, we had 4 hedgehogs in overnight and this morning.One from Bournemouth College campus, which was brought in by a member of the college staff, one from Corfe-Mullen which had been found laying on the road, one from Wareham which sadly died before it got here, and one this morning from Upton that was found when a garden shed was being taken down.
If you are buying food for your garden wildlife, or nest boxes, feeding stations or wildlife cameras etc you can help to raise funds for Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue at no cost to yourself.Hamworthy Hedgehog Rescue are now part of Ark Wildlife’s Charity Partner Scheme, this scheme donates 5% for every product you buy from them using our special link.
Working alongside other rescues has benefits for all of us, not least in the pooling of resources and mutual aid. Angela from C.R.A.S.H called us
I collected this little lass from Bovington last night, after she was found out on a pavement. She was extremely dehydrated, emaciated and very lethargic.
We had a call this morning about a “massive hedgehog” that was “falling all over the place.” On collecting him, it was quite apparent that