Hogs
Litter of 4 Hoglets
A litter of 4 hoglets were born in the rescue this morning to a hog that had been brought in after being ‘picked up’ by
20 September, 2025
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A litter of 4 hoglets were born in the rescue this morning to a hog that had been brought in after being ‘picked up’ by
Puddles, the little juvenile hog that had the bottle top ring around his body is also making a good recovery. It’s really great to see
Michela is healing well, she has a serious battle scare on her underside but will soon be ready for release.
Strimmer casualty number 4 of today, a little 301g juvenile male. Wound was full of maggots and infection which stank to high heaven.
Litter – this juvenile hog had a safety ring from a bottle cap around its body, which must have been there for some time as
Strimmer injury 3, again note the chopped off spikes from the strimmer. This one came in this morning from Castle vets in Dorchester after having
Strimmer injury 2 – note the chopped off spines from the strimmer. This hog is currently at the vets.
We are having a run of man-made injuries to hedgehogs at the moment, and all of them could easily have been avoided with a few
This poor old chap is Bubbles. He came to us having been trapped in a chain link fence. He had lots of flystrike that needed