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Prickles
The rather inaptly named Prickles has a bad case of ringworm – he’s having daily medicated baths, but is losing lots of spikes. He’ll soon look like a baked potato!
14 November, 2025
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The rather inaptly named Prickles has a bad case of ringworm – he’s having daily medicated baths, but is losing lots of spikes. He’ll soon look like a baked potato!
Little Pepper came in as an orphan hoglet and now weighs 486g. As you can see, he has a good appetite, so is putting on weight nicely. Once up to
A hungry little hoglet smashing into puppy mousse shortly after arrival at the rescue
This little 189g female came in late to us at the barn this afternoon after being found by the side of the road in the pouring rain. She who i
Throw back Friday – back to 2019 when I did my microchip training. We microchip all the hedgehogs we release as part of our post-release monitoring. One hedgehog came back
Little Mousie came to us weighing just 60g and in a very sorry state. She had bad ringworm and lost most of the fur from her face, skirt and belly.
Hedgehogs are one of the few mammals that are true hibernators. Hibernation is a complicated and often perilous energy conservation strategy. It is not just ‘going to sleep.’ In sleep
This little chap is Chestnut, he came to us weighing just 169g and had really bad ringworm scabbing and flystrike around his skirt. He has lost quite a few prickles