Hogs
Hoglets and a tortoise
We are getting quite busy now at the barn, with lots of hedgehogs being brought in, mostly hoglets and juveniles that are struggling to find food in this dry weather
1 August, 2025
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We are getting quite busy now at the barn, with lots of hedgehogs being brought in, mostly hoglets and juveniles that are struggling to find food in this dry weather
Today a lady visiting Castle Park, Dorchester found this seriously injured adult male hedgehog. He has been very badly injured by someone using a petrol strimmer nearby without checking in
These three hoglets arrived at the barn on Sunday morning after an accidental nest disturbance in which the mother ran away. At around a week old their eyes are not
This mum and her 6 beautiful babies from Gillingham went out for release last night. They came into the rescue because mum was laying out in the sun all day
This afternoon we had a call from the Estate Office at Lulworth Estate Castle regarding a hedgehog nest that had been discovered in a precarious place in the open courtyard
This afternoon we were given some training by vet Tamzin from Lynwood Vets on using our new ultrasound scanning machine. The training was arranged by Jim for senior staff at
We currently have 124 hedgehogs in our care of which 78 are orphan hoglets – this does not include hoglets that are with their mums. We have 15 incubator units
Celeste has gone from 22g and being hand fed to 201g and eating ‘proper’ food now. Hopefully it won’t be much longer until she’s big enough for release.
Another 5 in so far today including this 140g female hoglet with a large wound on her back that was absolutely full of maggots. The maggots have all been removed,