Button was brought to us after being found collapsed on a driveway. She was taken to the Vets as we are very concerned for her. She has swelling all down her right side, from her eye to her tail, including her legs, and has severe bruising. She was x-rayed but no breaks were found thankfully. It is possible that she has some brain trauma, and we will have to wait and see how that develops.
Here are some photos of some of the hogs that were released yesterday into a lovely large garden with several hog houses. There is plenty of natural cover for the hogs, large lawns to search for worms etc on and easy access to other adjoining gardens. The hogs are also supplement fed her, as the residents love to watch the hogs feeding.
We maintain several feeding stations for hedgehogs in our garden as we get so many of them visiting, probably because at the bottom of our garden is Lytchett Bay nature reserve, a SSSI. We found several autumn juveniles in the garden, or out on the nature reserve, that were too small for hibernation, so have had them over wintering. These all get released out the back, so it’s nice to be able to see them still around.
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.
If you have a so-called ‘hedgehog food’ that contains mealworms, sunflower hearts or peanuts, no matter what the seller tells you IT IS HARMFUL TO
Little Robbie, the hog with a strimmer injury and bad pneumonia, is doing very well. He has a new favourite food and eating loads at
Tracy picked this little guy up from Wimborne today, after builders disturbed his nest while doing groundworks for a new extension. He is quite poorly,
Adorable Tinsel just loves his food but refuses to leave his igloo and walks round his cage with it over his back like a snail
Earlier this year, Tracy and I chatted about how many hedgehogs we could accommodate over winter this year, and decided that we had room for
Tinsel came to us 2 weeks ago after being found wandering about in the daytime looking for food. He has settled in well, and will
