These guys and Girls are in our ‘soft release’ pens in the garden getting acclimatised prior to being fully released. We have already returned a few to where they came from, and have loads left to do. This process will take us a while to get through all the hogs we have (107), but is what we are about – rescue, rehabilitate and release.
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.
We had a call about two hogs in a garden, one making funny noises and the other seemed to be falling ‘like a drunk’. Tracy
Not so little Victoria is one of our hand reared litters from the autumn, somewhat different in size now than when we were syringe feeding
Update on little Odin, the hoglet with garden rake injuries to his back. He has been seen again by the vet this morning and she
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
While you’re all enjoying your fun festive cheer, please remember us hedgehogs at this hard time of year! Hopefully most hedgehogs are hibernating away now,
https://www.facebook.com/HamworthyHedgehogRescue/videos/300266520613368/ One of the orphan litters that we hand reared this autumn, growing nicely and having a big drink of water after scoffing their dinner.
