Hogs
Netting Dangers
This is the 5th hedgehog that has been trapped in netting we have had in since Friday. This is an adult female and she has
13 April, 2026
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This is the 5th hedgehog that has been trapped in netting we have had in since Friday. This is an adult female and she has
Dawnie came to us a couple of weeks go after getting caught up in some garden netting. After being cut out of it by the
This old chap came in from Upton Infant’s school today after being caught in netting on the school grounds. He has quite a tick infestation,
Another entry this evening, a young adult female hog – Found trapped in netting. Has garrotte wound to neck, very dehydrated, with massive tick infestation.
This hog came to us after being trapped in pond netting and was partially submerged in the pond.
It was cut out of the netting and brought home to cut away the rest of the netting. The hog was very cold, so was placed on a heat pad while I cut it free.
It was given subcutaneous fluids for shock and dehydration, and it was placed in one of the ICU’s to warm up.
There were no obvious signs of injury, so it will be released once it’s had time to recover from the shock of it’s ordeal.
We had an emergency entry this afternoon, a hog had been trapped in netting in a garden. The finder spent 1.5 hours cutting it free and then gave us a call for help.
Tracy collected the hog, and phoned me whilst on the way home to get fluids and fly strike cleaning kit out.
The hog is in a bad way, massively dehydrated and has constriction wounds, plus a deep wound all under her neck, which is infected and full of fly strike.