We had a couple of emergencies before 9 o’clock this morning, one of which has sadly had to be put to sleep.The first was a female, probably hit by a car, and had several head wounds. It was taken straight to the vets, where x-ray showed multiple skull fractures, including one the that had split the head from front to back, and had split the sinus.
Little Bilbo is doing well after his amputation, he is eating well, and has done the all important post op poo and wee.
We are keeping him in the incubator for another night, just to be safe, and then he will be moved into one of our hospital cages.
Max came in to us on April 23rd having been found out during the day and seemingly disorientated. We noticed that both his eyes were dark red instead of black, and that the eyes and the area surrounding them was swollen. A visit to the vet confirmed he’d had a blow to the head, which had caused damage to the eyes. He was suffering concussion and bruising to the head and face.
Three very poorly hogs in one after the other this evening; One with bite wounds which are infected, including one through the right eye, head wound, dehydrated, emaciated and covered in ticks. Currently in one of the ICU/recovery units, in critical condition.
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.
Our incubators have literally been life savers for some of our hedgehogs, with only one that we used the incubator for dying very soon after
We collected this little lady yesterday, who was found wandering about on the road earlier in the day. She is very weak, dehydrated, extremely emaciated,
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
We have the tiny amputee hog back from the Vets now, and he has already eaten one full bowl of food! He is in one
I’m very happy to report that our Go Fund Me appeal for a new ICU / Recovery unit for sick, injured and orphaned hedgehogs was
