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I operate a small hospital for sick, injured and orphaned wild hedgehogs. Donate Wishlist Ambassador: @DrAmirKhanGP

Hampshire, England

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Joined February 2018

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Hedgehog Cabin

3 years

When you see a hedgehog out in the day time please remember he's been sick for a long time before taking this last desperate step. He's dying. IT'S AN EMERGENCY. Take him indoors in the warmth and ring a rescue IMMEDIATELY. Find your nearest rescue here:

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7 months

This poor sad, depressed girl is Elodie. She's been so badly treated; used and exploited, by the very place her finder thought she could trust - a large wildlife rescue. Originally taken to the rescue because the finder heard her coughing, the rescue commented how well she

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6 months

It happened!❤️ Last night, dear tiny little Hartley came out and ate for himself. Just 92g and so fragile, he had a little to eat and drink then (and I admit this broke me), he went back to bed and tried to tuck his sister Wintney back up. But she then got up too, and lapped a…

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8 months

Little Willy. Found lying on a patio desperately trying to absorb the sun's heat into his dying little body. Starving, flyblown, fleas, lice, and constant diarrhoea that had dehydrated him so much his eyes had sunken. After a very tense 48hrs he's still critical, but transformed.

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7 months

Dear sweet Elodie. She is traumatised, but is slowly healing. She's gained 200g on the good food here, and this sight brought me to tears - after 3 months of being locked away in a tiny box and denied all her natural instincts, she is finally able to exercise natural behaviour…

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7 months

Hard to believe I know, but little baby Jennings, who was found dying, crouched between 2 compost bags coughing his little heart out, too weak to make a nest, will be going home today. 3 weeks ago he was so terribly sick, but after treatment for lungworm, roundworm, fluke and

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18 days

There was a terrible smell coming from pen number 4, in the lodge. I knew no one was living there, because nothing had moved; it was spotless still from the last clean, and the food in there had been untouched for 3 days. When I opened the house, where the terrible smell was…

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29 days

I'm so sorry to say but darling Wilford has been euthanised. While under the anaesthetic a large tumour was found in his bladder, which had spread to his spine. So he wasn't woken from the anaesthesia. Sleep well, you good brave boy. All your trials are over.

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1 year

You'll never guess what - I've been invited to Buckingham Palace! Yes, little old me has been invited to the King's first official Royal Garden Party. How amazing is that? It's so lovely of them. What an incredible honour, and the very highest recognition. I'm so excited.

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6 months

There are still lots of late born hoglets being seen out in the day. Please remember these little babies are sick. It's the parasites living inside them that have driven them out in the day. No amount of warmth, love, or food will fix them. If you keep them they will die. They…

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14 days

Such lovely good news! Handsome boy Arthur has the twinkle of life and hope back in his eye this morning! He smells SO much better, and he even gained a little weight. I am so happy that our darling boy has triumphed over adversity once again. Please remember, a hedgehog out in…

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1 year

These vulnerable little animals are in trouble. They're red-listed, on the edge of extinction. We simply can't tolerate this. Please help by leaving your garden as wild as possible so their food (beetles and caterpillars) can thrive. For lifesaving help:

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10 months

She did it! This dear little kid, Figgy, who has been teetering on the brink of death for 4 days, whose mouth has been too painful and nose too congested to feed, finally laps a little food (soaked and strained Royal Canin Mother & Babycat). I'm so happy.🥲

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1 year

Are you busting to mow your lawn? Please don't. Wait a month. Right now the hedgehog's future meals are overwintering in that long grass. And our future depends on the pollinators, whose first precious meal comes from the dandelions you'll allow to grow. The future is unmown.

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4 months

To all those who risk their lives to protect vulnerable animals, to all those who risk their reputation or finances by speaking out against animal abuse, to all those who take in and mend the broken and lay to rest the weary, to all those who feed the hungry and love the…

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6 months

This poor sick little girl is Ersa, named after the Greek goddess of the morning dew - which I'd hope she'd live to see when I took her in last night. She was spotted out in the daytime, lying in the road at 1pm. Any hedgehog out in the day is extremely sick, and needs to be

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1 year

Our humble garden hedgehog once walked with sabre toothed tigers and hairy mammoths. It has survived, unchanged, for over 15 million years, despite persecution and hardships. We must not be the generation who finally wipes out this stoic little creature.

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10 months

@elonmusk Whatever you've done is hurting genuine users and is having a negative knock-on effect to verified users. My followers can't like my tweets because they've hit a limit of liking. See how mad that is? You've actually stopped folk being able to express their positive feelings.

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8 months

Darling Bunty is back as a patient.😊She self admitted, moving into the cabin when all other hogs are moving out into the woods, where it's cooler. Knowing she always returns when she needs help, I tested her poo and found she has internal parasites. Bunty was born here June 2021

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7 months

Asa update 3/3 Asa slept until 2pm. When she woke, she again tried to ‘eat’ the dish of formula, so I brought her in and hand fed her. What a different reaction! Oh I was dancing inside, seeing this baby so eager for food. I switched from formula to more age-appropriate mouse…

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6 months

There are still lots of late born hoglets being seen out in the day. Please remember these little babies are sick. No amount of warmth, love, or food will fix them. They need medicines and experienced nursing from a knowledgeable rescue (never a vet). They may seem to pick up

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7 months

Poor Fat Frank is wet breathing: as a result of the heavy infestation of lungworm he has fluid on his lungs, so each exhalation he makes contains much more moisture than healthy breathing. This means if he was in a house or a nest in the wild, his bedding would quickly become…

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1 year

I am thrilled to announce that the lovely @DrAmirKhanGP has become Hedgehog Cabin's official ambassador. A talented devoted GP, best-selling author, everyone's favourite telly doctor and a very good, kind, humble man who is a passionate advocate for hedgehogs. I'm so proud.

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1 month

Easter is traditionally the time folks decide to go out and 'tackle the garden'. (As if that wonderful little piece of nature is an enemy that needs dominating). And Easter is traditionally the time that all wildlife rescues dread, as they are overwelmed by devastated people…

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6 months

Darling Dudley, who self-admitted here to the hospital at 420g with a terrible cough and a chest full of lungworm, is now sucessfully treated, 930g, and free to return to the wild. But he's decided to stay.😊 Seen here when he first arrived, so sick he could barely sleep or eat…

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7 months

Sweet old Henley. This poor boy was so gravely ill. He had an horrific strimmer wound running from the top of his front leg across his shoulder and throat. I had to bath him to soak away the thick layers of dried blood, just so I could examine the wound. He also had pneumonia and…

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4 years

Yet another dying baby, starving, covered in ticks and fly eggs, found drowning in a water feature. I gave him first aid, made him comfortable, named him Puddle, and waited. He slept for 19hours, with me checking for signs of life every 2hrs. And then this happens.

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1 month

This poor sweet boy is Wilford. Discovered out in the daytime at the edge of a pond, where he'd dragged himself to get a drink, then found the pain too much to bear, so was unable to return home. Luckily, the dog walker who found him called one of my 'regular' finders, and this

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7 months

This is darling Dudley. He's this summer's baby and extremely ill, absolutely teeming with lungworm. Fortunately, little Dudley was clever enough to follow the scent of the well-fed healthy hedgehogs who visit my garden's feeding stations. I saw him on several cameras, like a kid…

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1 year

Well done everyone! Ferber have removed the mammal poisons from their website page. Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement, for all those emails you wrote, the calls you made, the retweeting - together we achieved a great thing, and saved precious lives.

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7 months

Aero was such a sad little hedgehog, only 420g and so desperately ill; struggling for each breath through lungs bubbling with fluid. Today he's a hearty 890g and full of life and energy, and raring to get back out to the wild and have a second chance at life. He'll be going home…

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4 months

Darling old boy Henry has defied the odds and survived. All treatments have now finished so last night he spent his first night in his very own brand new Riverside house, which his kind finders bought and sent here. Judging by the lovely long lazy stretch he does as he gets back

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15 days

Just a very quick Arthur update. I haven't got him up yet, as his meds aren't due for a couple of hours, but this was his pen this morning. I haven't had time to watch back the CCTV of his night, but I hardly need to: The food dish tells me he's eating. The wee tells me he's

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6 months

Poor little orphans Hartley and Wintney are still not robust, but they are a lot less delicate than when they arrived, dying, freezing and flyblown. They've responded well to medication and intensive care and now eat for themselves and have started to gain a little weight. Oh

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1 year

Our humble garden hedgehog once walked with sabre toothed tigers and hairy mammoths. It has survived, unchanged, for over 15 million years, despite persecution and hardships. We must not be the generation who finally wipes out this stoic little creature.

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7 months

Dear little Dudley has finally stopped coughing and is feeling a lot brighter. He's started piling on the pounds in the race to prepare himself for hibernation and ate an entire dish of food last night - enough for two grown hogs!😁 Although his life-threatening pneumonia is on

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7 months

A quick update on poor baby Asa, the dog-attacked hoglet poisoned with an overdose of painkillers by the vet: Her internal bleeding has stopped. Her eye is healing but still closed, so I won't know if it is viable or not for another week or so. She's learned to eat by herself…

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7 months

Now the temperature is dropping it's more likely you will see sick hedgehogs who were struggling to survive and just about making it through, begining to lose the battle and come out in the day time. They come out because they are dying, and hypothermia is a stage of the process.…

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7 months

There are lots of late born baby hedgehogs around at the moment. If they are out at night, that's fine. Please leave them be, out in the wild, and provide what they need - clean water and a dish of dry kitten food each night. There's plenty of time for them to grow and you will…

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5 months

The phone is still ringing all day long. Folk reporting hedgehogs seen out in the day. Most casualties are just babies. And every single one is suffering from sickness caused from starvation. The callers are shocked. They think hedgehogs love slugs, which are plentiful. They…

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6 months

This is baby Nately. Found out in the day, so already dying, and taken home by the finder. A wonderful, kind, and compassionate act. But then the good intentions went bad. Instead of getting him straight to a rescue to be treated urgently, as the emergency that he, and any…

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8 months

Male hedgehogs go into hibernation about a month before females, so right now they are looking for safe dry places to build their hibernaculum. Please close all doors at night: to your house, garage, shed, greenhouse, etc, unless you're willing to leave them open all winter, to…

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6 months

Darling baby Ersa is still feeling ill, but is slowly showing signs of recovery, I'm delighted to say. She gained weight for the first time - a whole 20g this morning, which is excellent progress. And yes, I did a happy dance.😁 While crying.😁

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6 months

This poor sick little girl is Ersa, named after the Greek goddess of the morning dew - which I'd hope she'd live to see when I took her in last night. She was spotted out in the daytime, lying in the road at 1pm. Any hedgehog out in the day is extremely sick, and needs to be

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7 months

Just a quick update on darling Henley, who has so many lovely people worried about him. He is settled and calm, and had a good night with some meds on board that help him breathe and ease his pain. This morning I gave him a Hibiscub bath, to soak all the caked dry blood off his

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2 years

There are lots of starving baby hedgehogs around now, walking great distances, crossing roads, in search of food. Getting home 10 minutes later because you drove slowly won’t make that much difference to you, but it could make all the difference in the world to a hoglet.

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10 months

We've all done it - you fall out of bed then style it out, pretending you were getting up for a snack anyway.😁

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6 months

When the king invited me to Buckingham Palace earlier this year, to thank me for my work.. Nope, that's it. No anecdote. Just wanted to say it again.😁

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5 months

There are still lots of late born hoglets being seen out in the day. Please remember these little babies are sick. It's the parasites living inside them that have driven them out in the day. No amount of warmth, love, or food will fix them. If you keep them they will die.…

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6 months

Darling little Gideon is responding well to the treatment and recovering from his internal parasites, so is now strong enough to begin a course of medicated baths. Ringworm, despite its name, is a fungal disease - the same as Athlete's Foot. It's not life threatening but is…

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4 years

Although Ida is still weak and sick, her breathing has improved dramatically and she's stopped coughing. She has a good appetite and is walking to the toilet instead of pooing her bed now (hooray!). But the best sign of returning good health is that new sparkle of hope in her eye

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5 months

Sweet Gideon has finished his treatment and is now clear of the huge burden of internal parasites he was suffering from, and his ringworm has been treated. His broken leg has mended well and his walk has improved slightly. But his coping mechanism to deal with the pain of the…

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2 months

Two dear little hedgehogs, who were brought into a rescue I mentor, and who were expertly nursed back to health and released, were found dead yesterday. Poisoned. The devastated finder had no idea that compost bins are dangerous to animals (and can be to humans too) and should…

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3 months

Dear old Henry is going home tomorrow. There's a nice window of milder weather for him to get acclimatised to outdoor living again. He'll be in his very own house, wild and free in a garden where food/water is available every night. Godspeed sweet boy.

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4 months

We tend to judge all animal behaviour by what we've learned about those we know - our pets. They are our only frame of reference. So when we see a hedgehog out in the day, even if we've read somewhere that this means they are seriously ill, we like to prove ourselves right -…

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4 months

Darling old Henry. Today he gained 32g and you can see from his eyes that although still sick, he is feeling so much better, and is back in the world of the living. He's halfway through his treatment for lungworm, roundworm and fluke. He's free of ticks (and yes, it does take a…

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6 months

Pumpkins. Halloween is one night. If you have to waste a food item (and I strongly suggest you don't), please put it out for one night, then dispose of it. Please DO NOT put it out for the wildlife. Once you've handled it, cut it, left it out in the open, unrefrigerated, it will…

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4 years

Poor little Dolly doesn't have a home, was never lucky enough to find a garden with kindness and food. She was found starving to death out on a common. Today her treatment ends and I gave her a brand new house filled with clean warm hay, and will find her a home in the spring.

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1 year

Hedgehogs hibernated early last year and I'm hearing from people all over the country that they're already waking up. This is catastrophic! It's far too early for there to be any natural food around so they will either starve or succumb to parasites. Please provide cat food.

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3 years

I'm so sorry to tell you but darling little Oona died in her sleep this afternoon. She'd been doing so well and was the best weight she's ever been this morning, at 282g. For it to have been so sudden it must have been her little heart that failed. Some damage just can't be fixed

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5 months

A little update on brother and sister Hartley and Wintney. From tiny, conker-sized, stone cold, dying little waifs, covered in fly eggs and collapsed, so near death, these two babies have defied all odds and survived. Under 90g on arrival eight weeks ago, they are now around…

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7 months

What a joyous day - darling little Willy went home to his finder's garden; back to the wild for another chance at life. Once a shrunken frail little 130g waif, teeming with deadly internal parasites, today he's a happy healthy 700g.❤️

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8 months

Little Willy. Found lying on a patio desperately trying to absorb the sun's heat into his dying little body. Starving, flyblown, fleas, lice, and constant diarrhoea that had dehydrated him so much his eyes had sunken. After a very tense 48hrs he's still critical, but transformed.

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6 months

Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Flight or Fight Response to danger. So no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away. Their response to danger is to curl up into a protective ball, and wait until the danger passes. That's why so many…

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2 years

With the ground baked too hard to dig to find food, and all natural water sources dried up, our precious hedgehogs are being seen out in the day - desperate, dehydrated and starving. Even if you can't provide a dish of cat food for them, please provide water bowls, in the shade.

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4 months

Dear sweet Henry is gaining weight and feeling a lot stronger now. His deadly internal parasites are being treated, so it's time to get the irritating, but not life threatening, conditions dealt with. Ringworm is a fungal infection that causes intense itching and thickened,…

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6 months

At just 90g, poor tiny Hartley and his sister Wintney are suffering from such extreme starvation they have no body fat left. I doubt they've eaten anything since mum's milk, and have survived by drinking puddles. Nursing a starved animal back to health takes patience, time, and…

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1 year

Bunty comes back every year when she's in trouble, so I've tested her poo every couple of days since she arrived, but it's been clear. Today I saw lots of parasite eggs, so I've brought her in for treatment, including ringworm meds baths. She knows the drill and patiently waits.

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2 months

After a rough week of losing weight daily, dear sweet gentle giant Arthur is now starting to pick up and respond to treatment. He is breathing silently once more, and the huge bald patches caused by mange are now furring up nicely. He's not a fan of the baths, but as I told him…

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11 months

I put out a little dish of wet cat food for the starlings, magpies, jawdaws, robins, and other meat eating birds, - just a few bits left over from feeding the stray cats and hedgehogs last night - when this happened...

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6 months

Just a quick update on poor baby Nately. A hedgehog should always be nicely rounded - it's their natural shape. You should never be able to see any underlying structure. Nately is emaciated; just skin and bones. As you can see from this photo, his jutting hip bones and spine are…

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1 month

Can you guess who this beautiful little boy is? It's Woody! Yes, poor bald Woody now has a lovely new coat of spines. His fur has mostly grown back too. Being a male this time of year he's been busting to get back to the wild, and now his armour has regrown he's safe enough to be

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2 years

I'm very pleased and honoured to have been chosen winner of this year's Community Award, and touched by how many people voted for me. Thank you SO much. Special thanks to Jo and Terry Akers who got poshed up and attended the ceremony on Saturday to accept the award on my behalf.

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1 month

This time of year you may find foxes coming into your garden, trying to take the food you've put out for the hedgehogs. Mid March is peak baby birthing time for foxes, so right now these new mums are feeding lots of little mouths, so are extra hungry. And the dads are

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1 year

Hedgehogs are up! They're about, desperately looking for food. They may visit your garden tonight. They're weak, hungry, cold. It's too early for them to find sufficient natural food. Please help them. Put out a dish of dry cat food and a dish of water. You'll save lives.

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6 months

This sweet boy is Gideon, a 520g this summer's baby who recently started to visit his finder's feeder. His odd walking gait was an immediate cause for concern and after 3 sleepless nights the lovely finder finally caught him and brought him into the hospital here. Just as well he…

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5 months

I'd like to thank all the lovely people who retweet my tweets, spreading important information, who help keep the hospital running by donating via paypal towards the cost of prescription medicines and bills, and who send vital supplies via my amazon wishlist, and those who…

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7 months

A quick update on sweet Aero: This poor boy was teeming with lungworm and his lungs were full of fluid (in the clip from the finder's feeder you can hear the air from each breath bubbling through the fluid, as he struggles to breathe). Unlike our domesticated pets, wild animals…

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 months

Dudley is such a darling. He waits so patiently while I cream his ears (they are thickened and stiff from ringworm) and clean up his nose. He's still a little bit snotty (you can see a bit of newspaper has stuck to his wet nose) but no longer bubbly. He's gaining weight every

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Hedgehog Cabin

4 months

Amazingly, darling old boy Henry, who arrived in an emaciated state, weighing just 451g and very near death, today weighed in at 760g. He's still having his ears and nose scabs creamed every morning, but is gaining strength and vitality every day and now has a cheeky glint to his…

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Hedgehog Cabin

4 years

Dolly having her first ringworm treatment bath. The water is warm and I tip the bowl so that she can keep her head free, so feels safe. The medication has a soothing effect on her poor itchy skin and needs to stay on, and air dry, so her clean bed is gently warmed.

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Hedgehog Cabin

8 months

Dear baby Jennings is the sweetest little boy. He's been so dreadfully ill, so near death, yet is so grateful to be free from pain and hunger now that he doesn't make a fuss. His pen is always tidy, and he accepts even the injections that sting, so patiently.

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 years

I've cried so many nights over darling Maple, and yesterday for the first time she gained weight. She's so much better and this morning I was so happy to see a half empty food dish I cried again. Maple was all, "What's the fuss about? Ain'tcha ever seen a hog eat before?" 😊

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Hedgehog Cabin

1 month

The hedgehogs we are seeing appearing all over the country now are the boys - the girls will be getting up next month. This is a crucial time for the males to build up their strength and health, and the weight they lost during hibernation, ready for the rigours of mating. So…

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Hedgehog Cabin

5 months

Although she looks a little worried here (just before her injections) dear baby Ersa is recovering beautifully. Her eyes, once puffy from malnutrition, are bright and alive, and she's more than doubled in weight in the 2 weeks she's been here, so is looking more rounded. Ersa has…

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 months

Dear little Woody, the bald hedgehog, has been here 2 weeks now. Besides being treated for lungworm, he has been undergoing intensive treatment for his skin. Each day he is either: bathed in Imaverol (an antifungal medication to kill the ringworm) sprayed with Vetericyn (an…

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Hedgehog Cabin

1 year

A hedgehog out in the day is seriously ill and needs 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 treatment from a rescue (not a vet). They've become hypothermic so are seeking warmth and are often seen on roads, car parks, paving and paths as these surfaces hold the the sun's heat longer than soil or grass.

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Hedgehog Cabin

10 months

A little update on dear baby Figgy. What a transformation from the dying little flybown waif of 3 weeks ago. (sorry I'm tired and emotional - and I don't mean drunk!🥲) #FridayFeeling

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 months

A massive thank you to all the wonderful people who support me, and help mend these dear broken souls. Thank you to everyone who retweets important information which saves lives, and to those who help pay the monthly medicines bill via their PayPal donations, and to those who…

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Hedgehog Cabin

7 months

There's a very cruel and harmful lie doing the social media rounds that feeding hedgehogs stops them hibernating. Absolute nonsense! Whoever started this clearly has never worked in a rescue where, this time of year, we struggle to keep hedgehogs from hibernating before they…

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Hedgehog Cabin

3 months

If the milder weather inspires you to go out and 'tidy up' the garden - please don't. Use that energy to go out and litter pick your local area instead. We have become a nation so warped by TV's garden makeover propaganda, and our need for some control in our lives, that we now

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Hedgehog Cabin

4 years

Little Lentil made it through the night and regained consciousness around 4am. And then this morning this happened.

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 years

While I was still giving first aid to baby Cider, an emergency arrived. Found out on the lawn cold and collapsed, this poor baby is starved and barely alive. I've given little Rosie fluid therapy and some drugs to help her breathe, and she's warm and pain-free so can sleep.

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Hedgehog Cabin

2 years

Sweet Hermione was fading away; old, unable to fight the infections raging inside her and the parasites taking advantage of her weakened state. She was a challenge to heal, but I'm so happy to say she's going home today, where she'll enjoy an easy life of gentle retirement.

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Hedgehog Cabin

9 months

Poor baby Ember - burdened with every internal parasite a hedgehog can have, then strimmed, wounded and starved. But just look at this brave baby today. Although only halfway through treatment, the subtle difference in her from the day she arrived, 10 days ago, is so touching.

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Hedgehog Cabin

7 months

Bunty's brothers are back!🥰 Steady Teddy and Fat Frank didn't return last year (they were all born here to Draper, a patient with a broken leg, in June 2021), so I feared the worst. But clearly it was just because they stayed healthy last year. They both arrived Saturday night

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Hedgehog Cabin

1 year

I'd like to say how much I admire all the brave men and woman who risk their lives every day to protect these precious animals from the inadequates and perverts whose flaccid minds can only find pleasure in causing pain to the vulnerable and defenceless Thankyou, hunt saboteurs💞

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Hedgehog Cabin

3 years

Can't type properly because I can't stop crying and me glasses are all steamed up: I've just had a phone call to say I won!! OH MY GIDDY AUNT! I actually won. Me. I can't believe it! Thank you SO much @WetnoseDay and you lovely people who voted for me, I could squeeze you all up!

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Wetnose Animal Aid

3 years

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Hedgehog Cabin

8 months

This is the time of year that the walking wounded may appear at your feeder. After spending all summer chasing girls and not eating properly, these sick boys turn up, their chests full of lungworm. This poor boy is Henley. His lungs are full of fluid (you can hear the air

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Hedgehog Cabin

27 days

I am so grateful to all my followers who support and encourage me, cheer with the successes and commiserate with the losses - thank you, you incredibly good, kind people. My work is so much lighter because of you. And I am so deeply touched and amazed by your generosity and…

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Hedgehog Cabin

1 year

Dear little Tiggy had her last injection today, and has that cheeky sparkle back in her eyes. From a bony little 313g dying waif, she's now a fit and healthy 767g. All in just 18 days. Such remarkable little animals. She'll overwinter here, as it's far too cold to release now.

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Hedgehog Cabin

1 month

There are lots of newly awakened hedgehogs around right now, walking great distances, crossing roads, in search of food and a mate. Getting home 10 minutes later because you drove slowly won’t make that much difference to you, but it could make all the difference in the world

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Hedgehog Cabin

3 years

Effy sleeps while her babies feed. Those little legs!

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