Prickly Ball Lodge Hedgehog Rescue

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These two Hoggies are back out for more food at 8am !!! — at Prickly Ball Lodge.

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PLEASE keep looking out for small Hoggies in need of help, the temperature has dropped considerably today.. Thank you

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One of the baby Hoglets i am hand rearing, 15 days old today and can now curl into a ball !! now weighs 51g and can lap the specialised milk formula from a shallow lid by itself...

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PLEASE like, share and encourage as many people as you can to Like Prickly Ball Lodge Hedgehog Rescue's page to raise as much awareness as we can about the plight of our Prickly Friends... The more people who try to help them the better chance of survival they will have.. My priority is to save and return to the wild as many Hoggies as i can but awareness so everybody can help them is vital.. Thank you..

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PLEASE make sure you have an access point into your garden for our Prickly Friends and ask your neighbours if you can link your gardens.. A Hoggie will happily go around 9 or 10 gardens each night looking for food and water.. Thank you

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Latest arrival this is HARRY.. Male weight 362g no injuries , few fleas been in and around a garden for few days with two other larger Hoggies.. He is very friendly has not curled into a ball at all which is slightly concerning. He will be monitored for weight gain but like many others he has to reach the hibernation weight or will be overwintered here at the rescue.. Thank you to Lorriane and her daughter Eleanor for catching Harry and bringing him in..

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As the weather is nice this weekend a lot of you will probably be tidying your garden ready for the Autumn/Winter... PLEASE make sure that if you have had your garden shed or garage door left open even for only a short time, that you check carefully before locking it up as our Autumn Babies will happily go in for a safe haven and end up being trapped in their.. Thank you ..

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PLEASE keep looking out for any of our Prickly friends in need of help ... Enjoy your Sunday .... Thank you

Called out to a local vet who had taken in a Hoggie yesterday which was found out by a member of the general public.. They said the vet had checked it over and it has no injuries and can't see anything wrong but it is thin at the back end and sleeping a lot.. Then carried on to say could i take it as they don't really want to put it to sleep !!!!!!! I was there within 15 mins it is now safely here at the rescue on a heat pad and is starting to move around... whilst i was on my way another call for a small Hoggie found wobbling around in park.. weight 320g female few fleas very cold, on a heat pad in ICU to try and bring it's body temp back up ...

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PLEASE look out for any Hoggies today as the weather is warm.. They don't sunbathe it means they need help.. Thank you ..

This is Morley he is blind and has lived here for 2 years now.. He could not make his mind up whether to eat or scratch this morning !!

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PLEASE keep putting lots of food and water out for our Prickly Friends as the evenings are closing in for Autumn ... Thank you

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LOTS of small Hoggies are still out there that will not reach hibernation weight.. Please keep looking out for them... Thank you ..

GINGER is blind and has lived here at the Rescue for 3 years now, this morning he was out and about with Rosie for meal worms but decided to sniff at what i was doing !!! He is very friendly and can open the the fly screen door into my kitchen !!

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Horatio is settling in nicely, He decided he likes this house the most and is not letting anyone else in !!

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Called out to a lady who works at a school and found this Hoggie in there wildlife area who was out in daylight and appeared to be dragging a back leg.. It is a male 520g i have removed 73 ticks from it and cleaned his eyes up as they were sticky and almost closed.. He has got a swollen back leg but it is not broken.. I have started him on antibiotics which will hopefully take the swelling down.. He will be kept here until the course of antibiotics is finished to see if there is any permanent damage to the leg which would prevent him from being returned to the wild.. Thank you to the lady for calling me..

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2nd arrival today this little fella was found on the side of the road.. The lady thought he was dead but stopped her car to check and saw he was still breathing.. It is a male 246g no injuries lots of fleas but very cold and wobbly.. In ICU on a heatpad to try and raise his body temp slowly.. Fingers crossed Sam found him in time.. Thank you for bringing him in ..

MESSAGE to the sick man who should be ashamed to call himself a human being.... I hope one day you get a bigger kicking than the one you have just given to the baby hedgehog i have just been called out to..... unbelievable !!!!

DEREK the Hoggie who was so brutally kicked on Tuesday evening is now moving around quite well.. He is eating and drinking small amounts and appears to be making good progress... Hopefully he did not sustain any permanent injury but time will tell for the little fella..

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DEREK... Good News Derek was eager to be out of the ICU this morning and is happily exploring the garden ....

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Latest Autumn juvenile to arrive at the rescue... Male weight 295g no injuries, fleas and ticks removed.. Will remain here to see if reaches hibernation weight or be overwintered ...

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Latest arrivals.. This Mother and baby were found wandering around last evening but the Mother has an injured leg.. I would imagine that there are more babies and the people who brought her in are on look out and all the neighbours for any more.. Hopefully if there are more babies they will be found shortly...

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The 5 babies are doing well but trying to weigh them is a different matter!! thought it would be easier to bring them all in at once to weigh them but they were soon climbing out and escaping..

As the Autumn leafs are now falling, please leave them in your garden for our prickly friends as they will now start gathering winter nesting material ready for hibernation.. Thank you

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More rain forecast.. Please keep feeding our prickly friends they will come for the food at some point, even if you don't see them for a couple of nights they will return until the temperature reaches freezing... Thank you ..