Prickles Hedgehog Rescue Blog

More releases planned today, five hedgehogs going back to where thy came from! All will be support fed with dry bedding provided!

You deserve lots of loves darling for what you do. Thank you for caring about hoggies and helping them hun.

Hugs
Jo xxx

A call out this afternoon a hedgehog had been seen in a garden for three consecutive days, sadly the poor chap died before our duty manager reached him! He had a infected fractured front leg! Please if you see a hedgehog out in the day phone your local rescue immediately or phone us! Thanks

Ever awoken and think it is going to be one of those days! Been scratched by a feral cat in our utility room while trying to get close enough o remove its very tight collar! Went into hogspital to find we had an escapee, the hog was found in the cupboard! Going back to bed now and getting up tomorrow!

Three hog calls yesterday, one was admitted from another rehabber, one was found in a garage and one came in with a rear leg injury! All but one are under assessment, the hog in the garage was released last night! Nine hedgehogs were also released yesterday!

Picked up a hog late afternoon from Bristol, terrible rear leg injury! Cleaned it up, pain killer and antibiotics administered!

Hedgehog awareness week kicks off with a new admission! Poor hedgehog was caught between two trees, spines broken off where he was was trying to free himself! Open wounds on his mouth and throat! He is exhausted, treatment given, he is now sound asleep on his heat pad!!!

Pleased to tell you all Prickles has received Charity status from the Charity Commission number 1151912!!!

Unfortunately, the little hog we admitted during the weekend with the bad leg was put to sleep yesterday. The hedgehog we are treating rom Cornwall has been diagnosed with a throat infection. The hedgehog that was found trapped between two trees on Monday is thriving. Four hedgehogs are going to be released today!

More releases planned for today, we still have twelve of the overwinter crew to go out as well as the new admissions that arrive daily!

Poorly male hog admitted today, very flat, cold and generally poorly! Intestinal worms is the problem so treatment underway including fluid support! They really go through it these little mammals, poor chap!

Lots of activity around the feeding station in the garden during the night! I have just been into Prickles and the poorly boy we admitted yesterday is stable, he has had lots to eat and is now sleeping. The boy who found himself trapped between two trees continues to thrive! The boy from Cornwall has had food and water and all three crates look like demolition sites!!

Two new admissions so far today one female who has lung worm and was found coughing this morning and a little boy 480 grams who was running around a garden this morning. They are both under assessment.

Just come back from a rescue, third one of the day! A hog was being observed at a feeding station eating and tossing his head back after every mouthful to the point of rolling over. There is a scar on one nostril! Hog in under observation! Night night!

New admissions responding to treatment, thankfully, a couple were very poorly yesterday! Hogspital very calm this morning! Lets see what today brings?!

hopefully nothing to serious .x

As quick as they are being released they are coming back in x

The new admissions continue to respond to treatment and are all stable, our nurse found a dead tapeworm under the micro scope today!

It has been one of those traumatic days at Prickles, we have a number of very poorly hogs in, one was put to sleep today and a female weighing 353 grams with a open fracture to her back leg has just been admitted! She is so small for this time of year.

The hedgehog that was rushed to the vet screaming at lunchtime was given a very heavy duty analgesic but despite this it didn't stop screaming, we took the decision early evening to have it put to sleep! Clearing something very serious going on! Poor chap.

An insight into what goes on at Prickles Hedgehog Rescue in Somerset.

We are really going through it at Prickles! Going through admission after admission of hogs with fractures, hogs being found collapsed and hogs with heavy infestations of internal parasites! Poor hogs!

Aaww Helen love the video, pokey tails in abundance

Not you as well!!

lovely video loved the wooden sign the babies are soo very cute but its a very informative video as well .x