Hedwig's Hotel Hedgehog Rescue, 53 Stucley Road, Bideford (2025)

03/11/2025

Just putting out a request for some help 😀

One of our volunteers is helping wildlife by tree planting and is looking for helpers 😊

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9q8ZCKh8TQV5UMGN8

I’m sharing a what3words address to help you find this specific location. Tap to see exactly where it is:

///pickles.decanter.encounter
https://w3w.co/pickles.decanter.encounter

All help appreciated and there's Cake!

27/10/2025

Some of you may have seen the post from torridge district council today about the release of Bella and Ella, this is their story.
(link at the bottom of my post)

Initially Bella was brought in with an adult female called Daisy, the following day Ella was also found by the same person in the same area of Bideford at the beginning of July.

Daisy was 697g on intake, she had a suspected strimmer wound on her head in addition to the lungworm parasite.
She had treatment which lasted for a month. When she was fit enough for release, she weighed 1110g. 😊

Bella was only 89g so really should not have been alone 😔 she had a constriction wound caused by a fine netting similar to what you find on oranges. It took a long time for the wounds to heal and was hand fed specialist formula until she was able to eat by herself. She then had to put on enough weight for her to be big enough for release but she had to go into a soft release pen to get weather ready.

Ella's story is basically the same as Bella but she was slightly bigger on intake weighing 154g.

These have a happy ending and wish them well for their wild adventures.

Stay safe out there ❤️🦔🦔🦔

Please donate if you can, honestly anything is very much appreciated.
Donations can be made via our PayPal. Bank transfer, amazon wish list or in person.
Details can be found in the pinned post at the top of this page or via our website 😊

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDcqNGajF/

21/10/2025

Good evening,
At the moment we are getting as many out as possible before the weather gets too cold.

When they are very small on arrival, we put them into soft release pens first. This is because they won't know how to forage for food and won't know anything about the weather as they have been inside in temperature controlled hutches.

These were found at exmoor and have been known as the exmoor 4. They are siblings, 2 boys and 2 girls. They are all
Microchipped and their names are as follows
Boys are,:
Skyphos,
Pyxis

Girls are:
Amphona
Pelike

This is their first night in a soft release pen with one of our volunteers ❤️ practicing their nest building skills.
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, it is very much appreciated, without you we wouldn't be able to do what we do.

Please donate if you can, many of the ones currently arriving will likely be here until spring as they will not have time to put on enough weight before it gets too cold.
You can donate via PayPal, bank transfer, through our amazon wishlist or in person.
Details are in our pinned post and on our website 😊

13/10/2025

Sorry we've been a bit quiet with the updates, we are busy trying to get the hedgehogs who are ready to leave us to back to freedom 😊

Quite a lot that are currently here are likely to be here until spring due to their size and weather when they are big enough.

These 2 came in back in June and have now been released. They were very small orphans found out in the daytime 1 day apart from the same finder.

Join us in wishing Ed and Ned well and a long and happy life back in the wild. 🦔🦔🦔🦔

We still have a lot of residents here, most recently are 2 who have wounds from dog bites which they are receiving treatment for and are doing well.

Another 2 have come in with breathing issues, 1 of them had lungworm which has been treated but still has breathing problems. He has had a vet visit and completed a course of steroids. Fingers crossed the nebuliser and other things we are doing well help him. The other is doing well on the medication she is already having.

Another came in from black Torrington just small and out in the daytime. He had a few ticks which were removed but we noticed his eye didn't look quite right, he was found to have a grass seed in his eye so off to the vets he went, he now has to have eyedrops 4 times a day and as you can imagine that's not an easy task 😂

We have had a bit of a move around inside the hogspital, all of our incubators are now in one room (hubby has made more) and we are hoping to set up a just giving fundraiser soon. We are planning to have a sink installed with hot water to enable the volunteers to be able to wash their hands and the really messy dishes, a waterproof outside area to house a washing machine and tumble dryer just for the hedgehog bedding. At the moment we use our own for this and it does get tricky to try to fit in the people washing 😂

We are also getting low on wet cat food, puppy mousse and royal canin mother and babycat biscuits so please donate if you can either through our website, PayPal or the amazon wish list. Details are on the pinned post at the top of this page

08/10/2025

Worrying post unfortunately 😞

We've had a report from a local member of the public and they were concerned enough to report the incident to the police,

They have found 3 dead hedgehogs that may not have passed by natural causes but possibly by a deliberate act of violence.

If you find any deceased hedgehogs and are concerned then please give us a call and we will give you the crime number.

11/09/2025

Just a quick update, here are a couple of our recent releases,

The 5 came in as tiny hoglet's when they were found after their nest was disturbed and mum got spooked and never returned. They were released with one of our volunteers and have a lovely garden to explore.

Then we have a beautiful lady called daisy who had a wound on the top of her head, likely caused by a strimmer. All healed nicely and in time for breeding season.

We still have a lot of hedgehogs and it's now autumn juvenile season so we have got quite a few babies who are orphans. This will mean they are unlikely to meet release weight in time to be released before it gets too cold so they are likely to be here until spring.

This time of year, most intakes will be here for months due to weather and sizes.
Of course they need feeding, probably medication, vet visits etc.
The heating will also be kicking in which will add even more to are already expense electricity bill.

Going forward we are also looking at upgrading our electricity supply and water access to the hogspital.

So any donations gratefully received,
You can donate to PayPal or bank transfer via our pinned post on the page or through our website.

I would like to thank everyone who has donated to us already and those who have set up a monthly donation, it really does mean a lot and we couldn't do this without you all.

07/09/2025

Good afternoon, if you live in londonderry around Bridge plats way in Bideford , could you please keep an eye out for baby hedgehogs.
We received a call that a mum and 4 babies were found in the garden, unfortunately mum was deceased. When we arrived 2 of the babies had wandered away and despite looking in gardens close by, we were unable to locate them.

I have posted in Bideford but the poor thins still haven't been found 😢

If found please contact us at Hedwig's Hotel Hedgehog Rescue

Theiir chances of survival are low if not taken in to rescue as they should still be having mums milk.

Please share, the more people who know the better the chance of being found

25/08/2025

Still busy but I thought I should do an update.

If we have a hedgehog you have brought to us, keep an eye out for messages 😊 we have several ready to go home ❤️

This is Pixie who was all by herself found in Little Torrington.

She is being syringe fed as she has decided not to eat by herself 😕

This video is of her self anointing which she has just learnt to do.

We still have 65 hedgehogs and it is coming into autumn juvenile season 😮 which means although we are still closed, we are likely to get more🙄

Please donate if you can, all donations are currently going on food as we are getting through a lot 😭

You can donate via our pinned post at the top of this page which has our bank details, PayPal details and website address.

13/08/2025

A bit of a happier post today,
This little one came in from West Buckland and he is struggling.

He only weighs 96g and has been here a while.

He doesn't seem to want to gain weight 😔 all of his samples have been clear.

He has suffered with prolapses which seem to be under control now 😊

He is currently on antibiotics and pain medication.

The pain medication is given orally and he loves it. This little video is after he had his medication yesterday and he's just playing with the empty syringe.

Quite a little character 😂

Donations are still very welcome, we no have absolutely no space, all of our incubators and hutches are full.

You can donate via our pinned post at the top of this page or via our website.

12/08/2025

Sad post, those of you who saw our post on Tiny,
Sadly she passed away. 😢

We are gutted, she was with us for 2 weeks, overnight feeds and initially all seemed to be going well but a couple of days ago she was very lethargic and was struggling. Then lost her fight.

Unfortunately with hedgehogs so small the chances of survival are low, another Rescue gave us a suggestion which we did (thank you Project Prickles. Hedgehog Rescue -Southole) but sadly it wasn't to be😢

Fly high Tiny 🦔

10/08/2025

It was suggested to me that I should put up a post showing the amount of food we go through every day.

Its actually quite scary when you see it laid out 😱

Here's the main list:

60 sachets of wet cat food

8 tins of Royal canin puppy starter mousse

1/2 a tub of adult cat biscuits

1/2 a tub of royal canin mother and babycat kitten biscuits

We also use Royal canin mother and baby dog milk formula but that's hard to show as its a powder mix that we then add vitamins to (abidec baby, unfortunately we are having difficulty getting it)

This is the the reason we always need food 😂

All donations are used for the rescue, either for food, medications, vet visits, electricity (3 loads of washing and drying daily, incubators, heating, air conditioning), microscope slides, gloves, syringes the list goes on.....

Please donate if you can, if all of our followers were able to donate £1 a month it would truly help us out a lot.

Any donations we are truly grateful for, 1 sachet, 50p believe me it all adds up.

We have 36 hutches and 8 incubators, when we have a group come in together they can share, so like now some hutches are triple with multiple hoglet's in.

We are considering the sponsor a hotel room but as its so busy I just haven't had time to sort it 😂

Donations can be made via our pinned post, this has bank details, PayPal details and the amazon wishlist.

Thank you all for your support and the donations we have been receiving, you are all amazing 😊🦔🦔🦔

06/08/2025

Still full 😩
But thought I'd better put up a bit of an update so you all know we are still here 😂

We have 68 hedgehogs in house and 10 out in soft release.
Many of the ones in house are small so they will be here for a while yet.

The smallest we currently have is tiny, she was found after a robot lawnmower had been used and she was all alone.

She has been here a little over a week, weighing 21g, she is currently 27g. She is syringe fed a specialist formula hourly at first (yes day and night).

Prognosis is fairly low due to being only a day or 2 old when found as she wouldn't have had much of mums colostrum but we are trying really hard with her.

Lack of sleep and being so busy is very much noticed😂 so much so, updates are very much on the back burner 🤣

We do have some who will hopefully be released soon, if you have any with us currently please drop me a text, I have texted for a few who are ready but not had replies but with how busy we are I do need the spaces. 😊

We are also due to renew our insurance in a few weeks (public liability etc) if anyone would like to donate towards that.

Also, the hogspital could benefit from a working sink and the electrics looking at (nothing wrong but maybe wired in better) if any of you lovely people could help with that it would be amazing.

As always please donate if you can,
We are very low on wet cat food in jelly and are getting through 8 tins of Royal canin puppy starter mousse a day😮

WAYS TO HELP HEDWIG’S HOTEL

Our Amazon Wishlist:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3QB4FSSB0NXLU?ref_=wl_share

PayPal:
https://www.paypal.me/hedwigshotel

Bank account:
Account Name: Hedwig’s Hotel
Sort Code: 30-98-97
Account Number: 64154863

If you live locally, physical donations are also accepted, especially old newspapers, meaty cat food and fleece blankets!

Hedwig's Hotel Hedgehog Rescue

03/11/2025

27/10/2025

21/10/2025

13/10/2025

08/10/2025

11/09/2025

07/09/2025

25/08/2025

13/08/2025

12/08/2025

10/08/2025

06/08/2025

Address

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Contact The Business

Shortcuts

Share

Category