Burntisland Hedgehog Haven

10/12/2024

Worried about small hedgehogs out in the cold?

This evening we admitted a 333g juvenile hedgehog thanks to Ricky for spotting him in his garden in Kirkcaldy this evening 👏🏻👏🏻
Being this small they are very unlikely to survive the winter as they haven’t enough fat stored on their little bodies to sustain them. With no natural food around life becomes very hard for them and most young hedgehogs will perish.

We often ask when you call “what size is the hedgehog?” The easiest way to do this is to compare to the size of fruit. Here is a graphic from the RSPCA which will help you with any hedgehogs you see and an indication of their weights.
We also take into account the body condition of the hedgehog too.
A hedgehog could be an ideal weight but the body condition could tell us otherwise.
Hedgehogs should be nice and round like a football when you look at them from above (looking down) and not be a rugby ball shape which indicates a poorly hedgehog.
Hope this helps.

Remember any hedgehog no matter what size out in the day at this time of year will need help.

10/12/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who has nominated us so far 🙏🏻🦔🦔🦔

Quick Giveaway before Christmas 😃

NB: Brambles Pet & Wildlife will NOT CONTACT ANYONE WHO MAKES A NOMINATION. If you are contacted saying you are a winner, it will not be us so please DO NOT ENGAGE with any such communication.

5 Wildlife Rescues can each win:-
🦔4 bags 2Kg Brambles Crunchy Hedgehog Food
🦔24 tins Brambles Meaty Hedgehog food
🦔4 bags 1.3Kg Brambles Semi-Moist Hedgehog Food

Nominate your favourite Rescue to win, competition ends Wednesday 11th December 11.59pm.
Like and Share to spread the news 😃

10/12/2024

Hedgehogs are carnivores and their diet consists mostly of insects and invertebrates 🦔🤓

They dig for earthworms but please DON’T feed them mealworms (or sunflower hearts or peanuts) - these contain high levels of phosphorus which can leach the calcium out of their bones and teeth and lead to Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) where they lose bone density leaving them prone to bone fractures or deformities, appetite loss, lethargy, pain, and if untreated, a slow and painful death.

If you want to support the hedgehogs in your garden by offering additional food, the best thing to give them is cat or dog food, especially cat biscuits which are better for their teeth 😁

09/12/2024

Here we are in the Fife Free Press 🏆🦔🦔🏆

09/12/2024

Thank you again to David Torrance MSP for the Kirkcaldy Constituency and to the Animal Star Awards for arranging such a wonderful surprise 🤩💕🦔

🦔⭐🦔⭐🦔 Lucky me got to stop by Burntisland Hedgehog Haven to present Andy and Sharon with their Animal All Star award!

Andy, Sharon and all their volunteers do fabulous work looking after ill, injured and otherwise unwell hedgehogs brought to their centre from all throughout Fife and beyond.

Hedgehogs have faced a 30% decline over the past decade and are now considered 'near endangered'. Well done to Sharon, Andy and all the volunteers for their hard work in working to address this issue, and congratulations again on your award!

07/12/2024

A massive thank you to Co-op members who chose us as their local cause to support through the Co-op Community Fund 🤗
We have managed to purchase 3 incubators with the funds which without them we couldn’t have helped as many critical care hedgehogs as we have. We have managed to pay for the remaining cages in the rescue room and purchased more heat mats and a new printer for use in the rescue for leaflet printing to spread more awareness.
By people just taking the time to go onto the Co-op app/website and choosing us it’s allowed us to purchase all of those things for the rescue. Absolutely amazing!! 🤩

We are delighted to be chosen for community funding in this round too and the money raised will be put towards our extension of the rescue which will be a fully insulated shed with electrics, cages and equipment for use in there.
This will allow us the space to move hedgehogs out of the main hospital room quicker (when they have finished treatment) to get them ready for release which in turn will allow us to take more hedgehogs in for the help they so need.
It’s awful having to turn hedgehogs away when you have no space so this will enable us to help more.

It’s only a £1 to sign up to become a Co-op member and the more people that choose us as their local cause the bigger portion of the pot of money we will get at the end of the funding period.

You can choose us as your local cause wherever you are in the UK by clicking here

https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88816

Instructions on how to choose us can be found here
https://localcommunityfund.newsweaver.com/CoopLocalCommunityFundPayment/6zefdm4hak31gyiqvt1czd/external?email=true&a=5&p=13217158&t=2046029

Thank you everyone for your continued support 🙏🏻💕🦔🦔🦔🦔

06/12/2024

Huge surprise this morning when David Torrance MSP for the Kirkcaldy Constituency came into the rescue to present us with our UK Animal All Star Award 2024!
I knew nothing about this being planned so was a lovely surprise! I did wonder why the award hadn’t arrived in the post and had started to fret it had got lost 🤔 😂
Thank you so much to Mary (the founder and organiser of the Animal Star Awards) for arranging this lovely surprise and to Andy for helping to make it happen 🥰
Thank you to David Torrance and to Zoe for taking time out of your busy morning to present us the award ❤️
What an amazing year it has been for us and what a fantastic team of volunteers to share this award with 🤗
I think Harry the hedgehog approves of the award too 😄💕🦔

05/12/2024

“Hello everyone Thor here! I’ve just popped up to say Happy Volunteers Day and say a big thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who come in and help in the rescue and to all the volunteer Hogbulance drivers who go and collect us when we need help 🤗
I’m sorry that sometimes me and my friends are rather messy!
Thank you for all you do!” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

05/12/2024

Thank you Shona for keeping us stocked up with newspapers and for the meat 🤗

Thank you so much to whoever sent us the bin bags 🤗

Thank you to Russel Vaughan for dropping off some Whiskas cat meat for the hedgehogs 🦔💕

Thank you so much to everyone who drops by with newspapers for us. So appreciated 🤗

05/12/2024

Big thank you to Sally-Anne Craig and her children Cammie & Harriet for donating all these wonderful supplies for the rescue 🤩🤗
The donation of the table top fridge is amazing!
Thank you so very much! 😃💕🦔🦔🦔🦔

05/12/2024

Little Joyce being given a bath yesterday by our lovely volunteer Elise.
Joyce is doing very well with her treatment of Lungworm but she has a little bit of dry skin so had a soothing bath to help 💕

04/12/2024

We are hosting a Bingo Night on the 14th February 2025 at the jubilee, Burntisland to raise funds towards the fitting out of our new outdoor rehabilitation centre. Please join us if you can.

Limited tickets. £10 per ticket, raffle on the night.

You can pay via Bank transfer, please reference as Bingo

Burntisland Hedgehog Haven
80-22-60
25680369

Or PayPal

[email protected]&item_name=Burntisland%20Hedgehog%20Haven¤cy_code=GBP" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_donations&business=[email protected]&item_name=Burntisland%20Hedgehog%20Haven¤cy_code=GBP

(Choose friends and family)

Thank you all for the continued community support and donations 🦔

Let’s love a hedgehog this Valentines Day 💝 ❤️🦔

04/12/2024

Please remember that any hedgehog out in the day at this time of year (big or small) needs to be secured in a high sided box with a blanket/towel and keep somewhere warm until you can get help from a rescue.
Please don’t keep them yourself to try to treat as they can look ok but can die very suddenly without the right help.

03/12/2024

Pleased to say the lovely boy Milo who came to us from Bo’ness with a front leg missing is doing really well. The vet was very pleased with him and was happy with how Milo can walk so he will be with us now until spring and then we will find a lovely secure garden for him 🥰
Thank you so much to vet David Gordon at St Clair Vet Group for seeing Milo yesterday 💕🦔

03/12/2024

Thank you so much to Jean Forbes from Kinghorn who popped by the rescue with a cash donation for food for the hedgehogs and also to Elizabeth Whitton for your very kind donation towards Lunas keep 🤗
We have bought more kitten biscuits with the monies 🤩

03/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who visited our stall at the Burntisland Primary School Christmas Fayre on Sunday 🤗
We raised an incredible £445.14!!
Huge thank you to the school parent council for allowing us a table at the event.
It was a fantastic afternoon and hats off to them for putting it all together 🤩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you to everyone who donated items for our tombola and to all the very kind people who made things for us to sell.
So very kind 💕🦔🦔🦔

01/12/2024

Thank you so much to Karen Felton for popping round this evening with some lovely donations for our next raffle 🤗
There was also a little parcel and envelope for me. So sweet 🥰
Thank you so much Karen for the chocolates, and sweets and I love the pin badge! So very kind of you!
Thank you also for your donation to the rescue 🤗💕🦔🦔🦔🦔

01/12/2024

Our 2024 Animal All Star is Burntisland Hedgehog Haven Andy & Sharon work tirelessly for hedgehogs which are an endangered species. Their commitment to rescue is unfounded and their dedication is nothing short of phenomenal. Please give them a follow on their socials and let’s congratulate them for their hard work.