Exminster Hedgehog Rescue

25/12/2025

11/12/2025

Just a quick thank you to everyone for your continued support and donations be it money, food or newspapers it really helps.Thanks to Liz and the 21 club who made a money donation to the hedgehogs instead of sending cards this year. 🙏🙏🙏🦔🦔🦔

03/12/2025

Another beautiful tiny girl in this morning luckily spotted by Sue running across her lawn in the frost, only 200g.

Then another hopeful a girl as she has been named Lotty after being found in their allotment. She is still warming and not playing ball by staying in one, again only 250g.

02/12/2025

There’s still small juveniles out about struggling this little girl arrived this morning only 260g so skinny with a heavy burden of parasites. Little Bean who arrived Sunday at only 250g stone cold and emaciated, is doing surprisingly well so far🙏🙏🤞🤞

30/11/2025

Sorry for the lack of posts lately but I’ve been finding it quite hard going lately, with nearly all hedgehogs arriving in extremely poor condition and requiring a lot of care and even worse some missing limbs the poor babies struggle on regardless in horrible pain probably caused by traps or strimmers. Sadly I’ve lost a few and it takes a toll. Some of the newbies are Cappuccino, Mocha, Latte, Coffee and Bean.

On a brighter note managed a few releases it the gaps in the weather. Sonia, Cookie and Smile.

18/11/2025

Please remember that all hedgehogs out in the day at the moment need help quickly not later or tomorrow but ASAP. Please contain the hedgehog first keep wrapped in a towel with a warm hot water bottle or similar in a box and keep somewhere warm making sure they can’t escape. Contact me or your local rescue. Poorly hogs are very prone to hyperthermia so keeping warm is the priority as once the organs start shutting down there’s not a lot of hope.

18/11/2025

Next to arrive yesterday evening was skinny so thin and cold weighing 450g but should be double that, I struggled to tell if he was alive. Sadly he was found the previous morning and kept in a cold shed for 36 hours before being brought in. Amazingly after 2 lots of fluids and some intensive warming he dragged himself to the food bowl and started eating. It’s early days but he’s putting up good fight. (Photos don’t show how thin he actually is and so weak he couldn’t stand)

18/11/2025

Two in yesterday first little Jo Jo weighing 270g found on Jo’S doorstep at lunch time and whisk down to me within 5 mins, lots of ticks and a heavy bride of lungworm. Doing well so far 🤞🤞

16/11/2025

New guy Pugsey who arrived Friday suffering from a high burden of lungworm. Such a cute face🥰

Also manage some release between the rain and before it turns colder. Acorn, Autumn, Rumi and Lotty.

15/11/2025

I’ve been gifted this XL hedgehog house made by Little Field Country Crafts, many thanks to them and to Ann O’Donovan for recommending me.

So I thought I would use it to raise funds for the rescue so if you would like to bid for the house please message me with the amount.

You will need to be local to collect from me in Exminster, bidding will close at end of on day on Friday.

12/11/2025

This young hedgehog was seen wandering around in the storm last night but by the time the finder got something to put her in she had disappeared. But found on the doorstep this morning cold and wet through. She’s been on a heat pad warming and taken a syringe feeds but not eaten independently and waiting a 💩sample to see what’s going on 🤞🤞🙏🙏 for her.