Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue

26/01/2025

And now for the weekly weigh in- yes it is a bit late:
Baldrick up 13g ,now 633g.
CJ - a new boi with 3 legs 982g.
Spot up 16g, now 764g.
McSnotty up 115g, now 865g

26/01/2025

We say au-revoir to Rudolph today, a brief weather window but he is starting to get stressed with rescue life and is trashing his room. From 280g - 914g. Safe travels back to Thetford Rudolph and thank you Peter and Lisa for your kind donation to the rescue fund xx

26/01/2025

It's been a busy time here at Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue - some new admissions that have needed treatments taking time to deliver.

Some Thank You's. A1waste A1 clearance and recycling LTD and their customers who raised and donated £150 to the hog account. It has been already earmarked for a 2nd Maternity unit and will be the A1 Maternity Unit. Thank you Ian and your team and customers.

Next thank you to Tracie Groom who dropped off 24 tins of hoggie wet food.

Thank you to Jenny, Dot and Clare for the newspapers.

22/01/2025

Another big welcome to Craig and Caroline who have become our newest foster carers. McGonagol has settled in beautifully.

17/01/2025

I am absolutely delighted to welcome Jane & Robin and Belinda to the Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue family as our first foster parents. Tesco Extra, Ace and Frankie are soo lucky.

Our other guests are doing well with the exception of Baldrick who has gone on the equivalent of Hedgehog Slimming World. Slow steady weight loss - I think he spoke to McGonagol who told him that if he reached release target weight he was out. Baldrick has researched Norfolk and since it doesn't have winter sun has put plan b into action!

Rudolph - a weather window watcher is up 60g this week and is now 868g.
Baldrick - down 26g now 620g.
McGonagol - better for being brought out of hibernation and us up 44g and is now 631g.
Scratchy - still has nasal congestion but chest clear. Up 118g and now having his biscuit and wet food reduced as he us 1166g. He can still curl /ball but if he puts much more on he is at risk of being overweight.
Spot - soon to be a weather watcher up 95g and is now 748g
Finally McSnotty - his infected, macerated nose has healed well. Up 97g and is now 760g. He too is soon to become a weather watcher.

A big thank you this week to East Coast Pet Rescue who appealed for newspapers and towels for us. We have a super stock of towels now so no more at the moment please. Newspapers are gratefully needed - each hog in rescue needs 1.5 newspapers a day.

Message me for drop off point - waterproof box in front garden xx

16/01/2025

The European hedgehog has unfortunately been listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as a 'near threatened' species as their numbers have declined by over 30% in the last decade.

There are a variety of factors contributing to hedgehogs' decline, including:
➡ The destruction of their habitats
➡ Increased road traffic
➡ Use of pesticides which makes it harder for them to find food
➡ Garden hazards like netting and ponds cause further casualties as hedgehogs can become easily trapped in them

If we don't start making small changes to help species like this and make their lives a little easier, we really do risk losing them forever.

Please share this post to encourage others to help hedgehogs in 2025

10/01/2025

A bit late but here is the latest update on our current hotel guests:
Rudolph has gained another 135 grams and has reached weather dependant release weight at 808 grams. I think he maybe with me a tad longer as it us too chilly at the moment for release.
Baldrick is going the wrong way with a drop since last update of 50 grams. He is now 646 grams. He is being treated for Capillaria BUT he is now next door to McGonagol who along with Spot having been play silly buggers! I think McGonagol has told Baldrick to go on a mild hunger strike to avoid eviction aka release. Baldrick completes his treatment on Monday but tomorrow his poobie will get at further microscope inspection.
McGonagol was brought into the cosy kitchen as he was losing too much weight during snoozing and has been brought out of hibernation slowly. He has gained 10 grams. Spot continues to "hoover" up 10 grams and now on a heatpad.
This week we have welcomed more guests in need:
Tesco who is now with Jane and Robin (our fabulous fosters) waiting for a weather window.
McSnotty who is being treated now for cap and lungworm. Why McSnotty - think nursery children with a heavy cold 😂. 73 gram gain in 5 days.
Lastly Scratchy with a dreadful chest but eating for England gaining 89 grams in 5 days.

02/01/2025

Need to get the deputy maid over at clean out time for a photo shoot of our current guests. I'm rubbish at trying to get selfies in rubber gloves 🤣🤣🤣

02/01/2025

"Fatty" aka as Rudolph put on 57 grams last night taking him to 743 grams. Time for hardening up prior to release so tomorrow he swaps places in the cosy shed with a heatpad with McGonagol who needs to come back to the cosy kitchen to be slowly brought out of hibernation.

You may ask "why"? McGonagol was not at a weight that I am comfortable with for a young hog to hibernate (1st hibernation) but have let him have a go! He is also losing more weight in hibernation than is normally anticipated - so it is time to slowly wake him up, this can take possibly 4 days.

How do I know how much weight he is losing? Weighing him in his nest box. When my hogs 1st snooze they and their nest box are weighed and then checked regularly. They have twice daily checks for any activity. Once a week I will peek inside to check all is well.

Why will it take possibly 4 days? This has to be a slow steady process, it's not like defrosting tomorrow's tea! McGonagol is in a deep stasis / suspension and to rouse him too quickly could cause cardiac arrest and death. Once fully awake McGonagol needs fattening up before going back to the cosy shed.

Who said winter was a quieter time for rescues? Not me x

31/12/2024

Update time Baldrick is now 696g up 59g in a week. Rudolph is now 673g up 117g. Spot is out of his brief hibernation and is now 643g up73g. McGonagol decided he didn't want to do this Christmas and New Year malarkey and has gone to sleep with some periodic awakenings! He has lost 22g in a week, which is more than I would like. Will keep a close eye on him and if needs be will swap him with Rudolph as Rudolph needs the cosy shed to harden up before release and McGonagol can be slowly brought out of hibernation!

Happy New Year to all of our followers. Let's hope it is a good one for you all xx

24/12/2024

It's been 2 weeks since last inmate update and all is well here at Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue . Baldrick has gained 94grams and is now 637grams. Little Rudolph is growing up and has gained 192grams and is now 556grams. Spot has decided to wake up and has gained 57grams and is now 627grams and McGonagol is exactly the same weight at 596grams. Both Spot and McGonagol are not gaining as much weight as I would like but their poobies are clear.

I would like to take this moment to wish all of our followers a very Happy Christmas. Thank you for all your support throughout the year with donations of pennies, food, gifts from our Amazon wishlist, newspapers etc. Sarah aka Hattie 🦔🦔🦔

17/12/2024

Au-revoir Ron, joined us as a baby on 16th Oct weighing 110grams, leaving later this evening at 950grams a weight gain of 840grams. Enjoy our garden where you can roam and receive support feeding as you need it 💙🦔

12/12/2024

Last Craft Fayre of the year here at Ormiston Herman Academy. All sale proceeds go to Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue x

11/12/2024

Update time ...
1st up Ron - 850grams & should be ready for release after the weekend cold snap. Having arrived as a 110g bubba he is now a lovely chonk.
Next is Baldrick - 543grams who now has lungworm and a chest infection but continues to gain weight whilst being treated.
Spot and McGonagol continue to play "silly buggers!" Both are weight static at just under 600grams and are dithering about hibernation. Spot has been snoozing for the last 2 days, McGonagol snoozed on Sunday but was up again Monday night!
Newbie Rudolph from Thetford has put on 84grams in 5 days and is now 364grams. Rudolph has roundworm and today started treatment for a chest infection.
Last fundraiser of the year tomorrow at Ormiston Herman Academy with my knitted hoggies x

09/12/2024

3 more ready for release Emma Elizabeth xx

04/12/2024

Hi Fans - Ron here! Aunty Melanie Bracey took this adorable piccie of me on holiday at hers. Since I'm not on a heatpad I decided to use the cable hole to amuse her with my super cute nose.

The housekeeper has returned from her holiday and picked me and Baldrick up yesterday. There was an awful lot of cooing this morning when she provided room service - I'm not sure what "chonked up" means but she mentioned moving to a big boi room in the cosy shed which sounds interesting.

This morning I weighed in at 730 grams, a gain of 275 grams in 17 days. My pal Baldrick weighed in at 460 grams a gain of 200 grams. Spot and McGonagol went to Aunty Tessa because the housekeeper muttered something about them playing "silly buggers" before she went on holiday. Spot weighed in at 577 grams a gain of 46 grams and McGonagol weighed in at 620 grams a gain of 80 grams.

I had a quick word with them when they got home and Spot told me he had decided to snooze for a whole week! McGonagol added that they had heard the housekeeper muttering about something called getting weight on for release and when they chatted together at Aunty Tessa's they decided that it is rather chilly, rains constantly and that they would rather enjoy continuing their winter break here until the weather improves. I have since heard the housekeeper muttering again about them being bed blockers!

03/12/2024

Hi all, Tech Guru here 😀 So Mum made a slight boo-boo with the easy fundraising before- turns out there is (was?) another rescue with the same name on this platform.

So I have just created a cause for OUR hedgehog rescue, it is named "Hattie's Hedgehog Rescue Gorleston" and has our purple logo :D If anyone had already signed up, you can change your cause in the app/on the website. I can try to help anyone having troubles with this, just drop this page a message with your tech issue and I shall get round to it.

The link below should take you straight to our little page- we are not the rescue based in Hertfordshire!

Happy Tuesday all 😀

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22/11/2024

An early night for the housekeeper tonight. Tomorrow our current residents will transfer to other experienced carers whilst the housekeeper has a brief break. The Deputy maid will keep support feeding the wild boi's and gals