Hinterland Hedgehogs

13/12/2024

Sweet boy Daiquiri… isn’t he so handsome, look at that pose?! 🥰😍

His modelling career kick off with the African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service calendar front cover this year has really given him an ego boost in front of the camera. 😋📸

13/12/2024

Debating releasing my new hit single “Daiquiri Is A Burrito” on all streaming platforms… 🛁🌯

My little old man may be getting on but he’s still randy enough that I have to manually peel off boy juice from his chin each week; young at heart! 🤍🤢

He really wanted to show off his mani-pedi at the end there, we love a metrosexual king. 💅🏽

10/12/2024

Who needs to go to M&S for Christmas turkey when Mocha can provide 4 perfectly chonky drumsticks for me to munch?! 🍗😋

08/12/2024

Hello, you lovely lot! 🤍✨

HogMunch Helper here to let you know that I’ll be taking some time off over Christmas when it comes to food orders, so if you’re going to need food between now and the beginning of January, please do put in your order as soon as possible this week. ☺️

I’ll still be available through the festive period to help if anyone needs me, I just won’t be leaving the comfort of my sofa - pyjama-clad with hot choccy in hand watching terrible Christmas movies on Netflix - for any dealings with the postie… even the busiest elves need their rest! 🎄

Just pop me a message if you need to order. 🥰

05/12/2024

It’s not particularly hard to see why Pancake was my first and only foster fail in nearly 5 years of fostering, is it? 😂

I am obsessed with this chubby puppy. She brings such a smile to my face every day. 💕

POV - I was rude enough to only offer her ONE measly morio worm as if she’s fat and is on a diet (she is), how dare I?! Where’s the rest?!

01/12/2024

As it turns out, tonight is a good night for bragging (see our last post on little Callie!) - completely sold out of this year’s Club calendars. 🥹

I’m so, so proud. 🧡

African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service Calendar 2025 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! ✨🧡🗓️

A huge thank you to everyone who bought one of our fundraising calendars this year! We have officially reserved all of the calendars we had available!

There are a few outstanding payments/address information requests, so please check your messages or emails if you have placed an order, as we’ll start posting out tomorrow.

If we have not heard from those outstanding orders by next weekend, we will be able to release the calendars on hold, but for now, we are closed to orders. ☺️

We can’t thank you all enough for your support - we’re blown away! 🥰🦔

01/12/2024

Evening everyone! A bit of a story time that we’ve been keeping under wraps for now but I’m ready to blow my own trumpet because I’m so proud of this! 🥰

I’d like you all to meet Callie! Callie came to me a few weeks ago with one of the worst fungal infections I’ve ever seen. She’s only 6 months old and the owner had only had her since July. Not only was she covered in bloody wounds and weeping crusts, barely able to open her eyes, but she was also very underweight - 243g at her lowest here with me.

I’d like to point out that fungal infection can happen in hogs, even with the best care! And I wish I could say that her owner sought to care for her properly, but unfortunately he didn’t and this was the result. To show how quickly it can take hold, I’ve included pictures of her at 7 weeks old compared to when she came to me… time is of the essence with conditions like this! ⏳

In 11 days with at home treatment and no need for veterinary intervention, but with plenty of daily at home care, this is what we achieved. And little miss is up to 302g already! 😍 Her fur is growing back in well, no more signs of crusties or sores. Just a happy, healing hoggy. ❤️

I’m super proud of her and what we managed to accomplish in the 2 weeks she was here, but it speaks volumes to what we can achieve with them when you can put in some love, care, time, and most importantly, experience and knowledge! Her previous owner didn’t know how to fix the problem, and couldn’t be bothered to seek out and ask questions from people who may be able to help which is where he let her down, but we’ve managed to, thankfully, fix it.

After being happy to give her the all clear and sign her out from the Hinterland Hospice, I’ve moved her on to her next home for a few months with her lovely foster carers, where she’ll carry on growing and recovering. ✨

She’s a prime example of why I devote so much time to these sweet babies. My hands may be clumsy but they can still work wonders! 🦔

28/11/2024

My blood, sweat and tears went into these calendars… only 14 remaining. 😍🥰

19/11/2024

When you wake up in the middle of the night and realise you didn’t take any hog content to post…

Oops. 😂 Have a cat instead!

Bibi was rudely awakened by me shoving the camera in her face so I’m sending her my apologies. 🐱

18/11/2024

Mara sat on her little bottom. 🥹

A puppy hog even in her old age - can you believe she was born in this very room 3 and a bit years ago! 💛

And since then, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have also been born within these walls, too. 🥰

15/11/2024

Have a lovely weekend, everyone. ✨🥰

Lots of love,

Tifa & the team! ❤️

09/11/2024

For those of you that have seen the African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service 2025 Calendar (pre-orders will be closing tomorrow and leftovers will be very, very limited so please let me know tonight or tomorrow morning if you’d like one - see my last posts for details!), you’ll have seen our beautiful boy Daiquiri on the front cover! 🥰

Daiquiri came in to the Rehoming Service earlier this year and we just couldn’t resist that gorgeous little face. I thought you might like to see some of my favourites from behind the scenes of our little photoshoot - it was SUPER hard to pick the final cover photo, but I think we made the right decision. 😍

07/11/2024

Look at my little tater tot. 🥰

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our calendar efforts so far over at African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service - we’re so grateful! Orders will be placed tomorrow and we’ll only have a small surplus that will be available (but I’m sure will go quickly!) so please let me know if you’d like one. 🥹

06/11/2024

Well, this has certainly kept me and the team busy the last few days… 🥰😍

Orders for the African Pygmy Hedgehog Club UK Rehoming Service 2025 are now open! 🧡🦔

Message me if you’d like to order one. ☺️

🧡 APH Club UK Rehoming Service Calendar 2025 🧡

THE TIME IS UPON US! 2025 is right around the corner! (Sorry for the reminder… 😅)

Behind the scenes here at the Rehoming Service, we’ve been pulling together something incredibly special for you all - this year’s Rehoming Service fundraising calendar! 😍

Unlike previous years where we’ve traditionally asked for all your beautiful babies, this year we wanted to take a step back and think about how we could really share with you all the amazing things your support allows us to do - and what better way to do that than by dedicating our calendar to what really matters - the hogs we help. 🥰

This year’s calendar features the 49 amazing hogs that were handed into the Rehoming Service between January 2023 and July 2024. All of these perfect little ones have been adopted out or kept as permanent fosters, and most importantly, they have been given another chance at the happily ever after that they deserve. 🦔

With 100% of the proceeds from the calendar sales going towards the funds for helping us care for all the snoots that come through our doors, we couldn’t think of a more fitting way to remind you of all the wonderful things your support allows us to achieve, than by showing you all those we’ve been blessed to help this year every time you look at your calendar. 🥹

We are now accepting pre-orders and all calendars will be shipped in time for Christmas - pressies anyone?! 🎄 Numbers are limited so if you’d like to place an order for a calendar (or a couple!) please message the Rehoming Service page, email [email protected], or message Kennedie Redpath, Debbie Evans or Gracie Adams.

We are so proud of the work we do and the effort that’s gone into making this calendar, but more importantly, we are so incredibly proud of the hogs that come through our doors and we can’t wait to show off their sweet little faces. 😘

31/10/2024

A very happy Halloween to all our spooky spikes! 🎃🦇🌙

Tifa was feeling particularly ghoulish, so we took some cheeky photos to celebrate! 🧡

Stay safe & have fun, little wisps. May your evenings be filled with mystery, magick, and just a touch of mayhem. ✨

Tiny ghostie terrarium is from our friends over at Scaped Nature. 🪴👻

30/10/2024

Short & sweet with worms to eat! 🐛🤤

29/10/2024

Double-posting because I’m obsessed with him. 😛💛

29/10/2024

🐾 Tifa Tuesday 🐾

Little Tifa is settling down for torpor so I’m making the most on checks every few days to have a little cuddle with him. 🥰

Unlike hibernation, animals don’t fully retreat to a sleep state through torpor so, thankfully, I’ll still get to his handsome face over the next few months! If anyone has any questions about torpor in lesser tenrecs, please pop them below! ⬇️

Here we are, people watching out the window! 🪟❤️