Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935

Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935 Help and advice for sick and injured hedgehogs

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~ WAKING HEDGEHOGS ADVICE ~
Around now fat reserves are running very low and our little prickly friends start coming out of hibernation. A hedgehog generally will have lost around one third of its body weight during this time! With such a drastic weight loss they initially wake very disorientated and weak, they can appear drunk being very wobbly on their feet. Their first priority is water not foo

d so it is very important to ensure that there is ice free water in your garden all year round. Extreme low temperatures can cause a hedgehog to wake in the middle of winter. This is the time when we start to get ready for emergencies where hedgehogs have had their nests destroyed from people tidying up their gardens as the sun has decided to shine. March and April are such months for Dotties. We will admit many hedgehogs with soft tissue injuries from strimmers and garden forks along with fractured bones from spades and forks. The injuries are often horrific with operations needed and long periods of rehabilitation, some live with us as they are unable to be released. A number of our casualties will be put to sleep straight away due to the extent of the injuries. It is so sad when you think that they manage to survive winter lowering their metabolism to near death in order to survive only to be seriously injured by us. Always check before trimming or cutting down shrubs or bushes. Always check your compost heap before digging over with a fork. If you are removing a shed/ summer house please check underneath them. They love to nest under under garden sheds and patio decking. Long grass? Check before trimming or mowing. If spraying your fence please buy brands that are non toxic
Slug pellets…… invite hedgehogs in to help instead :)
Use non toxic alternatives to w**d killer

Please make the time to make your garden more hedgehog and wildlife friendly. We are happy to offer advice and google is amazing for ideas. Your garden could be a home for lots of prickly friends that will eat your slugs to help your garden and they are a pleasure to watch! Hedgehogs are in serious decline in the UK anyway but putting further obstacles in their way when they wake from the dangers of hibernation is easily avoided with a little knowledge and caring.

Just Clyde chilling out…
09/01/2025

Just Clyde chilling out…

Little Laney…….Doubled in size 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼😁
09/01/2025

Little Laney…….
Doubled in size 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼😁

Hillary 🌸Looking at her on arrival we thought there was sight in her good eye but on checking again today we didn’t have...
09/01/2025

Hillary 🌸
Looking at her on arrival we thought there was sight in her good eye but on checking again today we didn’t have any reactions…..
Victoria & Michael McLaughlin came to visit and this happened….. so when she’s ready she will be released under their amazing care and see how much of a wild life she accepts and is happy with.

09/01/2025

So finally we are catching up and have drawn our draw from December! This was 100 numbers rather than the usual 50/50.
The lucky winner of the £100.00 is …….. (drum roll please)………..

Number 2 - Marie Coleman 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 💰

Please keep sharing. We would really love to have the works complete by the spring ready for our busy season. Last year...
08/01/2025

Please keep sharing. We would really love to have the works complete by the spring ready for our busy season. Last year we had in excess of 150 hedgehogs at one time and would like to be able to continue with more room and equipment with complete use of our outside space 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Iʼm raising money to extend Dottie's. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

I’m little Nova and was the first to arrive for the New Year, hence my name! I lost a little weight as I had meds for so...
06/01/2025

I’m little Nova and was the first to arrive for the New Year, hence my name!
I lost a little weight as I had meds for some nasty eggs in my tummy but….. I’m now gaining it back and eating all of my dinners 💪🏼

Hillary 🌼 She was found approaching a main road today. On examination she has a bit of an issue with one of her eyes but...
06/01/2025

Hillary 🌼
She was found approaching a main road today. On examination she has a bit of an issue with one of her eyes but other than that all test are clear. She’s an older girl and will receive a little TLC and attention to that eye before release

Hello Little Bobo! One of our new arrivals today from Broadway Veterinary Group. She had some nasty capillaria in her p...
06/01/2025

Hello Little Bobo!
One of our new arrivals today from Broadway Veterinary Group. She had some nasty capillaria in her p**p that we have treated and she’s now all snuggled on her heat mat with her supper 🌺

Please share…… 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼We have launched this fundraiser as we have decided that we really could do with a little (lot) m...
05/01/2025

Please share…… 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

We have launched this fundraiser as we have decided that we really could do with a little (lot) more room! Anyone that has visited us can see that we struggle with so many residents in our care. This fundraiser is to add a second cabin to enable us to care for more hedgehogs and use the additional space for our cages, ICU area & supplies etc.
We also have a lot of outside space that we can now utilise and create pre-release areas for our hedgehogs that need to build up strength / muscle or just cannot cope with the stress of being caged for their duration with us.
A donation no matter how small all helps alonf with sharing this post 🙏🏼

Iʼm raising money to extend Dottie's. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Poor little Jake! We found fluke in his p**p which can be really nasty and left untreated can be fatal. Well, it’s trea...
05/01/2025

Poor little Jake! We found fluke in his p**p which can be really nasty and left untreated can be fatal. Well, it’s treated so all should good for our handsome Jake

Jacob arrived this afternoon, he has a very special name to live up to 🥰He’s not in the best health and has been strimme...
02/01/2025

Jacob arrived this afternoon, he has a very special name to live up to 🥰
He’s not in the best health and has been strimmed in multiple places with some aggressive injuries. We’ve done our bit for this evening……. 🥰🥰🥰

I’m Rupert and my New Year started with the most disgusting medicine!! Happy New Year Everyone! 🙄
01/01/2025

I’m Rupert and my New Year started with the most disgusting medicine!!
Happy New Year Everyone! 🙄

We have become VERY VERY LOW on newspapers over the past week and would love some more for us to 💩 on for our lovely vol...
01/01/2025

We have become VERY VERY LOW on newspapers over the past week and would love some more for us to 💩 on for our lovely volunteers if possible 🙏🏼

This write up is worth sharing everywhere! 🙏🏼🙏🏼It happens all of the time to each and every rescue. We have so many come...
29/12/2024

This write up is worth sharing everywhere! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
It happens all of the time to each and every rescue. We have so many come in that ‘seemed fine for a day or two’. We can’t stress enough that any hedgehog that needs rescue, needs rescue immediately.

Rescue groups are urging people not to attempt to nurse sick and injured hedgehogs back to health.

This is Elsa, she came in tonight with lovely Jenny Attwood. As you can see Elsa is shy! But we're showing you this pict...
28/12/2024

This is Elsa, she came in tonight with lovely Jenny Attwood. As you can see Elsa is shy! But we're showing you this picture because she looks deliberately marked with blue on her bottom. It's only visible when she's picked up so she may have someone out there who will be worried when they don't see her in their garden. If you recognise her markings we're sorry if we've got her name wrong but please know that when's she's bigger and healthy, and the weather is warmer she'll be back on her patch to live her best life. We sometimes mark hedgehogs in rescue but we definitely didn't make this blue patch and haven't seen Elsa before.

Sorry for being so quiet on here over Christmas. The dreaded sickness bug got me (Jo) and I’ve been on the sofa for a we...
27/12/2024

Sorry for being so quiet on here over Christmas. The dreaded sickness bug got me (Jo) and I’ve been on the sofa for a week! Everyone at Dotties has been absolutely amazing and every shift has been covered. With the addition of Rosie Fisher heading in EVERY DAY over Christmas as well as regular cover I’m a little speechless!

We have now got a little low on dry and wet food. If anyone is abpe to help us we would be really grateful. We are also low on newspapers if anyone has any please? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Herne Bay Pet Shop also take orders over the phone and deliver.

Amazon wishlist
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/A60IIR1GA6CW?&sort=default
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Nope! I didn’t wish for ringworm for Christmas!!
22/12/2024

Nope! I didn’t wish for ringworm for Christmas!!

Poor little Olive. She has a nasty wound around her eye that’s going to take a while to heal. Her eye is in there luckil...
21/12/2024

Poor little Olive. She has a nasty wound around her eye that’s going to take a while to heal. Her eye is in there luckily! One of her rear legs is questionable but we are on it 🥰
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So finally we are catching up and have drawn our draw from December! This was 100 numbers rather than the usual 50/50. The lucky winner of the £100.00 is …….. (drum roll please)……….. Number 2 - Marie Coleman 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 💰

🤩⭐️🤩⭐️🤩 WOW 🤩⭐️🤩⭐️🤩 We can’t believe how many people came out in the horrendous weather to our pretty much last minute Christmas fair to support us! We really didn’t expect the turn out that we had. You are all AMAZING! ♥️♥️♥️ THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! 🎖️ Thank you to all of our wonderful helpers on the day for also braving the weather and coming down on their days off to be run ragged. 🥰🤩🥰 🫣correction…. We received a PayPal payment so the total is actually £910.34!!!

We would like to say a huge thank you for everyone who has donated raffle and tombola prizes, all of the beautiful handmade items and all of the baking that is underway today!! We are so so very grateful for the amazing support that we have received for tomorrows Christmas Fair!! Thank you everyone and see you tomorrow!! ⛄️Herne Bay Freemason Hall Cecil Park Herne Bay CT6 6DL 🎄 11am - 3pm

And the wonder of the November 50/50 is……. Number 15!

Sharing is caring…… Hester, Herbert & Hubert. Raised by our brilliant Alex Browning! Proper wild chunky little balls of spikes!!

🎉🎉🎉WE DID IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉 We are finally a registered charity! A massive thank you to all of our trustees and an even bigger one to Chris and Alarys Gibson for all of their hard work! I couldn’t be any prouder right now 🥰🥰🥰

This week we said goodbye to our Sir Christopher Prickles 💔 He was with us from before we were even Dotties! He was our blind handsome boy that built the best nests in the whole world! He was with us for nearly 5 years and wasn’t young when he arrived! He will be missed by all of us here so much 😔

So, in true Dotties style we are late for the October 50/50 draw…. 🫣🫣🫣 Apologies, we get a little busy this end but get there in the end! Well done number 13!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Poor little Geoff! Fluke, lungworm and now he’s looking a little bit mangey! Through all of this his little appetite has not been affected! 💪🏼

Julia arrived today…. She had a bit of trouble getting here when found and when we managed to get her she was extremely dehydrated and wobbly, lots of fleas and felt as light as a feather as hadn’t eaten properly for a while. Bless her, luckily she’s responding well and has now had some formula following sub cut fluids and a good check over. She’s warm and snuggled at home with me as she’s not out of the woods yet! Thank you again Rosie Fisher for being amazing 🤩 ###

Oliver Update! 🤎 The video says it all…… sound up!!!

The biggest thank you to our totally amazing Rosie Fisher for taking these three little ones on and feeding every 2/3 hours!! She has a few days off from work and is literally using these to be these little ones mum! She’s also keeping me a little bit sane as I think I would have completely cracked with no sleep on top of the babies I already have and the busy season we are in! THANK YOU 🙏🏼 🥰 We love you x

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About Us.... and how you can help....

We started Dottie’s in July 2019 following Spikes Hedgehog Sanctuary announcing that they were retiring. We already looked after two blind hedgehogs for Mary and stepped forward for training to continue with her amazing work.

We are now running our hospital that is generally full to bursting nursing these little creatures back to health to be released where they belong. We are getting busier and busier as we get known more widely with local people and veterinary practices.

Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital along with Retreat into Wonderland CIC are run by us, Jo & Jen, along with the kindness of donations and fund raisers.

If you would like to help us we have a wish list that runs alongside our animal sanctuary ‘Retreat into Wonderland’ that lists everyday items that we need...