The hedgipeg hideaway

09/02/2020

Our prickly little friends

https://www.bbcearth.com/blog/?article=our-prickly-little-friends

Every day they're snuffling...well, every night at least. One of the cutest things you'll find in your garden, here are our top five facts about the hedgehog.

09/02/2020

Morning all, with the bad weather please keep an eye on the wildlife, if you notice any in distress please try to make them safe and give us a call. Our number is at the top of the page. We will happily come out and help.

Stay safe everyone 😊

06/02/2020

Massive thank you to Alison from Pets at Home Milton Keynes for these food bowls. 😊🦔

Don’t forget we have an amazon wish list and also a pay pal account if anyone wishes to donated all help with any items.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2IZB96BI4EVQP?ref_=wl_share

paypal.me/thehedgipeghideaway

Please like our page so you can keep up to date with any changes and all relevant information

30/01/2020

Picked these lovely little ones up today, these will go lovely in our new housing unit 😊🦔❤️

30/01/2020

So a little bit of shopping done today with a few more blankets purchased, and gloves. Also a massive thank you to Asda for the donation of food, puppy pads and towels, and Cheryl Macpherson for the huge amount of newspapers 😊 everything helps and the on going support is fantastic.

29/01/2020

Here are some ways to help our little friends out 🦔

The best ways of assisting hedgehogs are by helping them avoid man-made hazards and providing them with suitable places to nest, especially in the winter.

Slug Pellets – these are poisonous and should not be used. If absolutely necessary, pellets should be placed in a pipe or under a slate inaccessible to hedgehogs. Dead slugs must be removed daily. Use other garden pesticides sparingly;- or better still not at all, you never know what else they might kill or make sick. Always try alternative methods – see BHPS leaflet on ‘Creating a Wildlife Garden’.

Garden ponds / Swimming pools – can be death traps to small mammals. Always ensure that there are several gently sloping slipways around the edge of the water to enable animals to escape if they fall in. Ensure the pool cover is on every night and that the polystyrene floats are placed near the side for a hedgehog to cling to. Slipways may be made by half submerging bricks or rocks around the edges of ponds and pools. Alternatively a piece of chicken wire can be hung over the edge like a scrambling net which hedgehogs can climb up to freedom. Keep the pond level topped up so that hedgehogs can reach the wire. Do remember hoglets will need a longer ramp than an adult hedgehog.

23/01/2020

Massive thank you to Rachele Walsh for these blankets and cat biscuits. They will come in very handy 😊🦔

21/01/2020

Hi to all our new followers, massive thank you for all our donations. It all helps. I will be spending my weekend making some snuggle pouches for our little ones, with the pillows case’s and duvet we have been given.
Please continue to share the page so everyone is aware we are here if needed. We also have links for an amazon wish list on the pinned post at the stop of the page.

17/01/2020

Hi everyone, thank you for your continued support, it’s been abit of a wet one in Milton Keynes lately with a lot of flooding. Please while you are out on walks keep an eye out for any little one that may have been washed out of their homes. Give us a call if you need any assistance, our number is at the top of the page 🦔😊

13/01/2020

Hedgehog facts 🦔
They are called hedgehogs for a reason
The ‘Hedge’ part of their name comes from where they build their nests hedges, bushes and shrubs. The ‘hog’ part comes from the small snorting/ grunting sound they make which is similar to a pig/warthog.

09/01/2020

A huge thank you to Maria Keynes for the two bags of pillow cases and covers, these will make great beds for all our little ones when they start coming in. It was a pleasure meeting you and Devon today, he is such a sweet boy, and we look forward to welcoming you and the grandchildren to the hideaway as soon as we are ready, and also a massive thank you to everyone that has popped round with bags of towels, covers and pillows.

Also we’ve had a great surprise with pets at home Milton Keynes kindly donating their cages that are no longer in use, due to their refit they will no longer being needing them. This has saved us a huge amount of money that can now all go towards to care of all the animals we will be getting coming into our care, the last few weeks with us just getting going and getting out there, seeing the support we have had is just so overwhelming and heart warming. We can’t thank you all enough 😊❤️🦔

09/01/2020

Good morning and welcome to all of our new followers.

We here at The Hedgipeg Hideaway hope you have a great day, remember keep sharing our page please so everyone knows we are here.

07/01/2020

Good morning all, hope you all have a great day today.

Here at The Hedgipeg Hideaway we have been overwhelmed with the support we have been receiving, a huge thank you to everyone that’s donated so far, last night we have been given some food items and bowls from Pets at Home these items will help us support all the wildlife we are expecting into us soon.

Everyones continued support is greatly received, and please don’t forget we have a PayPal for them which will go towards any medical bills and their care with us, and also an amazon wish list, The links can be found on the pin posted at the top of our page.

A huge thank you once again, we couldn’t do this without your help 🦔

06/01/2020

Dinner time for these two, one is still fast asleep and hibernating, the other smaller one is not ready just yet so is out having a nose around.

06/01/2020

Good morning everyone and welcome to all our new followers 😊 back to a normal week for us here at The Hedgipeg Hideaway 🦔 hope you all have a great day, and a massive thank you for all your continued support.

05/01/2020

You can now follow us on Twitter The Hedgipeg Hideaway, , little bit of novice at using it 😆 but will get there 👍🦔

05/01/2020

Good morning ☀️
Hope you all have a great day, keep sharing and liking our page please.

It’s clean out day today here at The Hedgipeg Hideaway 🦔 lots to do 😊

04/01/2020

Much the same as when considering our own diets, everything in moderation is the key to providing a healthy and balanced diet for wild-living hedgehogs. Small amounts of high phosphorus foods that hedgehogs scavenge from around bird tables are unlikely to cause major problems when eaten in conjunction with foods with a balanced calcium/phosphorus ratio.
Hedgehogs may travel up to 2 miles during the night and may visit several gardens for food, often visiting the same gardens at roughly the same time each night. Consideration should be given to the foods that your neighbours may be putting out for the hedgehogs.
If they are routinely feeding on high phosphorus foods, the small amount of mealworms, sunflower seeds or peanuts that you are providing could be the difference between a healthy diet and a poor diet

01/01/2020

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and we look forward to sharing all of our adventures with you all 🦔😊

31/12/2019

Good morning to all our new followers, thank you very much for liking the page and taking the time to read our posts 🦔

28/12/2019

🦔Hedgipeg facts 🦔

Hedgehogs have the ability to hibernate (although not all do), which makes them one of only three mammals that hibernate in the UK. Hibernating means that they hole themselves up and stay in a dormant state for winter.
Hedgehogs have around 5000 to 7000 spines on their back. These can be raised and lowered to respond to threatening situations. Each quill/ spine lasts about a year before dropping out and being replaced.

27/12/2019

Asda a huge thank you for this donation of dog food, this will help massively with the hedgehogs already in our care and we thank you very much for your on going support

27/12/2019

Huge thank you to our anonymous donor for all this food, this will go a long way to helping all the hogs we are expecting to come in. We couldn’t be anymore thankful.

27/12/2019

Thank you to Sarah Willers for the food dishes, these are the perfect size for a food tray 😊 these will be put to good use.

25/12/2019

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, thank you for the support so far and all our followers. 🦔🌲🎅🎁

24/12/2019

We’ve drawn the raffle and the winner is audria gott, thank you for your support

22/12/2019

Hedgehog facts 🦔🦔

The Latin word for hedgehogs is Erinaceus and our own British hedgehog is known as Erinaceus europaeus, it is the same species that occurs throughout most of the continent of Europe. Hedgehogs are well established in our urban habitat and can, somewhat surprisingly, survive very well in our cities, making extremely good use of cemeteries, railway land, wasteland and both public and private gardens.

21/12/2019

Good afternoon to all of our new followers, thank you for taking the time to like our page and also have a look at our posts.
Hope you are all having a great day today even though it it’s very chilly here in Milton Keynes

19/12/2019

Evening everyone, please don’t forget the hedgehogs have a amazon wish list, it all helps towards their care and release back Into the wild 🦔🦔🦔
Massive thank you to those who have already supported it, it really does help.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2IZB96BI4EVQP?ref_=wl_share

19/12/2019

So these are our new boys, the smaller one is very shy. They are a good weight so we are now going to slow start introducing them to the outside world so they can learn to find food, but be able to come back to the warmth of a nice bed until they are able to be released.

19/12/2019

We will be going to collect two little hogs later this afternoon, these are slightly underweight to be released for the winter so will stay with us for the time being until they are ready.

Will update with pictures later on today once collected 🦔🦔

18/12/2019

The hedgipeg hideaway

15/12/2019

Here are some helpful tips from tiggywinkles 🦔

Do’s and Dont's to protect hedgehogs in your garden
Do leave some areas of wilderness where the hedgehogs can snuffle for insects.
Do put out water for drinking.
Do put out a bowl of dog food or meaty cat food around dusk.
Do install, in a quiet part of the garden, a hedgehog house.
Do look to see if your hedgehog is limping or appears to be injured, or in late Autumn look out for underweight hedgehogs
Don’t put out bread and milk
Don’t pick up fit hedgehogs
Don’t leave black sacks lying around.
Don’t use slug pellets or other chemicals, they may poison hedgehogs and other animals.
Don’t light a bonfire without checking to see if a hedgehog or other wild animal has moved in.
Don’t fork over compost heaps in case hedgehogs or other animals have taken up residence.
Don’t spray hedgehogs with dog or cat flea sprays. It will be detrimental to the hedgehog.

15/12/2019

**Raffle time**

To help raise some funds we are raffling off this huge puppy plush, Super soft and just lovely.

All funds raised will go to The Hedgipeg Hideaway for on going care.

£1 per strip, payments can be made via PayPal on the link on the pinned post or direct bank transfer if that’s easier 😊 I will draw the raffle Xmas eve and if you are local will get the gorgeous puppy to you on the day.

Anyone that isn’t local but wishes to purchase tickets I will take a picture of your numbers and send it to you 😊

Thank you for everyone support

15/12/2019

Here is the video of us releasing three out of the four hares earlier this year. It was 3 because one has decided she didn’t want to go just yet, but she was reunited with them the following day.
Such a great feeling seeing these first come into our care very small and we did wonder if one or two would survive, but all four made it and are still on the farm having a great time.

14/12/2019

Hi everyone my name is Louise, this year myself and my family have been introduced to the care of hedgehogs along with other wildlife such as hares, field mice and much more. This is something that has been close to my heart for a long time, this year we have taken care of nine hedgehogs, four hares and a small amount of field mice. All being released back into the wild, which was the greatest feeling.
With Tigglewinkles being a distance away sometimes people are unable to get the wildlife to them, and with not many places to take them myself, my family and some close friends have decided to start our own rescue service to help these poor declining animals.

So without any further delay I give you The Hedgipeg Hideaway and my close friends page Hedgehog Haven MK. We both work closely together, and are both in this for the animals. Below is a link for our PayPal page for the hedgipeg hideaway should you wish to donate towards their care and also a wish list for all the bits that these amazing animals need.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to look at my page and to also supporting us.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2IZB96BI4EVQP?ref_=wl_share

paypal.me/thehedgipeghideaway

Please like our page so you can keep up to date with any changes and all relevant information

11/12/2019

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11/12/2019

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