Set up in October 2014, we are a small rescue focusing mainly on hedgehogs but also now small animals
05/02/2025
Hi Everyone.long post PLEASE SHARE AND BE AWARE.
Again i need to put this post on which myself and i know lots of rescues feel very strongly about and upsetting,and it is happening lots and when the babies start to be born and hoglets are out on their own thats when it happens even more,please don't keep the hogs thinking a cage and some food will help because it won't.
HEDGEHOGS are NOT yours to make that decision to keep for days even if you find one in your garden.
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE KEEP THEM FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS THEN CALL TO SAY THE HOG IS DYING, then asked how long have you had the hog, oh 3 DAYS !!! WHAT!!!🤬
They are out in the day because they have parasites,injuries,wounds you cant see,they are wobbly because they are dehydrated,or have head trauma,or ear mites, not because thats how they walk.
Ringworm which you can catch, believe me you would not want that but if you handled without gloves you could catch it.
Mites,Maggots hatched already eating then from inside,some dont even know they have been laid on by flies,in there eyes,ears,mouths, up their nose private area's.
IF YOU DONT KNOW THEN PLEASE DONT KEEP THE POOR LITTLE ANIMAL HAND IT OVER AS SOON AS YOU FIND IT.
They are cold,you only have to check there gums,whicjh you probably can't do, to see how near to dying they are there underside so cold and there feet,they have no blood supply they are slowly going into shock but still you kept it outside in a cold garage, a shed,stuck it in a rabbit cage with a old t shirt and some hay,trying to feed a baby, with water and dogfood when the ones people are keeping would still be suckling or only just starting to wean,i'm talking babies who need constant heat who would be with a mum kept warm by her furry underbelly,.because you thought it was the best for the hog for days.
THEY WOULD BE IN INCUBATORS,ON CONSTANT HEAT,im talking on a daily basis until they are bigger.
They are not trophies you can show off to friends.
THIS is beyond belief a baby was kept to educated their children about wildlife kept for 2 days then contacted a rescue to say it was dying,and before it got here it died.
2 days of constant handling,by man and children,the noise,the stress the poor baby must have been in i'm sorry but just writing this post fills me up and just makes me so angry when this is happening and the hard work and commitment i and other rescues give to the hedgehogs at our rescues.
Everyday our lives are taken over caring for a hedgehog in the way that we have been trained to do, we have to pick up the pieces from people who decide after days of taking that hog in themselves to look after with no knowledge of these little animals needs .
I give up my own normal daily life to help treat these sick animals as do all rescuers we work hard,it can be exhausting mentally,and its not just one day its everyday you wake up to care for hogs and care all day before you sleep,well not if you have very small hoglets without a mum, then not much of that.
PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU ARE TAKING IN A HOG, they are very complex little animals,what rescues see is different to what you see,even uncurling a hog is hard,but if it is handed over as it should be that hog will get medical help from carers who know what to do, there is a rescue out their who can help, and you WILL HELP THE SICK HOG MORE AND CARING FOR ITS WELFARE IF YOU HAND IT OVER AS SOON AS YOU FOUND IT.
