HogsCroft Hedgehog Rescue

HogsCroft Hedgehog Rescue Registered Charity - SC053085. A hedgehog rescue and rehabilitation centre run by volunteers.
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Hickory Remember this brave girl who came in back in October with a massive head wound? She had an initial operation to ...
11/01/2026

Hickory

Remember this brave girl who came in back in October with a massive head wound? She had an initial operation to clean out the wound and Emily, our vet, had to then pull a flap of skin over to cover this large hole! Two weeks after the operation her wound opened up slightly - as we expected with such a large area to cover. She’s had daily treatment in the rescue, flushing the wound out, debriding it and applying a special cream to keep it bacteria free and promote healing. Half way through the treatment we discovered she still had her eye - it’s unlikely she has any sight in it - but as she has surpassed all expectations, who knows, her other eye is fine so she can see. Her progress is far more than we could ever have hoped for! The wound is slowly closing and whilst she might have a bit of a ‘bumpy’ head there is no reason it shouldn’t fully close up. Final photo was taken yesterday. Hickory’s future is now much brighter - come the Spring Hickory you’ll be back out in the wild ❤️🦔

A quick update on two hedgehogs who came in just before Xmas -Mrs Tinsel - who came in on Christmas Eve - a tiny wee gi...
09/01/2026

A quick update on two hedgehogs who came in just before Xmas -

Mrs Tinsel - who came in on Christmas Eve - a tiny wee girl who had lots of parasites but a lot of determination! Well just look at her now! (First photo) She is parasite free and doing well!

Cracker who came in on 22nd December - he’s been a very poorly boy and wouldn’t eat much - until I struck on a special mix which seemed to suit him - now weaned off that and happily munching his kitten biscuits! He was quite a huffy boy to start with but has turned into a real gent!

So lovely to see them get well - these two are just waiting for Spring when they can get back out into the wild - two more little lives saved! ❤️

Two more special thanks! Anne Morris McLean recently held a fundraiser for HogsCroft and raised £329 for our charity! Th...
09/01/2026

Two more special thanks!

Anne Morris McLean recently held a fundraiser for HogsCroft and raised £329 for our charity!

Thank you so much Ann - what a kind and thoughtful thing to do 👏👏👏

Rosemary Jamieson visited us again yesterday - as she does very frequently - and brought us gifts of food, puppy pads, microwaveable heat pads, sanitising fluid and more!

Rosemary we honestly do not know what we would do without your regular donations to our charity - you are an absolute star ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you also to others who have sent donations and have recently brought us newspapers (we now have lots!). Your kindness never ceases to touch our hearts ❤️❤️❤️

06/01/2026

We will be setting up a small exhibition in Auchterarder Library on Wednesday (7th to 17th January) to highlight the fantastic Auchterarder Hedgehog Highway Project.

Please call in to see the mini display - and if you are around on Wednesday afternoon (until 6.30pm) or on Saturday (until lunchtime), Elena will be available to answer your questions, hand out batteries to those volunteers who already have trail cameras and helping to map where and when the local hedgehogs have been seen.

🦔❤️ Happy New Year…and at the risk of being repetitive, we thought it timely to repost this vitally important message. P...
05/01/2026

🦔❤️ Happy New Year…and at the risk of being repetitive, we thought it timely to repost this vitally important message. Particularly key with the current cold snap. Please do help spread the word by sharing across your own pages and local groups ❤️🦔

Over the course of the last couple of weeks we’ve ordered medications for the hedgehogs costing in excess of £400. We w...
05/01/2026

Over the course of the last couple of weeks we’ve ordered medications for the hedgehogs costing in excess of £400.

We would like to thank everyone who donates to our charity on a regular basis, we really appreciate monthly payments some send directly into the charity bank account as this offers us certainty.

We would also like to offer special thanks to two folk who have recently donated generous amounts which have gone towards the purchase of essential medications.

Thank you to

David Watson
Lynn Taylor

Your donations help us make these wee souls well again 👏❤️🦔

Help!!!We are short of newspapers again and tis the time of year the hogs love to make their own nests ❤️If you can drop...
04/01/2026

Help!!!

We are short of newspapers again and tis the time of year the hogs love to make their own nests ❤️

If you can drop off at the rescue - the shed where we store the paper is just behind the garage - it would be appreciated.

Thank you

Little Molly came in at tea time yesterday - the first hedgehog admitted in 2026. Pauline from Blairgowrie had run out o...
03/01/2026

Little Molly came in at tea time yesterday - the first hedgehog admitted in 2026. Pauline from Blairgowrie had run out of some basics and was nipping to the shops when she spotted this little one on some spare ground near her house. Thank goodness she did! Molly weighs just over 330 grams and her p**p sample contained over 100 roundworm eggs, at least 75 lungworm larvae and a number of fluke eggs. Molly is receiving fluids and some medications but needs to be fully hydrated and more stable before other treatments can start . She’s a poorly girl and needs all your positive thoughts and energy ❤️🦔

🎊🥂🍾Happy New Year everyone 🍾🥂🎊
01/01/2026

🎊🥂🍾Happy New Year everyone 🍾🥂🎊

It’s a time to reflect, a time to remember! A time to think about the past and look to the future. I want to mark this ...
31/12/2025

It’s a time to reflect, a time to remember! A time to think about the past and look to the future.
I want to mark this day with sharing our memories and our achievements and acknowledge those who have helped us this last year and share our hopes and dreams for 2026!

We have now been in our new Critical Care Cabin for several weeks and just love it - still need to add some finishing touches and make it more ‘homely’ but when I think back to our previous facility it is ‘night’ and ‘day’. I used to work with the sickest of hogs in a tiny little space where I’d have to move a hutch out to move an incubator in - where I had no roomfor some of the treatments and many times would run into the house to carry out required treatments. Our dining room often had incubators set up and many of our rooms were taken up with hog stuff (still the case but improving 😉)

I knew for a long time that we had to move and took many months considering our options -and banging my head off many ‘walls’ before eventually taking a plan forwards

So thank you to

Derek Grubb - who offered me an enormous amount of help and guidance at the planning stage

QTS Contracts North Ltd and Kenny Morrison in particular, who supplied most of our brand new kitchen units and work tops for nothing - we had initially appealed for a second hand kitchen and Kenny’s mum saw the post! Cannot ever thank you enough for gifting us these amazing kitchen units!

Raymond Dunlop and his team from South Parks Paving Ltd. - whilst we are paying for this service we are delighted with the quality of workmanship

Kate Hill and family for giving us her pre loved dishwasher - what a time saver this is as well as helping with infection control

Neil and Marie who have donated many pre loved items which have saved us extra expenditure

To everyone who has donated to our fundraising efforts to build this high spec cabin - it is built to a high standard and we are delighted with it. There are too many to mention and many who wish to remain anonymous. Whilst I have invested a lot of my own money into this cabin I could not have funded it without the help of so many people.

We have cared for over 200 hedgehogs this year - over 500 since we opened in 2023- and the calls keep coming.

And final thanks goes to

Thrums Vets - thank you Emily and all the team at the Blairgowrie surgery - the care offered goes way over and above - such commitment and dedication

My amazing team of volunteers - who do so much more than a few hours each week - we all know how privileged we are to care for these beautiful souls and we all know how tough it really is. Our volunteers are still working in spaces which are not designed to care for hedgehogs and it is a very tough shout - so onto our hopes ……

Our future plans - we need funds for our second cabin - the Rehabilitation Cabin. Once again we are building this to a high spec as we intend to be around for many years to come - we are currently waiting fur HMRC to get back to us with our Gift Aid application and then we will be running a crowd funder. We will need even more help this time as there are no other funds to now fall back on - so watch this space ….

Thank you again to everyone who has helped us thus year - you are amazing and just a few of the hedgehogs you have helped ….

30/12/2025

The handsome Storm checking things out ❤️

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Whitecroft, Kinnaird Road
Perth
PH149SE

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Friday 7am - 10pm
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