The Hedgehog Shed

16/08/2024

Thank you to the young family who left the cat food pouches this evening whilst we were out. Although our rescue is now closed it will be donated to other hedgehog rescues.

09/12/2023

Tiny Nora is growing a little every day. On Wednesday she had a trip to meet vet Anna who checked her over and took some X-rays to check her bone structure and development. Today Nora is just over 200g and progressing nicely.

18/11/2023

They're getting smaller 🙁 - Nora arrived last night just 175g

14/11/2023

Please could you support Imi and her lovely micro rescue in south Leeds. She receives no funds and has to pay for all food, meds and vet fees herself.

Weʼre raising money to help buy food, supplies and medication for hedgehogs in need. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

11/11/2023

Despite being closed we still can't turn away little babies. Here's Nigel found this afternoon by neighbour Julie in one of her feedstations. He's only 205g far too little to be out alone.

19/10/2023

ANNOUNCEMENT

We’re sorry to announce that The Hedgehog Shed has now closed permanently. It’s a sad time for us and we want to thank all the wonderful, caring people who have brought us sick, weak and injured hedgehogs that they have rescued.

We’re not getting any younger sadly and the late nights and early mornings are taking their toll. We will of course continue to take care of the hedgehogs still staying at The Hedgehog Shed until it is time for them to be released again.

Thank you to all those who have supported us, providing us with the funding to pay for food, medicine and vets bills and surprising us with gifts from our wishlist. Your generosity is amazing. If you have any direct debits set up or repeat orders from our wish list please cancel them.

Special thanks to our fosterers for taking in the juveniles and looking after them until they became adults ready for release.

Other rescues will benefit from what we have left over and we hope that you will continue to support them to help the hedgehog population.

Find other rescues at www.yorkshirehedgehogs.co.uk

Mary and Ray Grant
The Hedgehog Shed

Hedgehogs and especially Hoglets need keeping warm and getting to a rescue or vet as fast as possible. Speed can save lives.

27/09/2023

27/09/2023

The leaves are falling now and and a hedgehog loves nothing more then hiding in leaf piles.
If you have piles already,always make sure you are very careful incase a hedgehog has made his nest under already,and use your HANDS NOT A FORK.
Make piles in your gardens for them,they love to collect leaves for their nests to hibernate.
Go out and collect falling leaves for bedding make sure they are dry.
Remember keep feeding and giving water.

15/09/2023

11.10pm end of day baby feed completed so finally finished for today. Next feed 6am tomorrow morning.🥱

14/09/2023

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I have supported and rescued hedgehogs in my Norfolk garden for 11 years. There are too many cases of hedgehogs being killed or injured, including intentionally. Adding hedgehogs to Schedule 5 would give a species in serious decline additional legal protection

03/09/2023

The Stanley baby girls are out of the ICU, weaned and growing fast.

28/08/2023

Now come on, be honest .. Does my bum look big in this?

25/08/2023

Our 3 babies are only 2 weeks and a few days old but one of them is already eager to start feeding herself.

21/08/2023

Good Monday morning everyone.

18/08/2023

Baby Peanut arrived yesterday 17 Aug just 116g

31/07/2023

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our rescue this year, in person, direct to the bank account or paypal and also the donations of food and items from our wishlist. Without your support we would not be able to keep The Hedgehog Shed open. Special thanks to LV Insurance for their generous donation and to Toni for arranging it.

21/07/2023

Thimble 100g helping herself to a roast chicken lunch - her favourite weaning food

15/07/2023

Babies Rodders and Rosie meet for the first time for fun and exercise in the play box.

11/07/2023

Tiny Tilly arrived on Saturday from Stanley weighing just over 60g. She is in the ICU being hand fed 5 times a day. Very slowly she's becoming more alert and confident and for the first time today she lapped a little from my hand. She has a very long way to go and her future is not certain yet but if Matt and his daughters hadn't found her then it is very unlikely that she would have survived overnight.

09/07/2023

Rosie arrived yesterday 8 July. She only weighed 96g and only about 2 weeks old. She absolutely refused to be syringe fed preferring to our surprise to feed herself from a dish of puppy mousse and hedgehog milk. Thank you to Chris for finding her alone out in the day and fetching her to us.

07/07/2023

Baby Rodders is so hungry he'll try anything - biscuits are too hard he doesn't have teeth yet but baby mousse will keep him going whilst I get his milk ready.