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West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue WELCOME TO WEST MIDLANDS HEDGEHOG RESCUE. PHONE NUMBERS 07837 409533 or 01922419532 (9am to 7pm every day)

HAVE YOU FOUND A HEDGEHOG IN DISTRESS?

CALL US ASAP if you find a sick or injured hedgehog, an orphaned hedgehog or one that is out in the daytime. Hedgehogs DO NOT sunbathe - if you find one out in the daytime it absolutely needs help. Our opening hours are 9am to 7pm every day. PLEASE DO NOT SEND US AN EMAIL OR A SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE OR COMMENT ABOUT A HEDGEHOG THAT NEEDS OUR HELP. MESSAGES ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED BUT PHONES A

RE MONITORED 9AM to 7PM EVERY DAY (out of hours please contact your local 24hr emergency vet). SENDING US A MESSAGE WILL WASTE VITAL TIME IN GETTING HELP TO THE HEDGEHOG(s) YOU HAVE FOUND - messages are intermittently checked by remote volunteers - Calls go straight to our hedgehog carer Joan. ALWAYS CALL US - this is an emergency situation for the hedgehog(s) ���

DONATIONS:

Without donations we couldn’t do what we do! If you can spare anything to help us help hedgehogs - no matter how small - it will be very much appreciated and accepted with immense gratitude. OUR AMAZON WISH LIST IS HERE! : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3I7P8GHW08HA4?ref_=wl_share

We accept cash donations by bank transfer - please get in touch for details. For general questions please email or message using the contact details on our website - please check our FAQ section of our website before sending us a message as you may find the info you are looking for there : www.wmhr.org.uk

The founder of WMHR Joan Lockley has been inundated with urgent calls to rescue and collect injured, dehydrated or small weight hedgehogs who will not survive this year’s hibernation without her assistance. You can help in simple ways.

• Leave water in a low heavy dish in a sheltered spot in your garden and top up daily
• Be a ‘stage’ transporter for injured or hedgehogs
• Join, like and share the page with everyone to highlight the cause
• Donate old hutches, small or large, to us as housing for the casualties to be cared for
• Donate ‘puppy pads’ or human incontinence pads (square padded liners) for hygiene in the pens.
• Become a fosterer until hedgehogs can be released.
• Become a fundraiser for WMHR to help Joan, a pensioner who single handed feeds, collects and cares for hundreds of hedgehogs every year. Donate unwanted (in-date) dried dog food (not fish) or wet cat food to help with feeding the hedgehogs. Amazon wish list

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3I7P8GHW08HA4?ref_=wl_share

Ok, This is THE moment before the medal was attached, a moment I will never forget, and oh, yes, I do love a man in unif...
29/09/2025

Ok, This is THE moment before the medal was attached, a moment I will never forget, and oh, yes, I do love a man in uniform.

This is my security team, they come supplied with the medal. (This was supposed to be a joke, but it seems to have bounc...
28/09/2025

This is my security team, they come supplied with the medal. (This was supposed to be a joke, but it seems to have bounced back on me) These men on the right are certainly no joke as they also received the BEM, the gentleman on the left is Lord Lieutenant Derrick Anderson CBE.

What a truly wonderful day today. Just for once in my life, I’m speechless. I can come down off my cloud long enough to ...
25/09/2025

What a truly wonderful day today. Just for once in my life, I’m speechless.
I can come down off my cloud long enough to thank everyone involved in the planning of this truly memorable event.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the 3 friends who accompanied me to the investiture, Martin, Margaret and Nicky. ###
(I’m going back up to sit on my cloud now)

Hey friends, do you know what makes me so angry, so upset, so frustrated? The sentence “ It’s, meaning a hedgehog, fine,...
23/09/2025

Hey friends, do you know what makes me so angry, so upset, so frustrated? The sentence “ It’s, meaning a hedgehog, fine, it’s been out for a few days, but now it’s curled up and won’t move”.
NO, IT IS NOT ALRIGHT!!
I must be greeted with this reply to me answering a call, at least every other day. How many times do we have to repeat that you shouldn’t see a hedgehog out in the daytime?
Now don’t start saying “Ah yes, but there are times when you may see a hedgehog out in the day”. Please, do not muddy the waters. On a whole, a hedgehog out in the day is in trouble and if you are not sure, you phone me or another hedgehog rescue.
Sometimes these poor animals end up lying in the middle of someone’s garden in the cold and the pouring rain and then the finders will phone me to say, “ It’s been ok till this morning, trotting about etc”, but when it gets to that stage it’s often too late to save.
Well, that’s my rant for today and I may as well take it out on you than take it out on the person on the other end of the phone who doesn’t realise that nocturnal animals should not be out in the daytime. Joan.

To all of those who have seen this before, stop yawning and give the new followers a chance of a laugh.I needed to punch...
21/09/2025

To all of those who have seen this before, stop yawning and give the new followers a chance of a laugh.
I needed to punch some holes in some paper but my old punch had worn out so I purchased this new one which said on the back of the sealed packet, in red, that all safety clothing must be worn whilst using this punch.
Now you know I always stick to the rules (🤔???) so I made sure I followed the advice given.

Very sad news. The hedgehog with the ring around its neck passed away in the night.On examination I found its wounds wer...
16/09/2025

Very sad news. The hedgehog with the ring around its neck passed away in the night.
On examination I found its wounds were much worse than initially thought. The ring must have been around its neck for many months and was gradually choking the poor creature. At least it died warm, pain free and also free of maggots.
And to the lady who said that I should have taken it to the vets and had it gassed down, (one of my pet hates are people who give advice when it isn’t asked for) to gas down any animal that is that badly wounded would have killed it anyway.
I am upset because of not only the fact that I tried so hard to save this little one, but also of the person who allowed this to happen.
I repeat what I’ve said before,
When God created the world, he made one big mistake, he made man.

15/09/2025

OK, so all of a sudden we have gone from hedgehogs to cars!!!
One particular “gentleman” was inferring that I’m a bit of an idiot so, before I take the whole car thing off and end the conversation, I had in fact had the AA out just a short time ago with the same oil problem so the fault isn’t in fact with me, but with the car.
There’s an old saying; ‘Engage your brain before you put your mouth in gear’.

14/09/2025

ITS IAN WHO IS THE HERO NOW AS HE HAS DRIVEN OVER IN THIS AWFUL WEATHER TO BRING A URINE COLLECTOR FOR MOLLY. THANK YOU IAN!!

14/09/2025

Anthony is not going to be happy at me telling you this, but it was he himself who saved me this morning.
When the little red oil lamp and the STOP sign came on my dash board I knew that I had to get to safety and get help, and the only person I could think of who was nearest, was Anthony.
I had had to rush Molly dog to the vets yesterday as she was ill, and even after a thorough investigation by Ed, the wildlife vet at Straitons, she was still not at all well this morning, so I was off to Pets at Home to buy a urine specimen collector so that I could take a sample of Molly’s wee for examination first thing tomorrow.
The internet says that Pets at Home sell them, they don’t !!
Then I was again faced with the little red oil can, and the little red STOP sign when I came to drive home.
We are now back to Anthony who drove to the nearest garage, purchased some engine oil and put it in my car.
When I got home, the gentleman with the hedgehog with the ring around its neck, (which he had removed) was waiting for me.
I can never thank you enough Anthony and wifey Claire, for always being there for me.
These are what I class as real friends.
Let’s have a 👏🏼and a cape for Anthony today folks. Joan

This was brought to me this morning but I can’t remember the details as I was in a mess at the time. I was stuck on a ca...
14/09/2025

This was brought to me this morning but I can’t remember the details as I was in a mess at the time. I was stuck on a carpark with no oil in my car, and 4 injured hedgehogs waiting to be brought to my house and me unable to drive back to take them.
I’m afraid that this turned out to be a lot worse than it looked. The ring had caused a sore, bleeding wound around the neck of this poor hedgehog with the wound full of maggots.
Trying to get a hedgehog to uncurl when it’s not only been stuck in this position for possibly days, but also when it’s in pain, is nigh impossible.
It’s taken me what seems for ever to go back wards and forwards between cleaning out and administering to the hedgehogs I already had in, answering the phone and taking in another 3 injured hedgehogs then doing a little bit more to this one has kept me busy all afternoon.
To be Frank, this hedgehog is in a bad way and it’s very doubtful, because of its wounds and the bad state that it’s in, that I can save it. But I’ll try.

13/09/2025

We will do it the same way as last time when I receive the hog houses. First come, first served. Joan.

13/09/2025

I CAN ORDER MORE HEDGEHOG BOXES FROM THE PRISONERS AT OAKWOOD IF ANY OF YOU WANT ONE?

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Monday 09:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 19:00
Thursday 09:00 - 19:00
Friday 09:00 - 19:00
Saturday 09:00 - 19:00
Sunday 09:00 - 19:00

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