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I am a small Hedgehog Rescue based in Marchington near Uttoxeter.
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24/07/2024

Just to let everyone know I’m currently closed. If you need help with a hedgehog go to the helpwildlife website or alternatively take to the nearest vet.

Picture is of Blossom a hoglet.

03/07/2024

Hey everyone, first of all I would like to thank everyone that came to the Marchington open gardens to support me.

I am nearly at capacity and I’m in need of newspapers. Hardly have any left!

If you have or know somebody who reads newspapers please can you bring to me and put in the box outside my house. If you need my address I’ll happily private message you.

The picture is of Yorkie. He came in with mum at 96g but mum didn’t want him. I’ve hand reared him and he now weighs over 400g.

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13/06/2024

Hi, Prickles in a Pickle Marchington Hedgehogspital is opening for the Marchington open gardens next weekend. Therewill also be a raffle, Tombola etc. I’m just wondering if anyone has a small gazebo the rescue can borrow. We have one but that wasn’t quite enough last year.

Also if anyone has got any styrofoam we could have that would be great. We are making a hedgehog scarecrow and need it to stick things in to make spikes.

If you could help with either message me or email [email protected].

Thank you

The picture is of Yorkie a hoglet currently at the rescue.

07/05/2024

All done!! 2 live broadcasts that were on at about 7:50 and 8:15. Then I pre recorded 2 that are going to be on at around noon and then 4pm. It’s also going to be on BBC sounds.

Hey Everyone, you’re probably wondering why there’s a picture of Jack Tymon of BBC Radio Derby on my post.
Well as it’s Hedgehog awareness week I’ve been asked to appear on his radio show tomorrow morning to talk about Hedgehogs.
I’m a bit nervous as it’s live and hoping I don’t make an idiot of myself 😂
If you can have a listen and support my first radio appearance! 😁📻

30/03/2024

Just a quick but important post.

If you are doing work in your garden this weekend and are using a strimmer remember to check for Hedgehogs!

They will not run away from the strimmer and will either just stand still or curl up. So many Hedgehogs are being brought into rescue with strimmer injuries already!

Pictured is one of my girls, Tinkerbell, that was released last week. She is beautiful and I would be devastated if anything happens to her.

So please please please be mindful when strimming. Tell everyone! If you see someone strimming ask them if they have checked for Hedgehogs!

Hope you have a Happy Easter love from Lisa and the Hedgehogs. ❤️🦔🐣

12/03/2024

EXCUSE THE NO GLOVES I WAS BEING NAUGHTY!
Here is my newest little one who I collected today. She is a girl from Sutton Coldfield and weighs just 360g and is currently in an incubator because she was freezing cold. Now she is not underweight by much so surprisingly she was most probably born January this year.
She was out in the day so I am expecting some internal parasites to show in her p**p but she hasn’t graced me with one yet to check 😂.

03/03/2024

So that’s why Hedgehogs have a foot sticking out when they roll up! 😂

Also thank you to everyone who has donated to the rescue. Your help is appreciated by me and the Hedgehogs. 😊🦔❤️

27/02/2024

Here’s my gorgeous boy Elf enjoying an Imavoral bath. He has ringworm on his tummy and on his willie, poor boy.
Elf has a history here at my rescue. He was last with me about 2 years ago to be treated for parasites and ringworm. He went into hibernation and was released again in 2023. Now he’s back again with ringworm and suspected lungworm. He looks small in the bath but he’s a big boy at 1.2kg!

The busy time of year for hedgehog rescues is coming up and my funds are low. I appreciate times are still hard but if everyone who follows me donated a pound that would be another £400 in the kitty.
If you can spare a £1 or more please donate via PayPal using friends and family to [email protected]

Thank you from Lisa and the hedgehogs.

28/01/2024

OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

Yes my Hedgehog phone line is open again,at last. I’d like to apologise that my phone was off for so long but I just had no space and every time a space became available a hedgie came in from my local area and village.

So a lot has been happening here. I’ve been taking hedgehogs to volunteers to overwinter, moving hedgehogs from the shed to hutches, collecting hedgehogs that aren’t doing well whilst overwintering and taking a hedgehog out of hibernation because he’d lost too much weight! Phew I’ve been busy.

Due to all my lovely volunteers that took hedgies to overwinter i have some space. So if you do find a hedgie in need please call me.

Picture is off gorgeous Chestnut from Egginton primary school as a baby hoglet. She is now 650g and doing well.

24/12/2023

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to say Happy Christmas to everyone from me and the Hedgehogs.
Hope you all have a lovely time whatever you are doing.

Take care
Lisa and the Hedgehogs
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12/11/2023

First of all excuse the no gloves situation 🤦🏻‍♀️.
I am putting a shout out to all my lovely followers. Why? You ask.
Well my little rescue is getting busy and I am looking for some volunteers.
Duties include cleaning out and weighing hedgehogs. Helping me treat sick hedgehogs and on some occasions hand feeding hoglets.
So if you’d like to learn about rehabilitating hedgehogs and can spare 2 hours a week message me and I can arrange a visit.

Picture is off one of my gorgeous hoglets called Autumn.

06/11/2023

Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the radio silence. Here’s what’s been going on since I reopened.
I quickly filled up with hoglets and juveniles, sadly I lost several due to severe parasite infections. Then I became ill with the flu, it’s been 3 weeks and I’m only just starting to feel better but still quite weak.
Due to this I switched my hedgehog phone to closed. However I still had 3 hedgehogs from Marchington in. I was literally crawling around having to do what I needed to.
So I am full again and currently have 19 hedgehogs with 3 in hibernation 🦔💤.
I’m only a small rescue and can’t manage anymore.
The pic below is of one of my hedgehogs being released a couple of months ago.

06/10/2023

Meet my first 2 admissions since reopening.
Ruby 265g from Ashbourne found out during the day and Oscar from Swadlincote 230g also found out during the day.
Currently they are doing well and nothing detected in p**p as yet.

If anyone would like to help me fund looking after these gorgeous creatures please donate via PayPal. Details can be found in my about section. Thank you 😊

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04/10/2023

Well I’ve still been very busy! My months ‘off’ didn’t quite turned out as planned 😂. I currently still have 14 hedgehogs, these have mostly come from Marchington and people I’ve picked hedgehogs up from before.
However I have decided to reopen as I want to be there for the Autumn babies and juveniles.
My hedgehog phone is back on so please feel free to call or message me.

27/08/2023

Hey Everyone, I’m still closed to new admissions (however I’ve had a fair few from Marchington).
Currently I have 15 hedgehogs so I’m still working away.
Some happy news now, remember hoglet Harmony, well the picture on the right is her as a 3 day old hoglet (36g) and the picture on the left is Harmony on her release day 860g.
She was released in my garden and she comes to the feeding station every night. I believe she lives in one of my hedgehog houses too.
I do still need donations to help these gorgeous animals. If you can help out I’d be grateful, my PayPal link is in on my bio page.
Love to you all from Lisa and the hedgehogs 🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔

20/07/2023

As of this moment I am Closed as I am full of babies and Juveniles. Also due to my health declining I am going to be taking a break but not for long. Once all my prickly patients have been released(17 Hedgehogs) I’m going to take a couple of weeks off and then open again.

I need to be at my best to care for these gorgeous angels so after much thought I decided to close for a bit.

If you have a hedgehog that needs help go to www.helpwildlife.co.uk. After putting in your postcode it will list all the rescues near you.

I’ll put another message up when I’m open. Don’t forget about me though as I am still here and like I said I will reopen soon!
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16/07/2023

Here is a little one that has just come in. Poor hedgehog (Juvenile) is covered in ticks. So far I’ve removed 100. What you can see in the photo is just a small section. 😞

12/07/2023

EDIT: I’ve chosen the names Dyson and Vax. I thought that was very apt 😂

These two little munchkins are from different litters but around the same age. The red mark is not blood it’s the only colour nail varnish I had 🤦🏻‍♀️
I would like you all to choose 2 names for me 😊🦔🦔
Put your names in the comments and I’ll choose 2 of them.

30/06/2023

Many of you are probably wondering how Harmony is. Well here she is, eyes and ears open and weighing in at 130g.
I’m so proud of her for allowing me to be her ‘mum’🦔❤️.

Excuse the food on her face she’d just eaten 😂

29/06/2023

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

I have changed the mobile number for the rescue. It is now 07925751901.

Please update your records.

Thank you

Lisa and the Hedgehogs

19/06/2023

Please sign this petition. So many Hedgehogs are killed and brought to rescues due to this garden tool!

18/06/2023

I would just like to thank everyone that came to the Prickles in a Pickle Marchington Hedgehogspital during the open gardens. Due to your kindness and purchases I have managed to raise £502.
Myself and my 15 hedgehogs say thank you 😊 🦔❤️😊

16/06/2023

Update: It appears as though it was a scam as people said. The notification actually appeared in my account and wasn’t just be email, which is why I was worried.
Thank goodness my page is still here!

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that the lovely people at Facebook may delete my page. According to them I have an infringement violation! What for I do not know as they haven’t said. 😤 If it does get deleted I will set up a new one. So if you see my page disappear I am still here and hedgehogging.
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14/06/2023

Marchington open gardens/festival is on this weekend. As well as my garden being open. My small hedgehog rescue will be open too!
I will also have a stall where I am doing a Tombola, Raffle, Quiz, Guess the number as well as some lovely homemade crafts to sell.
Come along for a fab day out. Enjoy some lovely gardens and come and see my little Hedgehog rescue. Look forward to seeing you! ❤️🦔

14/06/2023

Here we have Harmony. She is between 3-7 days old. Sadly her nest was disturbed by a fox and her siblings passed away. Harmony is a fighter and is accepting feeds on her terms as she is a prickly ball of anger at the moment! 😂(this is her defence mechanism for the wild)
Please send all your love for this one.

18/05/2023

Hope you enjoy. 😊🦔🦔🦔🦔❤️

16/05/2023

Hooray!! I got all the names filled! I rubbed off the name and 🥁(drum roll) the winner is Rebecca Anne Louis with Spiky 🎉.

Every penny of ’Name the Hedgehog’ is going towards an ICU unit. Thank you everyone that had a go. Myself and the Hedgehogs appreciate it. 😊

11/05/2023

A great video of a mummy to be hedgehog or mother going about it’s business during the day. This hedgehog is fine and does not need rescuing. However if a hedgehog is out during the day and not moving with purpose it needs help and the quicker the better.

23/04/2023

This is a handsome boy called Denny. He came to me about 3 weeks ago and he was very very sick. He had blood coming from his nose from a nasty infection as well as Capillaria and Lungworm. He lost 100g in weight which is a lot for this little guy but I could tell he was a fighter and wanted to live. He let me feed him by syringe 2mls at a time every couple of hours day and night. After about 5 days he started to get a little stronger and would eat from my hand and a few days later he started eating all by himself 😊
So along with very intensive care including subcutaneous fluids he has turned a corner. Denny is now gaining weight well! He is my little star ⭐️ 🦔❤️

Also I haven’t forgotten the name the hedgie competition for the wreath but I’ve still got some names to fill up.

If you would like a go at name the hedgie let me know and I’ll send the details.

Also if you can or would like to contribute to Denny’s care please donate by PayPal by typing in my rescues email address and it will be Lisa Wray. [email protected].

Thank you all 😀

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09/04/2023

I still have many names left to win this gorgeous Pom Pom wreath and Easter Egg. I can’t scratch the name off for the winner until all the names have gone.

Only £2 per name and it can be paid via PayPal at [email protected] (Lisa Wray)

The picture really doesn’t do the wreath justice it truest is beautiful 😍.

All funds will be going to Prickles in a Pickle Marchington Hedgehogspital towards an Incubator for very sick hedgehogs.

Address

Marchington
Uttoxeter
ST148LA

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Sunday	8am - 8pm

Telephone

+447983979837

Website

http://PayPal.Me/hogster76

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Videos

Hope you enjoy. 😊🦔🦔🦔🦔❤️

This handsome busy boy is Gerry. He was placed in a large outside enclosure as he was getting stressed. He’s nearly ready for release. When I first put him in there a couple of days ago the cat basket bed was a quarter full. As you can see in the video he is making the biggest bed ever! 😂 Love you Gerry ❤️🦔

Hoglets exploring

Here is a little video of Buttercup and Pepple in the pen waiting for their dinner. Excuse my voice I don’t normally sound so bored! 😂

Raffle draw

I’ve drawn the Raffle for the tickets purchased over the weekend of 18/19 June at the Marchington Open Gardens. Thank you to everyone that entered and donated. The hedgehogs and I are very thankful for the money raised. So the winning tickets are: 1st Prize - Hedgehog House and food- Blue 219 (Ana) 2nd Prize - Bottle of Port - Pink 58- Kathy 3rd Prize - Prosecco - Yellow 201 - Susanna 4th Prize - White Wine - Yellow 67 - Anne 5th Prize - Box of Roses- Yellow 117 - Jane 6th Prize - Box of Heroes - Blue 52 - couldn’t read name 7th Prize - Big Bar of Cadburys - Yellow 147- Sonia 8th Prize - M&S Candle and spray set- Pink 237- Susanna

Stop Filming me!

It seems one of my wild hedgehogs has taken a disliking to my camera! 🦔❤️😂

Please come and see us at Marchington open gardens. 11-5 Sat and Sun. I have a donation box also. I need Puppy pads and dry cat/kitten food if anyone has any. Hope to see you ❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️🦔

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of posts but I’m on holiday at present. I’m on a cruise and in Greece (Crete) at the moment. Little video below of my current view. Don’t worry about the hoggies I had they are being looked after by Sally-Anne at Derby Hedgehog rescue. ❤️🦔❤️🦔❤️

EDIT: Had to take Blue to the vet as he has a chest infection 😔. Have started him on antibiotics, I have my fingers crossed for him and all the hope in the world ❤️🦔 As a new rescue my funds are very low. I hate to ask but I know the hoggies will be grateful. If you can please donate a few pounds to Prickles in a Pickle Marchington I so want to keep this new rescue going but I’m not a rich person. I’m sorry for asking but this means the world to me and the Hedgehogs. Thank you 😊 ❤️🦔 My just giving details are in a post below. This is Blue a little Hoggie that came in from Littleover. He is a bit poorly and feeling very sorry for himself. He has Lungworm and a chest infection bless him. I also removed 5 nasty bug ticks from him. He is a very amenable hoggie and taking everything in his stride. I’m full of hope from him that in a month or so I can get him back out there with the Ladies. 🦔❤️😔