Waterlooville Hedgehog Rescue

10/02/2025

A good read and watch of the dangers of some foods being fed to hedgehogs. 🦔

08/02/2025

This dinky dot came in on the 13th October mange/ringworm and the usual internal parasites.

He’s now back out in the wild as after a few weeks in hibernation he
Woke up well and then got extremely stressed. He’s 900grams with a belly of beautiful soft fur after losing all his fur.

Off to one of our amazing release sites with Neil and Andy 🦔💙🦔.

Stay safe adorable one.
Edgar and Toby have also been released 💙🦔💙x

01/02/2025

For Educational purposes…

Peanuts and why they are lethal to hedgehogs. This little one came in last summer perfect body condition although had passed away. Weighing in at around 340 grams and had just left the nest he decided to try and eat a whole peanut.

Whilst having a look at him to see if I could determine the cause, bite wounds flystrike etc I looked in his tiny mouth and saw something wedged at the top of his mouth. I gently removed the peanut and that is the reason he passed away.

If feeding whole peanuts to the birds please add tray underneath feeders so any left overs can be scooped up before dusk.

🌈🦔x

30/01/2025

Thank you all so so much who contributed to our food appeal.

We have a royal canine pro account where we earn points when we purchase.
I’ve just placed an order and we have arriving 26kg kitten dry food, (13kg bag free with our points). 10 kg mum baby cat dry food.
2 2kg puppy milk also free with our points.

Amazon order was 20kg I ams kitten 12 kg purina kitten 6 kg Amazon kitten, 24 fly nets and we still have some money left in the food kitty as you kind people raised just over £400.00.
We also had some food and sterilising fluid heat pad purchased off the wish list.
Thank you so so much 🦔❤️🦔👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻x

23/01/2025

Strange time of the year for us and also many rescues I’ve been chatting too.
Hogs that should be either hibernating as fit and well are choosing to stay at the same weight and not move forward.
We have 17 hogs in care and that’s a lot for our small rescue plus those in foster care.
I’m hopeful that with a few warm sunny days they get their spring in their step and we can get them released at the next available weather window.
Whilst we are well equipped as we have a royal canine pro account which means we get food at a great cost we are slowly eating in to the spring food budget and that’s never happened before.
If you can spare £1.00 it really does help or please have a look at our Amazon wish list.
Clinel wipes refill packs (less waste) Amazon kitten dry food purina kitten all go into the mix with royal canine.
We are well stocked on scrumbles.
Lots of little mouths to keep on feeding.
Thank you in advance 🦔❤️🦔x

Go to PayPal.Me/WHRHogs and enter the amount. It's safer and more secure. Don't have a PayPal account? No problem.

22/01/2025

Can anyone help? X

22/01/2025

Our newspaper bin is full👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 .

can we please ask for no more drop offs as we will have to recycle them.
Thank you 🦔❤️🦔

02/01/2025

Do we have a follower who works in double glazing? We Need to replace single pane window in one of the hog sheds for a double glazed window with sills and top opening.
Approximate size at my bad measurements is 100x100cms. It doesn’t have to be brand new but working order and no rust.
If you know anyone who can help please comment and drop us a message.
Feel free to share so we may reach a local company who could do it as a charity donation. I’ve been searching market place and keep missing out 😢
Thank you in advance ❤️🦔❤️

24/12/2024

24/12/2024

We had a lovely surprise this afternoon, our rescue has been nominated for an award!! We are thrilled to receive this recognition, what a lovely early Christmas present! Merry Christmas everyone and thankyou for your continued support.. Claire x

24/12/2024

My job is retail so it’s been a very busy few weeks. The last 2 days I’ve come home to some wonderful donations of food for the hoggies being dropped off. Thank you so much and I’m
Sorry I wasn’t here in person to accept them 👏🏻🦔❤️🦔xx please drop the page a message so we can thank you personally. X

20/12/2024

Thank you all so much for you help love and continued support. All our foster carers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 drivers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 crafting ladies 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 fundraising ladies 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
Wishing you all a wonderful and healthy Christmas. 🎄🎁❤️.
Please continue to support feed all through winter and fresh water available at all times xx

17/12/2024

6 hogs went back to the wild recently. All into fully supported gardens. We have 5 who are not far off going out to the big wild world. 2 fast asleep. Huge thanks Anne Sam and Jill our amazing foster carers for getting them up to release weight/wilding up and acclimatising Stay safe babies x

13/12/2024

ALL SOLD….It is the final fundraiser of 2024.

What can we say other than thank you all so much for your amazing support.
We are truly overwhelmed by every single person who helps us.

Newspapers the right way to food donations, my local Tesco( I may work there but it’s never a given), you keep us going in wet food to the extent we only buy specific for babies.
The local community for the free items the gifts and alcohol you did not require or want 🤣made us a staggering £900 last year. Please keep it coming next year.

We have so far rescued rehabbed and released not far off 300 hogs this year.
our baby season was down on the previous year but we learn and we grow and we do give it our absolute all, to lose a whole litter plus mum there is something wrong and I’m learning it wasn’t to be rather than not go again.
We will go again and give them the best care.
We have the equipment to care we have the means to test poops we have amazing vets(who rarely charge us).
In all we have it all as we have you, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️🦔❤️

1st prize trinket dish with lid.
2nd prize the adorable rag doll brand new in box. Retails between £30/£50
3rd prize denim bag
4th prize guest towels x2 plus 2 facecloths
5th prize hoggy cup facecloth and hand cream.
Numbers 1/150
Suggested donation £1.00 per number, if using PayPal please select friends and family at review stage.
Bank details available on request.
Uk postage only winner to cover costs.
Good luck all and thank you 🦔❤️🦔. If we are not your local rescue please consider popping a pound in their pot for Christmas, we get no funding no grants every single rescue is dependant on you. ❤️🦔PayPal.me/WHRHogs

12/12/2024

ALL SOLD…… Spin the wheel number 3.

As always, thank you all so much for your support and a huge shout out to the ladies that made and donated these items, you are incredible and are raising vital funds for us to stock up on for after winter.

We do still currently have 13 hogs in care and 1 to be caught and 11 in foster.

We supppy our foster carers with food cleaning products anything they require.

1st prize Handmade for Hedgehogs trinket dish hoggy on a mushroom.

2nd prize small handmade embroidered Denim shopper bag.

3rd prize hoggy cup facecloth and hand cream.

Numbers 1/100. Suggested donation £1.00 per number.

If using PayPal please select friends and family at review stage.

Bank details available on request.
Postage available uk only winner to cover postage costs.

Good luck 🦔❤️🦔PayPal.me/WHRHogs

12/12/2024

A huge thank you to the lovely Leah who I can not tag. Leah made little crochet snowmen and sold them in work to raise funds for us, an amazing £55.00 was raised 👏🏻👏🏻🦔❤️🦔. Xx