Waterlooville Hedgehog Rescue

21/03/2025

Had an absolute mare!! Lisa Cook originally won 3rd and 2nd prize on spin the wheel.
Julie Grewer won 1st.
Lisa’s number 12 came up twice, legit, she kindly offered to spin again. I span again with no sound 🤣🤣🤣. So now @ Julie has now one 1st and second prize (different numbers this time). Well done winners and thank you all for taking part 👏🏻👏🏻🦔❤️🦔

21/03/2025

21/03/2025

Absolutely blown away with our wonderful gifts from the very talented Susan Stelzer Dickinson.
If you were around last Christmas you will remember the amazing Denim bags she kindly made for us to raise funds.

These bags are Claire’s and mine…..

We do have some amazing bags and rope dishes coming up for spin the wheels very very soon.
The raccoons bag is all mine and it’s made from cork ❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻 so so chuffed. Xx

18/03/2025

This will end tonight at 6pm and drawn around 7pm.. 10 numbers left!!!!SPIN THE WHEEL 2….
Numbers 1/100 you can choose own numbers if available.

£1.00 per number.

1st prize an adorable hoggy necklace details will be added to the pic.

2nd prize Hearts and butterflies hanging ceramic decoration.

3rd prize Daisy days miniature, with widflower seeds and gift boxed.

All items have been donated to us from theHandmade for Hedgehogs. We can get these items to you in time for mother’s days.

If using PayPal please select friends and family.

Thank you for all your continued support you are amazing 🦔❤️🦔👏🏻.

PayPal.me/WHRHogs

17/03/2025

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15/03/2025

The lovely Jill Glencross son Joe has been determined to create a wildlife pond in his parents garden for many decades 🤣, he’s currently home and has had the opportunity to create a wildlife haven.

Safe shallow ends for small mammals, it will all be planted up with wildflower seeds and a hibernaculum for the little slow worms toads frogs newts anything that fancies it.

I have got pond envy 👏🏻👏🏻 oh and a hoggy having a drink in the comments as silly Facebook doesn’t allow to add both. 🦔🐝🦎🐸🌾🌸🌺🪷xx

14/03/2025

Little Joe came in way back in August last year, he was skinny with a cap and lungworm burden 285g, He went through his treatment like a trooper and was in and out of hibernation from around the 10/10 through to February.

we do release all year round but the weather has to be decent for the hogs.

He’s gone back to his wonderful garden with Jill Glencross Jill also fostered him and monitored him for the majority of his time in care.

Thank you for taking such good care of him ❤️🦔💙
Stay safe little Joe xx

13/03/2025

All sold…. I’ll be doing a live tomorrow evening. It’s spin the wheel time, we have some amazing items from Handmade for Hedgehogs plus some other items put together for us to fundraise with.
£1.00 per number, you can chose your own numbers! if they have gone I will allocate an alternative.

When using PayPal please ensure you click on friends and family.
Message spin the wheel, SPW will do 😘

Numbers 1/100 as soon as all numbers have been allocated I will spin the wheel.
Descriptions on pics.
Thank you for your continued support.

1st prize flower meadow trinket dish.

2nd prize bluebells and lace trinket dish.

3rd prize cup facecloth and a hand cream. Postage available winners to cover postage costs.
Good luck all 🦔🦔🦔❤️ PayPal.me/WHRHogs

12/03/2025

Who remembers little spirit? the little lad had a huge battle.
He went into hibernation at 715grams, he’s been asleep for a staggering 91 days solid and didn’t wake once.
He’s now awake and still absolutely gorgeous weighing in at 582grams.

A loss of 133 grams divided by 91 days his losses were 1.46g per day. Perfect hibernation young man 👏🏻👏🏻

Now let’s get a bit of weight on you to prepare you for release. 🦔💙🦔x

08/03/2025

Pennies make pounds, pounds support rescues.
Huge shout out to Ruth Littlejohn for taking one of our collection tins into her local shop, it’s been filled twice and raised an incredible £55.82p. Thank you so so much. 👏🏻👏🏻
If you have or are a local shop who would like one of our collection pots please drop the page a message xx 🦔❤️🦔xx

08/03/2025

We go all the way back to October from when flump and his 4 siblings came in. 2 were released a while back and 2 are still sleeping. 💤
A huge shout out to Jean Higgins for all her foster care and getting this boy fit for release.
He’s adorable! He’s gone to a dear school friend where he will have all his needs met.
Paula has recently made a wildlife pond with beached area and it’s coming on beautifully 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

we have been extremely fortunate to have someone to make release boxes for us to my spec, they are bigger than you can purchase on line and a lot taller than any you can buy on line. We supply all the materials wood felt paint and the lovely Bill makes them.

We do have some for sale, to cover the cost per box to make which is £25.00 we will be selling them for £35.00, these boxes will be offered to those who have hogs going back to their gardens first and any left over will be available to anyone.

Stay safe little flump 🦔💙🦔x

07/03/2025

Princess poppet was a released hand rear back in last August, she came back into rescue in the middle of September with a lungworm burden, after treatment and foster care where she was being a bit of a pickle she came back to me to get to the bottom of what was going on. She then had a very long in and out of hibernation through December Jan Feb and is now awake fully fit and raring to go. Thank you again to Emma Low and Tristan for your care and dedication with this little girl and releasing her back to your garden. Stay safe gorgeous girl 🦔❤️🦔 x

06/03/2025

Another thank you post from your last donations for the food appeal.

I took the opportunity of the Royal Canin 20% offer for rescues and purchased 72 tins of mousse, this came to £100, at £16.60 for 12 tins this is a fantastic price.

They have changed the way the points system will work in the future so we needed to use them up before April. The 5 tubs of milk and 10kg mum and babycat didn’t cost us a penny.

Thank you all for your continued support 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 x

04/03/2025

Incredible 🦊🦊🦊❤️

03/03/2025

We love enthusiastic youngsters who are passionate about wildlife. The lovely Wilf received his certificate and a hoggy in his favourite colours.
We can all make a difference and he is our hoggy hero 👏🏻👏🏻💙

On Friday, Wilf was presented with a lovely certificate and a wonderful handmade hedgehog (in his favourite colours!) from the Waterlooville Hedgehog Rescue as a thanks for his 'outstanding contributions for helping hedgehogs'.

Well done Wilf! ⭐🦔

27/02/2025

We are due dry sunny weather this weekend.. if gardening, please please check intended areas if you really have to use a strimmer.. Claire x

25/02/2025

URGENT… we need a small completely walled (not fenced) secure garden to assess a blind hog.
He’s a young hand rear who is struggling immensely and before I make the toughest decision I’ve ever made I want to see if he will cope in a garden.
You must be local to Waterlooville so I can check him regularly. Portsmouth is fine lots of walled gardens there.
No pets not even a tortoise as he can bite and I wouldn’t want to risk a bite to a tortoises nose.

You must have grass shrubs hiding places for him to try to settle in. I will provide a night camera for monitoring his progress.

If he settles it would need to be his forever home with full rescue back up! Vets food housing will all be provided by us.

I’m torn, my heart says give him a chance my head says humanely pts on welfare grounds.

He’s hibernated and woken up severely stressed and is fully blind, pacing stressed making his feet bleed.
When out of the hutch he copes for a while then starts lapping(not circling) up down around he gets his bearings so a small garden is better. I need to assess him in an environment where he can potentially stand a chance.

If you have the ideal garden please drop the page a message asap. Thank you. Addie x