Wath Hedgehog Rescue and Rehabilitation.

13/12/2025

Update from Elsecar
I am at full capacity with Autumn juveniles Joy,Harriet ,Terry, Zippy and Bailey all are hibernation weight and a bit hit and miss with surfacing but have the heater on at night due to Rambler who is 360 but needs last doses of Levicide from Sunday

13/12/2025

Update pt 2

Update from Lesley
Things the same with Tina. Weight more or less stable and she still grumbles when I clean her out and weigh her. She's still a cutey. 🥰

13/12/2025

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Debs
Hetty Michael and Mabel

Gregory came in from wath comp, too little to be out on his own and out in the day.
He has lung worm and capillaria so lots of meds and everything crossed for Gregory . Thank you to the gardening club at wath comp for getting him the help he needed.👍

Star came in Thursday, he has fluke and lung worm so lots of tlc, meds and 🙏 we can get him through this.
Lady is making good progress and swelling in her leg looks to be slightly better this week.
Monday is on the right track adding weight and battling his parasites 👍
Kirby is back with us to see why he’s not healing like he should be , naughty Kirby🤦‍♀️
Thani you to Amy for the Amazon wish list items.
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Jo @ Oakwell Updates;

Released this week Rupert 🙌 😍

Unfortunately Herbert passed 🌈🦔😢

General;
George is a party animal and weight up and down.
Susan is a calm hog who is making progress.
Bean 🥰 gorgeous hog who is making excellent progress.
Jim is huffy but progressing.
Rubble has lost this week and 💩 sample showed lungworm 🙇‍♂️
Fred has begun lungworm treatment and is making progress.
Pudsley loves to chunter at me and making progress.
Slinky making good progress.
Maddie 😍 making progress.
Sammy still a scruffy hog.
Hannah up and down to monitoring closely.
Toni up and down with weight and skin still an issue.

Katherine;
Sniff is settling in nicely. He's upto 727g 🦔

Update from Kate

Saffy is gaining weight like a body builder on steroids, he/she continues to perfect the artistic wall art,💩 may need to contact an art gallery 🤣🤣

Elm is an inquisitive hog, always seems to have an escape plan on his mind despite the fact he seems to enjoy the warmth comfort and food on offer at Kates hogtel 😂

Update from Chelle

Poppet woke up today after 3 weeks of snoozing. A quick drink and a bite to eat, and he is snuggled back in his nest.

Norman's swelling has come back, so treatment has restarted.

Rascal is behaving well, although he has not been eating as much the last few days.

Update from Sean Kimberworth park base
Admitted
Rick/Rickola from Wickersley 263g OITD for 2 days half curled up on driveway so Emma scooped him her up and got to me , very dehydrated and wobbly 🤞
General
Ray is doing well and gets weighed once a week now
Sonny is also doing well and getting weighed just twice a week now
Eddie who I thought was Edwina is still refusing to drink so I’m having to give hydration injections , gaining weight ever so slightly but every day with me is a plus come on Eddie

Update from Becci.
Both Kit and Peppy doing well, doing a lot of sleeping but still gaining weight.

Update from Conisbrough
Francis 733 doing good and getting there….
Sylvia munching her way to health when she wakes….
Diane is just too cute at 333g
Michelle’s Conker 701 and Madmax 740 have woken up and doing great…..
And newbie Henry has lost now 286 but we’re on day 4 and had injections every day. Another 4 days untill the next then a week and another week and hopefully we’re parasite free………

Margaret;
Caspar’s snuggled down & only waking about once a week - roll on spring.

Wombwell update - Helen
My 4 are pretty much eat 💩 sleep repeat now. All taking extra paper into their nests to make them winter cosy. They are indoors here so might not hibernate fully but definitely settling down and sleeping not partying.

Christa;
Gilmore is now up 758g and doing well. X

Rachel;
Odin is now 724g
Henrietta is 700g

Come on guys

11/12/2025

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06/12/2025

2016, a little autumn juvvies, can’t believe I’ve been rescuing 🦔🦔 for nearly 10 years
Chief Prickles Debs 🦔⭐️🦔

06/12/2025

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Updates

Debs wath base.
Lady can’t make up mind as to whether she wants to sleep or not, but trying to keep her warm and awake until she is fully healed. (She is back at wath Medivets next week.🤦‍♀️
Michael, Mabel, Hetty and Sylvia have made good progress, some lung worm coughing coming from Sylvia, but it’s a sign she is getting rid of them hopefully coughing them up. All 4 have their next course of meds today.
Billie who can in with terrible capillaria and a broken hip sadly went over the hedgie 🌈, it was all too much for such a tiny one. RIP Billie, you were doing so well😭🦔
Sniff does love his food, but he has had to learn, now he is better, that he is in the Eat,sleep💩 repeat program, . No food during the day, just at night.

Jo @ Oakwell Updates

George is a grumpy 🦔 who loves to drag his bedding out then grump as he has no bed!!

Susan is progressing fine and will be a first release in Spring.

Bean 😍😍 turning grumpy and another who will be released Spring.

Rupert 🌟 grumpy 🦔 hates me and has lost slightly this week so keeping an eye on him.

Maddie all recovered and making progress weight wise.

Fred 🦔 escapologist in the making but making progress.

Pudsley finally recovered from lungworm and making progress.

Slinky, no issues and weight gains.

Rubble is now back on track for increasing weight and should be back to release weight soon.

Jim, tested positive for Lungworm and on meds.

Scruffy Sammy is doing ok and making slow increases.

Herbert test positive for Lungworm and treatment ongoing.

Hannah is fine and making progress.

Toni is still struggling skin wise but fighting on.

All hogs are partying nightly and newspapers are in need 🙏

Update from Elsecar
Terry in semi hibernation
Zippy fine but food fussy so am indulging him in the hope he will hibernate
Bailey , Harriet both fully medicated n hibernation weight but showing no signs of doing so
Joy late juvenile 329 on arrival needed no meds is now over 600 but still awake
Rambler needs 2 more Ivo treatments 1 more lev gave me a scare cos not been up for 2 days but the Ivo does take it out of them so wasn’t worried day 1 weighed today he is + 11 n grumpy as hell which is always an excellent sign

Update from Kate

Saffy and Elm have had a settled week building their nests. Both eating well and putting on weight.

Update from Lesley
Tina is still doing well and still grumbling when I clean her out and weigh her. Her weight went up to 670g this week but was back down to 645g yesterday. Her weight has yo yoed since I brought her into the house with the shed being too cold. However, may not be too long now before power is laid to my shed and then she'll be able to go back in the shed with her heat mat on and any extra heating that's needed.

Over in Worsbrough Gilmore is happy and well, today’s weight up to 718g! 😍🙌🏼🦔

Update from Margaret:
Casper has been fast asleep for 5 nights. My holiday guests, Cath & Spike are the cleanest Hedgie’s I have ever looked after, obviously very well trained by Helen 😊

Update from Rebecca:
Francis weight is 700 slow and steady wins the race….
Rupert 1013 and ready for release….
Diane 320 a little yoyo 🪀
Mad max 743 and great at gaining.
Conkers fast asleep
Tiggy from Helen 479 and doing fine
Kirby 966 but wound doesn’t seem to be healing….. ❤️‍🩹

Update from Becci

Peppy and Kit are both doing great, eating well and plenty of 💩 they are both nearly 600g now.

Marble will be going back to her carer on saturday but should be ready for release as she was 800g at yesterday’s weigh in.

Update from Sean Kimberworth Park Base
Admitted
On Sunday I had Edwina in OITD and just not moving about 361g
Fluids given as dehydrated, refused to come out for 2 days to eat but then finally came out and had her Brambles wet food , after I put a bit on a spoon and she realised it was food but now eating ok first 2 💩 samples clear but still not sure so another 💩 check to do
General
Sadly Gousto went over the 🌈 on Wednesday which was a shock because he was doing so well
When we get them in now they’re really poorly and lose quite a few
Ray is now 743g as of a week ago (weighing now once a week as he is a big lad now) just biscuits at night and turned his heat mat off to make sure he is ready for release
Sonny is now a whopping 614g and being weighed every 3 days now to get him ready for release 🦔🦔🦔
And as always thank you all for your kind donations

29/11/2025

🦔🥰inmate updates/New intake🥰🦔

Sharon-
Rambler has lungworm is -4 and have started on meds 🙏
Terry who was hibernating got up so weighed him 680 so gained not lost
Bailey semi hibernating 744👍
Zippy bit picky about food so not giving him the star shaped ones will weigh tomorrow
Harriet needs one more course of lev but is fine x👍

Joanne-
Ruby’s thriving! She's now a proper little night owl, snoozing all day and exploring after midnight. She's up to 651g this week and has gained 19g in just seven days. Go on girl 🦔✨🦔

Kate update
Saffy has had a stable week weight wise not much gain but not much loss either. Last night saffy took her biscuit bowl into her nest, I like her thinking, food and warmth in one place 😂
Elm
Has settled well, hes a messy hog, his crate looks like there's been a house party every night, 💩, food and drink and bedding everywhere 😂 party hedgehog 🤣

Becci update:
Kit is doing well and seems to be hibernating now.
Rush passed over but was really poorly and gave up fighting 😢
Peppy and Marble arrived yesterday, both seem to be hibernating too.
Marble is only staying a short time whilst another carer is having a holiday

Jo @ Oakwell Updates;

Admittances;
Wednesday I had Herbert brought in he was OITD and his 2nd 💩 sample showed lungworm so treatment has begun.

General;
George is up and down with weight and decided he wants to sleep in the middle of cage after taking all bedding out 🙇‍♀️
Susan is still moving up the weight charts and loves to 💩 up side of cage.
Bean, 😍 very grumpy this week and hates weigh ins.
Rupert very messy and raring to go 😍
Maddie, good weight gains but 💩 sample again today as chesty.
Fred is grumpy and wants out 🤪

Pudsley back on lungworm treatment 😍
Slinky making good progress.
Rubble, 🥰 raring to go but needs more weight.
Sammy still a messy cage trasher but making progress.
Jim loves to 💩 as high as possible and progress is being made.
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Hannah is a greedy guts and loves her food.
Toni, still having skin problems and daily treatments.

Updates from Sean Kimberworth Park Base

Admitted
Thursday I had a juvvie in from Wickersley OITD 257g Male only just breathing and struggling to get up , didn’t have chance to do a 💩 check as he went over the 🌈🦔😢 gave meds and fluids but just too late R I P little one
General
Sadly Snowflake died on Monday after losing loads of weight over 3 days nothing in 💩 sample
Tank was a worry as he refused to eat and wouldn’t come out he was losing weight fast and yet again nothing in the 4 💩 samples I did and sadly passed away Friday R I P Tank 🌈🦔😢
Sonny is upto 543g now and looks a totally different hedgie from getting him in in September at 111g
Ray came into me in October at 277g and now a massive 743g and doing good with no worries at all
Gousto was doing well and started with horrible 💩 so a check was done and he as lungworm so meds started
Not been a good week for me with 🦔🌈

Update from Lesley. Tina had a tiny cough the other morning so she was checked over by Sean. He found a tiny bit of cap in her poo so gave her some meds. She seems to be okay now. Still in luxury in my back bedroom but I still get the impression she's not totally happy. Tut, they can be such fusspots 🤣

Update from Chelle
No change with my lot. Poppet is still snoozing. Norman is still making a mess, and Rascal is making good progress, but he is an incredibly shy hog, so I rarely see him.

Christa
I have Gilmore! 😍🦔 Doing super well, very cheeky, putting on weight now 614g! ⭐️

Henrietta 619
Odin 656
These two are the slowest gainers I’ve ever had😏

Rebecca
Francis, Kirkby, Diane, Rupert, Conker, mad max and Cathy are all eat sleep poo repeat with odd party nights. Kirby is still healing and Francis is still hanging onto a tiny bit of ringworm, but other than that a good week.

Chief Prickles Debs
Firstly, we would like to welcome Anna to the cleaning crew. Anna is participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Brinze award, so she has decided to volunteer with us.
Anna is already a junior release garden for us, but this gives her hand a on experience of caring for them before they reach rescue
Stage. 🦔⭐️🦔

Monday we had little Billie 330g come into us. OITD and really struggling. Wath Medivets checked him over and he has a broken hip.
Bring an all important female and after discussing all options , myself and the vets have decided to manage her with pain and
The capillaria parasites she has, give her a chance. If any changes or we feel she is suffering in any way, she will go back and be 🌈 . So for now everything crossed for Billie.
Shirley came in Thursday at at tiny 235g. She was skinny and OITD. Poor Shirley had capillaria and pas d over the hedgie 🌈bridge on Wednesday . She was just too poorly for us to save but she was safe,warm and loved 😢🌈
Friday saw Bert/Beatrix come in at 348g and out in the day. Poor hedgie was frozen and not responding well . After fluids and a lovely warm in the incubator, he/she passed
Over the bridge. Too late to save you little one but you were safe warm and loved🌈😢
Inmates
Maybel, Hetty, Michael and Sylvia have had a fantastic week despite battling nasty parasites. They have all added over 150g since last Thursday. Well done to the Quads. 🦔⭐️
Lady has been for a check up of her leg and amputation site. Nothing bad but we do need the swelling to go down. Come on lady🦔🙏
Sniff is a super good eater and has made great progress. He has finished meds now so eat sleep 💩 repeat for Sniff⭐️

If anyone would like to donate to the rescue we are short on brambles dry and semi moist biscuits, purina 1 kitten biscuits (pink bag) any meat/poultry cat biscuits.
Every bag of food, every newspaper all helps us help the hedgies.

We will also be at the Wath Christmas light switch on, with a stall full of hedgehog gifts and crafts.

Billies X-ray showing the break on the right hand side😢

25/11/2025

Please vote for us 🦔👍🦔

✨🦔 November Giveaway for Wildlife Rescues 🦔✨

We’re giving 5 Wildlife Rescues the chance to receive a Brambles bundle packed with nutritious hedgehog food:

🦔 4 x 2kg Brambles Crunchy Hedgehog Food
🦔 24 x Brambles Meaty Hedgehog Food (tins)
🦔 4 x 1.3kg Brambles Semi-Moist Hedgehog Food

To enter, simply nominate your favourite rescue in the comments ⬇️

Entries close 26th November at 11am.

✨ Important: Brambles Pet & Wildlife will never contact you asking for details. We will only announce winners publicly on our page.

24/11/2025

I know lots of you have cameras set up in your gardens🦔👍🦔

🏅Competition time! 📣 Help us spot hedgehogs in our camera images and you could win a NatureSpy camera.

Teams of volunteers have placed our cameras at sites all over Britain, and now we need citizen scientists like you to help by spotting hedgehogs and other wildlife in the images generated.

We need to know what species are in the photos, so we rely on volunteers called ‘Spotters’ to help us identify what animals are pictured. This helps us to know which pictures to analyse. It’s good fun, and you never know what species will show up!

Fancy having a go? 🏆👀 The more images you classify between now and 31st December, the more entries into the prize draw, so the better your chances of winning! Find out more 👇
www.hedgehogstreet.org/nhmp-spotting-competition

The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is led by us and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.

23/11/2025

Please ask a rescue for help. 🦔👍🦔

22/11/2025

🦔🥰Inmate updates/New Intake🥰🦔

Sean (Kimberworth Park)
Admitted
Sunday I had a 365g one in very lethargic and not responding to touch and sadly went over the 🌈 , thanks to Sophie from Rawmarsh for scooping it up R I P little one
Wednesday I had Gousto in 339g , 💩 was a horrible free/brown and had clumps of jelly white stuff in it too , 💩 was checked and is riddled with Capillaria and also has a bad chest with lung worm , meds started so 🤞🦔
Thursday I got Snowflake in at 329g from Kimberworth Park in finders garden at first glance looks fit and healthy but on a 💩 check was loaded with Capillaria another one on meds , thanks to Michael from Kimberworth Park for getting the help it needs , also thank you for your kind donation
Inmates were all doing fine but then Tank as took a turn for the worse losing lots of weight so now on different meds for fluke and giardia come on Tank 🤞
Ray is nearly upto 700g but won’t be going for release anytime soon with this weather
Sonny as finally made it over the 400g
A big thank you to Carl our builder who as put proper electric down in my shed so now I have proper sockets and lights

Cheryl over in kiverton park is having a “Q” spell but her wildies are out and about.

Rush the little juvvie was taken to Becci in Mexbrough last night, he is on his way into wath base for a check up and poo check. Came in yesterday at 315g and lost last night to 279g, so something isn’t right🙏🦔

Sharon (elsecar)
All ok Terry not surfacing so having a snooze
Harriet 604 gaining well
Zippy 598
Bailey will weigh later but no concerns, making progress 👍

Lesley (Thorpe Hesley)
Tina has moved from the cold shed to the plush warm bedroom, up and down week but with moving and the weather recently, it’s expected.

Chief Prickles Debs (wath)
The week started with the loss of little Russel, which shocked me as he seemed to be doing so well since coming in, Sorry Margi, I couldn’t save him 🌈😢
Sniff came in Sunday from of our big hedgie fans Lynn Walton in wombwell , who wondered if sniff was walking “high” (this is caused by pain from parasites)
Sniff has given clear poo samples for 4 days before we finally found capillaria and lung worm. He is now being treated for both. Come on little Sniff 👍
Thursday saw the arrival of 3 juvvies from the same litter in Maltby.
Well spotted Ann and Nigel, these scamps shouldn’t be out in the day.
Hetty 368g has got lung worm and capillaria 😢
Michael 495g has got lung worm😢
Sylvia 450g has lingworm😢
All started on meds.
Sibling number 4 arrived Friday afternoon 381g Maybel. She has lung worm and capillaria. Now started medication.
Thank you also for your donations Anne and Nigel. 🦔⭐️🦔
Lady has had a better week and stabliseMedivetaMedivetving a toe removed.
Thank you to Cathryn and Cornelia for all the special care and time you have given.
(Such a lovely team at Medivet 🦔⭐️🦔