Hedgehog hospital

Our hedghog nursery now has a hospital wing, some of the babies brought in are quite poorly and need to be on their own and have intensive care.   Everybody has survived the night though and it seems like a miracle considering their condition on arrival.   The little one shown above is the worst and is still having a real struggle.   When he came in he was covered in ticks, we’ve had to pick them off as he is so small.  It’s a slow job and Rebekah and Amy (two of our wonderful volunteers) have endless patience.   When we managed to uncurl him and examine him further we saw that he was also infested with maggots.  He was close to death and they were in his eyes.   We’ve tweezed them all out but one eye has gone.   It seemed hopeless but then he took a bottle of milk and ate a bit of meat.  He’s a survivor and looking much better this morning.  We’ll call him Justin – he came in just in time!

Sharp eyes and nimble fingers needed to get the ticks and maggots off this tiny hoglet.  Well done, girls.

Hang in there Justin …..,

If anyone can bring in hedgehog food, sunflower seeds and peanuts we’d be very grateful.  We have a lot of little hoglets to feed!   Towels and lblankets also please.  Reception is open from 10.0am to 4.0pm = portacabin on right in top yard.  Many thanks.