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This site will try
to educate and give advice on how to attract hedgehogs to your
garden, how to keep them healthy, what to feed them on and what
to do and who to contact if you find an ill, injured or orphaned
hedgehog.
It is here to advise you
how to help
"The Hedgehog in YOUR
Garden"
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Attention ALL Hedgehog Lovers
Can you make a Donation?
My wife and I do what we can
to help them from
our small one bedroom flat. We have been paying for everything
from our very limited income and have run out of
money. We get no help from anybody or anywhere and pay for everything ourselves
Please don't forget
we are only volunteers who do this because we care for
them.
We can't do this alone
We need your help.
You can donate safely and securely by
using Paypal. Just click on the button below. Any
amount no matter how small is gratefully accepted and
desperately needed
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We are spending between £150 and £200
each month just on petrol picking up hedgehogs and
taking them to and from vets and the wildlife hospital for
emergency treatment.
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Most people won't even give
as 20 pence towards the costs of picking up a hedgehog.
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We have now completely
run out of money
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We
have been forced to take our phone number off the website.
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We know that many
hedgehogs will suffer because of this but we just cannot cope any
longer
It only
takes £1 or £2 from you to help save a suffering or
dying hedgehog
You can read more
HERE
If you would like to to donate
by mail or other means please see our
contact
page for details of how to help us or get in touch with
us
We urgently need Towels, bedding, food,
cardboard boxes etc. Please try and help us.
Today: 12th August 2008 we have
8 hedgehogs in our care and
under treatment
In June 2008 we picked up & treated
75 hedgehogs, out of which
37 were so severely injured
& suffering so badly that they were taken directly to the vet or
wildlife hospital and euthanised or died while being treated.
We also spend a lot of
money on:
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Hedgehog Food ( tinned meat & biscuits)
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Medicines
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Esbilac (special milk for babies & very ill
hedgehogs)
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Electric bills ( heat pads, heating the pens
and the washing machine is always on with all the bedding)
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Running this website is also expensive
We pay for everything ourselves. We need help
urgently.
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June 2008:
6th June: The first orphan
arrived yesterday and it definitely won't be the last. Many Mums die
because of no food and water and the new born babies also die.
Please help them and
put out
food & water
If you see any
hedgehogs out in daylight, they need our
URGENT
help so pick it up and ring for help URGENTLY
Baby hedgehogs that
are hungry or in distress make a noise that sounds like a smoke
alarm bleeping. If you hear that noise look carefully & find the
babies and call for help
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This site gives advice and information about the
European Hedgehog ( Erinaceus Europaeus) which is a wild animal and not a pet.
While we don't agree with keeping any wild
animal as a pet, we do accept that there are already quite a few
African pygmy Hedgehogs already in the UK and some of the
information here might not be relevant to them
For advice on keeping pet African Pygmy
Hedgehogs see:
http://www.hedgehogcentral.com/
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If you like hedgehogs
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Want to find out more about them and see
lots of photos or videos
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Just want to chat to other people who
are interested in hedgehogs and other wildlife
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Pop in to our help and advice forum where you can ask any
questions, discuss anything about hedgehogs or other wildlife
and get help and advice http://www.hedgehoghelp.co.uk
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People always ask: " How can I tell how old
or big a hedgehog is? or does it need help? " |
Click on the small image
for a full size picture
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This one is 90 grams
and about 4 weeks old and slightly
bigger than a medium egg
Anything
this size seen out on its own needs to
be picked up straight away and kept warm.
Contact an
experienced carer,
rescue centre or Vet IMMEDIATELY
otherwise it will not survive
see a lot more
pictures and find out more about him
http://www.hedgehoghelp.co.uk/index.php?topic=881.0
He looks plump because
of the spines, but he is very thin and
underweight
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Click on the small image
for a full size picture
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Click for
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Another frequently asked question is " How do I
know if a hedgehog is thin and needing help or
plump and healthy? "
The hedgehog on the left is dangerously thin and
looks like a sausage, with flat spines, looks
lifeless and needs
urgent treatment
The one on the right is a healthy, well-fed
hedgehog in our enclosed garden having a treat
of special Esbilac milk we use to rear babies or
help to build up recuperating ones. See how she
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Hedgehogs are injured and Killed by Strimmers and Lawnmowers
Please be very
careful when using a strimmer and mower in your
garden and check the long grass &
undergrowth first with your hand or foot
to make sure
NOTHING is curled up there.
Hedgehogs DO NOT run away when they hear
the noise, but curl up tightly which is
no protection from these tools.
Please read more
here
and sign our petitions
to help stop this totally
unnecessary slaughter of innocent lives
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- We built this website because we were
"adopted" by several hedgehogs and want to share our experiences, make you more interested in hedgehogs and other
wildlife. and help YOU look after the hedgehog in YOUR garden
- Lots of the information came from other Hedgehog
help sites and the various books that have been
written about hedgehogs. We have adapted the information in the
light of our own experiences.
If we cannot physically help you, we will try to put you
in touch with a local carer closer to you. Many of the links
on the right or on the links page
have good lists of Hedgehog carers and rescuers in most
parts of the UK.
We are in the process of building a database of all
Hedgehog Centres and Carers
We would also suggest you also look at the
BHPS or
Spikes
Sites for carers lists.
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Search This site or the web with Google
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When you cannot contact a hedgehog
rescue centre or carer immediately then
Any sick or injured
hedgehog should be taken to a
local vet who should give basic emergency
treatment free of charge.
If you are in the Northeast or East
London areas then the
Goddard Vet Group are the most
helpful with injured wildlife, especially
their 24 hour emergency Hospital at
Wanstead
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If you cannot get to a vet then
contact the
RSPCA on their 24 hour emergency
number 0300 1234 999.
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- Please only contact us to offer a
place if you live very close to us. That means within the
Epping Forest District area ( Loughton, Epping, Ongar), West
Essex ( Brentwood, Harlow and Sawbridgeworth),
East Hertfordshire (Bishops
Stortford), Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering or other areas very close to us.
- If you live elsewhere please contact
your local centre and offer
them help
- Before offering help you need a fully enclosed
garden. By fully enclosed we mean either high solid
brick walls all around or high solid wooden fences
with either concrete or wooden gravel boards sunken
into the ground deeply enough to stop a hedgehog
digging its way out.
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 Alma
was a hedgehog with a missing back leg who needed a safe home. Read about her
here
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Hercules was one lucky hedgehog who has now found a very good home.
Read about him here
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We always need safe gardens and caring people to
adopt and care for other disabled hedgehogs
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Support
Tim's Ebay Shop for:-
- CCTV cameras to watch your hedgehogs
- Lots of other very useful things
- Melatonin and other natural remedies for people and animals
See some of the hedgehog videos Tim & others have made using these
cameras:
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Captive or Pet
Hedgehogs
We are noticing an increasing trend for people
wanting to keep captive or pet hedgehogs. This is not
something we recommend or approve of in normal
circumstances.
- Please read here
for full details
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