What to do if you find a sick or injured or baby hedgehog or any hedgehog you are worried about:

• As soon as you find an injured or sick hedgehog PLEASE pick it up immediately, put it in a box or wrap it in a towel or jumper or something  and THEN ring for help. If you leave it where it is, it will crawl or run away. For a sick or injured hedgehog every minute matters.

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If you are phoning for help:

• For  Essex, East London or North Kent ring The South Essex Wildlife Hospital 01375 893893
• The Hedgehog Helpline 029 2062 3985 can give URGENT advice to find a carer or rescue centre near you in the rest of the UK
• General advice can be obtained from BHPS on 01584 890801 during office hours
• A list of carers or rescue centres who might be able to help can be found here or on the BHPS website

• When you cannot contact a hedgehog or wildlife rescue centre or carer immediately then Any sick or injured hedgehog should be taken to a local vet who will normally 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

• If you cannot contact a vet or rescue centre then ring the RSPCA on their 24 hour emergency number 0300 1234 999.

PLEASE NOTE: if you need help or urgent advice or find a sick or injured or baby hedgehog use the telephone, an email might not get read for a few hours and often 1 or 2 days. 
If you do email then LEAVE A CONTACT NUMBER WHERE WE CAN RING YOU BACK

• Any hedgehog seen out in daylight will need URGENT help
• Hedgehogs do NOT lie out sunbathing
• Any cut or wound is urgent
• Any hedgehog with flies on it or maggots crawling on it needs VERY Urgent help
• Any Hedgehog limping or walking strangely needs help
• Anything that looks very thin or wobbly or has bald patches or missing spines
• If you see a baby hedgehog or any small hedgehog weighing less than about 500 grams, that is about the size of a large orange or small grapefruit, at ANY time, whether day or night, that is out on its own, pick it up, pop it into a box with food and water and contact us or your local rescue centre for help and advice.

A young or small hedgehog  that is left out on its own will not be able to survive and will starve to death, by providing them with  food and water they stand more chance of survival. (see diet page )

You can help save numerous hedgehogs by putting a small plate of dog or cat food or cat biscuits in your back garden every night, together with a bowl of water. Put a bowl in your back garden and one outside your front door for the hedgehogs who can't get into your garden

Doing this little thing could help prevent many hedgehogs starving to death and dying of thirst