The cost of wildlife rescue. Find out how much it costs to run a hedgehog hospital and be a wildlife rehabilitator.
Tag: wildlife rehabilitation
Releasing hedgehogs back to the wild
How to release hedgehogs back to the wild after being cared for and over-wintered by a hedgehog rescue hospital.
Hedgehog trapped in plastic cable tie
Treating the wounds of a hedgehog found with a plastic cable tie around its body.
Blind hedgehogs
How to tell if a wild hedgehog is blind.
Hedgehog miracle recovery
The story of Octavia hedgehog who was saved despite a vet saying to give up on her.
Hedgehog wound and abscess treatment
Treating wounds and abscesses in wild hedgehogs. Treatments to use for different wounds.
Hedgehog rehabilitation – my story
About Emma Kate Farley - the Little Silver Hedgehog. How I became a wild hedgehog rehabilitator.
Yorkshire hedgehog rescue – a day in the life
Setting up a hedgehog hospital - a day in the life of a hedgehog rescue in Yorkshire.
Hedgehog with foot and limb injuries
Treatment of a hedgehog with foot injuries.
Hedgehog metabolic bone disease
Treating a hedgehog with metabolic bone disease Meet Benjamin. He is very poorly with metabolic bone disease. Benjamin was admitted to my rescue at only 330g. He has been surviving by eating bird seed over the Winter. https://youtu.be/BVczpRkgjHQ Benjamin has metabolic bone disease. Basically, his bones are very thin due to calcium deficiency. This is… Continue reading Hedgehog metabolic bone disease
Wild hedgehog amputee
Can wild hedgehogs survive with three legs? Meet Rupert. He arrived with me in 2016 as a small hoglet. He was only 300g. When I inspected him I could smell that something wasn't right. Wildlife rescuers go a lot by smell - you get to know the smell of infection and poo that is not… Continue reading Wild hedgehog amputee
Hedgehog strimmer injuries
The sound of people people using a strimmer sets my teeth on edge. I hate them! They do so much damage to wildlife including hedgehogs, frogs and toads. This is the story of Holly and her journey to recovery from a terrible strimmer wound. She was found at the end of July with her head… Continue reading Hedgehog strimmer injuries
Hedgehog hydrotherapy
Honey, a wild European hedgehog, has hydrotherapy treatment.
Hibernating hedgehog – dead or alive?
Hibernating hedgehog - dead or alive? How to know if a hedgehog is hibernating and what to do if you accidentally disturb one.
Little Silver Hedgehog 