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🦔 Hedgehog rescue & rehab, supporting
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13/11/2026

The ringworm effect 🙁

Little Percy and young Doris are both suffering from ringworm and both receiving medicated baths and daily medicated sprays.

There’s no way these two babies can go anywhere before spring, at the earliest, and it breaks my heart that they’ve got here. But it equally fills my heart that I can help them through a time that they would not have survived otherwise 🥰

These are two reasons I can’t take any more hedgies in at the moment. With five on board it takes a long time just to clean and if I take anymore I couldn’t give them the time they deserve and need.

Thank you to Kirsty Dare for sending out an appeal on my behalf. I wasn’t expecting it and your response has blown me away!

Thank you to everyone who has sent me needles, syringes, tinned food, biscuits, puppy pads, straw and kitchen paper - you are a wonderful bunch and are all a part of my tiny rescue centre 🙏🏻

09/11/2026

Thanks to Sonia and Carol for your food, puppy pads and 20ml syringes 🙏🏻 They are very much appreciated by me, if not the hogs! (Well they appreciate the food at least 😉)

09/11/2026

Update on Percy, the little one with infected ringworm… he’s doing well 🙌

As you can see he’s lost a lot of quills and all his fur, so he’s got a nice big heat pad in his pen.

Still more baths to come and still taking his medicine like a champ 💪

08/11/2026

🙏🏻❤️ Thank you Cassandra Patten and family and Bluebelle!!

04/11/2026

Percy would like to say thank you to Michelle, but he can’t - he’s a hedgehog!

So I’ll say it instead - thank you so much 😙

03/11/2026

It’s been tough for these little ones lately, and now the drought is over we’re contending with the last litter of the year that always seem to be a bit rubbish!

This one in tonight from hedgehog hero, Janet has infected ringworm.

He’s had a medicated bath, a dose of antibiotics and is now merrily chomping away on Royal Canin Recovery (why do they always have such expensive taste?

He’s likely to be in for winter while he recovers - ringworm is notoriously difficult to treat…

If you’d like to contribute to 176’s recovery and rehabilitation, he needs a name! And a bit more of his favourite food…

🙏🏻

02/11/2026

For hedgehogs, bonfire piles look like ideal habitats to hibernate.

If you must have a fire, only make the pile in a CLEAR area on the SAME day you will light it.

Check the pile before lighting it.

And check the fire is fully extinguished at the end of the night.

16/10/2026

Little Jilly looks like she has an injured front leg, but upon inspection it’s actually being displaced by a huge scab of ringworm! (Sorry if you’re eating)!)

🛁 A couple of good soaks in medicated baths will soon make her more comfortable.

Treatment will take a long time, probably all through winter if all’s well elsewhere 🤞 and she will lose her fur and quills so will need to be kept warm…

Wish her luck 🍀

16/10/2026

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🦔 One quick swipe of a garden strimmer. One seriously injured hedgehog. 💔

This is Dodge. He was brought to Tiggywinkles with a large, deep wound across the top of his head after being caught by a garden strimmer.

Our veterinary team has been treating his injury, and he’s now sporting a special wound treatment patch to help him heal.

We’ll keep a close eye on Dodge and give him all the care he needs to get back on his tiny feet.

Sadly, hedgehogs often curl into a ball when they feel threatened, making them incredibly difficult to spot in long grass and undergrowth.

🌿 Before you strim or mow, always check carefully for wildlife. Those few extra moments could make all the difference to a little life that might be a bit slow to dodge disaster...

💚 One share could help prevent another injury. Please share Dodge’s story and help us protect our precious hedgehogs.

02/10/2026

Open for business once again and the first admission is this tiny chap 🥰

Hedgehogs don’t sunbathe, so if you find one warming up in the sun, think again - does it need help?

This little one was also jumping with fleas and at only 100g news in desperate need of a bath, fluids and a warm hutch…

Autumn juveniles are especially vulnerable as it slow going for them to put enough weight in for winter as it is, but being the last litter of the year, they’re often born a bit weaker… That’s why now should be the busiest time for our rescues, but of course we’ve all been dealing with the terrible drought too 😩

And just a reminder, I take in hedgehogs around my full time business commitments, so if I can’t respond immediately, I’m sorry 🙏🏻

Here’s to an autumn that’s full of crisp days, plenty of nighttime rain and few babies in need 🤞

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