29/07/2026
I have been very busy over the last few days taking care of the hedgehogs 🦔. Although I am full, someone forgot to tell my garden 🏡 visitors. I found a 🦔 in my feeding station yesterday. Obviously I couldn't turn him away 🤷. He was in a bad way. I could smell 👃 infection on him, so got to work checking him over. Luckily there was no fly strike. After getting him on a heat pad and administering subcutaneous fluids 💉💧, he was given pain relief and antibiotics 💊. He wouldn't let me see his legs 🦵 to start with so I let him relax and let the painkillers kick in properly. Once I was able to check his legs 🦵 I found that his back right leg🦵 was very swollen and had an infected wound. I cleaned it as best as I could. He also had small wounds to his rear end and head so I think he had been grabbed/bitten by a dog/fox 🦊.
Due to the severity of his injuries I took him to my local wildlife hospital today. They have always been very good at helping me with difficult cases. He will be x-rayed 🩻today and I can get an update tomorrow. There is a chance he may have to be put to sleep but I won't know until tomorrow. Fingers crossed 🤞 for him. Such a brave boy.
