Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue

Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue Hogamammas rescues, rehabilitates and releases hedgehogs across Central Scotland 🦔
Established September 2025 in loving memory of David Knight.

Proud members of the Scottish Hedgehog Rescue Alliance. Self-funded and donation supported.

31/08/2026

💚 A HUGE THANK YOU! 🦔

A massive thank you to One Hop Shop for their incredibly generous donation of cat food, puppy pads and a plastic house! 🥰🦔

These practical items make such a difference to us here at Hogamammas, and they will all be put to very good use caring for our little prickly patients. Every donation, big or small, helps us continue doing what we do. 💚

And another HUGE thank you to whoever sent us the blue roll and puppy mousse! 🥹💚

We’re so grateful for every single person who thinks of Hogamammas and sends something to help the hogs. With the number of admissions we’re dealing with at the moment, supplies are being used incredibly quickly, so your generosity really does mean the world to us.

Thank you for supporting Hogamammas and helping us give these little guys the care they deserve. 🦔💚

With love and prickles,
Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue 🦔

💔 A sad update on Walter 💔Sadly, I have some heartbreaking news about our little fighter, Walter.Walter came into Hogama...
28/08/2026

💔 A sad update on Walter 💔

Sadly, I have some heartbreaking news about our little fighter, Walter.

Walter came into Hogamammas just over a week ago, absolutely covered in ticks. His faecal sample showed Capillaria, Crenosoma and over the last few days he had also started showing more evidence of fluke. On top of that, he was battling severe ringworm and some sort of respiratory infection.

Last night, Walter took a turn for the worse. His breathing became increasingly laboured and clearly took a huge amount of effort. He did rally after a nebuliser session, and was up eating his breakfast this morning but still clearly not right. I decided to take him to the vet. I desperately hoped that perhaps a different antibiotic or some other treatment might give him a chance.

Sadly, although Walter was still eating and had some fight left in him, his respiratory effort remained significant. After examining him and listening to his lungs, which sounded ‘horrendous’, I was advised that even if he did pull through his lungs would be permanently scarred and he would be unlikely to have a full life back in the wild. It was recommended that the kindest thing we could do was let him go.

I’m not going to pretend I’m 100% comfortable with the decision. When you fight so hard for these little creatures, letting them go is incredibly difficult.

But Walter was such a fighter.

Just two days ago, he was chasing me out of his bed because I dared to try and change some of his bedding! 😂 He fought me every step of the way through his treatment, and I honestly think that determination is what kept him going for as long as he did.

I’m very sad today. 😔 Walter had really got under my skin in the short time he was here, and despite everything he was going through, he still had such a little personality.

He deserved the chance to feel better, and we tried everything we reasonably could. But sometimes, loving them means knowing when to stop asking them to fight.

Better to let him go a day too early than a day too late. 🦔💔

Run free, Walter. You were an absolute little character, and you will be very much missed.

Thank you to everyone who followed Walter’s journey, asked about him, sent donations and cheered him on. He knew nothing but warmth, food, treatment and love during his time with us. ❤️

Sleep tight, little man. 🌈🦔

Meet Timmy 🦔💔Timmy arrived late last night from Livingston after being found at the side of the road. We believe he has ...
27/08/2026

Meet Timmy 🦔💔

Timmy arrived late last night from Livingston after being found at the side of the road. We believe he has likely been clipped by a car.

A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteer ambulance driver Heather for collecting him and getting him safely to Hogamammas. ❤️

Timmy has clearly suffered blunt force trauma, with several broken spines across his body. He also has a leg injury and was suffering from flystrike.

He was extremely stressed when he arrived and was clearly in pain. I removed the flystrike, gave him pain relief and settled him into his bed. Despite everything he had been through, he tucked straight into his supper 🥹❤️

Timmy will need further diagnostics to assess the extent of his injuries, and we need to raise £150 to cover these investigations. Every donation, no matter how small, will help us get Timmy the care he needs. ❤️🦔

We’ll be keeping a very close eye on him and assessing his injuries as he settles.

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🦔🌿 HEDGEHOG RELEASE SITES NEEDED! 🌿🦔Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue is looking for safe, suitable gardens across Central Scot...
26/08/2026

🦔🌿 HEDGEHOG RELEASE SITES NEEDED! 🌿🦔

Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue is looking for safe, suitable gardens across Central Scotland to become release sites for hedgehogs who have completed their rehabilitation and are ready to return to the wild. 🥰

We’re looking for both town/village and rural locations — so please get in touch even if you don’t live in the countryside!

🏡 Our ideal release site will:

* 🦔 Already have visiting wild hedgehogs
* 🌿 Have a suitable garden with shrubs, bushes, natural cover and areas to forage
* 🏠 Have a suitable, safe hedgehog house
* 🐛 Provide a natural environment where a hedgehog can explore and forage
* 🍽️ Be willing to provide supplementary food and fresh water year-round, or for a minimum of 2 weeks after release
* 🦡 Have no badgers living nearby
* ❤️ Be committed to giving our rescued hogs the best possible chance of settling back into the wild

🏠 Don’t have a hedgehog house?
We have a limited number of hedgehog houses available to loan to approved release sites, so please still get in touch if your garden is otherwise suitable.

📸 Pictures of your garden are very welcome when you message us! They’ll really help us assess whether your garden could make a suitable release site.

We particularly need a mixture of locations, including gardens in towns, villages and rural areas, so we can match each hedgehog to the most suitable environment.

All potential release sites will be assessed before being approved, and we’ll provide guidance on feeding and supporting your new spiky visitor. 🥰

If you think your garden could become a Hogamammas release site, please send us a message with a little information about your garden, the surrounding area and any hedgehogs you already see visiting.

Help us give our rescued hogs the best possible homecoming. 🦔💚

📍 Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue

26/08/2026

A huge thank you to Biggar Dental Practice for seeing my appeal to keep an eye out for any hoglets after Meadow came into the rescue. 🦔💚

Well… it looks like we have another little girl from the same area!

Meet Tallulah, named by her finder, who arrived at Hogamammas today after being found in exactly the same place as Meadow. 🥰

And I think the girls were absolutely delighted to be reunited! 💕

It’s lovely to think that because people are keeping their eyes open and knowing what to look out for, these little ones are getting the help they need. Both girls are supported in the incubator kindly donated by The Cat Hotel fundraising team.

Welcome to Hogamammas, Tallulah! 🦔💚

🦔💚 Meet Meadow! 💚🦔This little hoglet is Meadow, who was found out during the daytime in Biggar.Her finder happened to kn...
25/08/2026

🦔💚 Meet Meadow! 💚🦔

This little hoglet is Meadow, who was found out during the daytime in Biggar.

Her finder happened to know our wonderful foster carer Delia and reached out to her for some advice. Delia immediately sprung into action and brought Meadow safely to me. 💚

Meadow was a little dehydrated when she arrived, but thankfully she otherwise seems well. She wasted absolutely no time taking her hand-feed eagerly — always a very welcome sight with a tiny hoglet! 🥰

For now, Meadow is being kept cosy and supported in the Brinsea incubator kindly donated to Hogamammas by The Cat Hotel fundraising team. 🥹💕

She’s got a warm bed, a full tummy and lots of care ahead of her. Fingers crossed this little girl continues to thrive. 🦔🌿

Welcome to Hogamammas, Meadow. 💚

💚 A HUGE thank you from Hogamammas! 🦔I just wanted to take a moment to say a massive thank you to everyone who has sent ...
24/08/2026

💚 A HUGE thank you from Hogamammas! 🦔

I just wanted to take a moment to say a massive thank you to everyone who has sent items from our Amazon Wishlist, as well as everyone who has made a monetary donation. 🥹💚

It genuinely means so much, and it is really, really helpful. Every item, every tin of food, every puppy pad and every donation makes a difference to the hogs in our care.

We have four new admissions waiting to be introduced to you — two arrived yesterday and another two today — so they’ll be benefiting from your incredible generosity too. 🦔❤️

We also had another tray of puppy mousse arrive, but it has already been opened and put to good use, so unfortunately it didn’t make it into the photo! 😂

From me and all the little spiky residents here at Hogamammas, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. 🥰

Your support really does help us keep doing what we do. 🦔💚

Thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤️

23/08/2026

🦔💚 A HUGE THANK YOU to the Cat Hotel Fundraising Team! 💚🦔

The wonderful fundraising team at the Cat Hotel have been working incredibly hard over the last few months, attending various events and raising money to help Hogamammas Hedgehog Rescue purchase a much-needed Brinsea TLC Eco 40 incubator.

And I’m absolutely delighted to announce that they did it! 🎉🥰

Our incubator has now arrived safely at the rescue, and I genuinely cannot thank the team enough for their incredible generosity, hard work and continued support. It means more than you know. ❤️

This incubator has already made such a difference. Gabbi was successfully hand-reared using it, and Henry II was the last little one to use it — and he has just graduated from the incubator! 🥹🦔🎓

Knowing that this amazing piece of equipment will now be here to help future tiny hoglets is incredibly special. It could genuinely make the difference for another little life that arrives at Hogamammas needing round-the-clock care.

Thank you, Cat Hotel team, for helping us give these little ones the best possible chance. We are so incredibly greatful. 💚

🦔💚

23/08/2026

We are looking for some help relocating a hedgehog that has been found in a stables in Shotts.

Is there anyone in Shotts (Torbothie) who has visiting hedgehogs, support feeds and has a hedgehog house?

22/08/2026

Psst… it’s me, Walter! 🦔

Quick, while the food woman is busy… I’ve nicked her phone! 📱😂

Apparently people have been asking how I’m doing, so I thought I’d better give you all an update before she catches me.

I’m doing okay! The food woman says I’ve got worms in my lungs 😳🪱🫁. She gave me some medicine yesterday and I’m already feeling a little bit better.

She keeps offering me something she calls “crack”. Well… excuse me?! I’m no crackpot! 🤨 I’ve decided to steer well clear of that suspicious stuff and stick to my wet food, thank you very much. 😂

Although… she did give me something new. Apparently it was donated Royal Canin Kitten in Jelly.

Now, I’ve never actually had a kitten in jelly before… and I have absolutely no idea where she gets these kittens from… 👀🐱😂

But I have to say, it’s pretty good stuff! 😋

So thank you to whoever donated it. My tummy approves. ❤️

Right, I can hear the food woman coming… better hand her phone back before she catches me.

Love,
Walter 🦔❤️

P.S. If anyone asks, I have absolutely no idea what happened to her phone. 😇

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