Hog and Dog Animal Rescue

24/09/2025

Spotted my first wild hedgehog whilst out and about walking the dog this evening. Makes a change as I’m normally rescuing them. Definitely a juvenile but nice and round so left it be. Nice to see Hucknall’s wildlife is supporting the species naturally, with some help from me of course🥰

24/09/2025

DRACO UPDATE: 🦔🩵

He’s done nothing but excel like his name would suggest, this big boy was transferred to an outdoor hutch on Monday at a whooping 900g! 2 days later and he’s only lost 30g which is to be expected now he’s managing his own body temperature and it’s a lot colder than inside has been.

He’s certainly ready to go, licking his bowls clean and then using the paper to fill his bed some more. A couple more days to acclimatise and to ensure his weight is stable and Draco should be ready for release! His finder has done some great work to make their garden suitable as a release site so it’s even better he’ll be going back to familiar ground. Another success for Hucknall’s local wildlife and hedgehog population😊

23/09/2025

VERY brief admission today, and an awful case of a juvenile with a severe facial injury. I’ll spare you the photos but one eye was missing, with the jaw exposed, large clumps of fly strike around the wound and the other eye ‘mummified’. As soon as I saw it, I was straight off to the emergency vets so it could be put out of its misery. The vet was shocked and had never seen something so serious, she thought it may have been like it for a while sadly. Although some facial injuries can be recovered from, this one had obvious fractures to the jaw and was unable to eat. Unsure of how this one came about its injuries but sadly it was in pain for a while as the finder didn’t contact us until late afternoon after spotting this morning.

Although another loss, we can’t save them all and to be able to prevent long suffering, is also a win. Please, if anything can be taken from these awful cases, it’s that if you see a hedgehog you suspect needs some help, please give it 5 minutes of your time to look closely and call a rescue straight away! Massive thanks to Yvonne for quickly referring this case to me, just so happened I was in the area so we were able to assess this hog within 5 minutes of being contacted initially. The benefit of a satellite site at its finest!

20/09/2025

19/09/2025

17/09/2025

Nottinghamshire has been part of a hedgehog study focusing on the populations in suburban and agricultural areas. We may even have some supports here from Southwell/Farnsfield?

The most recent report on our hedgehog populations suggested that hogs in these rural areas are still declining and therefore more work must be done to help them! This research shows the importance of access to other gardens on a wide scale to ensure successful gene flow. This helps a species evolve to survive things such as climate and habitat change which is sadly a massive risk for hedgehogs at the minute.

If you live in a suburban/rural area then please consider support feeding your local hedgehogs as this will make a huge difference to the species survival!

🦔💚 Some interesting info via Hedgehog Street: https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/hedgehog-gene-flow/

15/09/2025

‼️ NEW ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️

We have now teamed up with Pet Impact as an affiliate, and I am so excited to work a bit closer with this company! Not only am I passionate about saving our animals, but anyone knows me will know I’m a keen environmentalist as well. Don’t let me catch you putting something in the wrong bin🤣

I came across Pet Impact before I got Charlie after doing some research on how to be an environmentally friendly pet owner. One of the most common things I use is poo bags which we all know is a huge contributor to plastic pollution. Pet Impact are the only company in the world producing a poo bag that actually makes a difference. We often fall for these traps when we see ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ but these require special recycling facilities when in fact most of us dispose of in general waste bins.

Alongside selling some other great products, the reSEAcycled poo bags are made up of 95% plastic waste collected from the ocean. By purchasing these poo bags you can make a real difference to tackling our biggest challenges our natural world is facing all whilst being an environmentally friendly pet owner.

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14/09/2025

Massive thank you to everyone who has donated recently as I have now been able to buy a microscope for the rescue! This will allow me to check for parasites and confirm which treatments are needed instead of having to drive up to Yvonne and give her more work to do.

I am booked onto my Vale Microscopy course in November so I really look forward to expanding my skill set. I was going to wait until after the course before I bought one, however, I found this at a great deal second hand, so couldn’t resist. For now, you’ll find me playing with my new toy, come on hedgehogs give me a poo to test🤣

I’ve recently updated the Amazon wishlist if anyone wishes to make a donation they can follow this link https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/MB6J89HOYUPV?ref_=wl_share. Alternatively, I have also set up a PayPal account so any donations can also be sent to [email protected]

Thank you to everyone for the continued support, I certainly am seeing a slow increase in messages of hogs needing help so I’m sure it won’t be long and we will be in the autumn rush!

14/09/2025

If anyone has any spare gloves or aprons please consider us . With the huge amount of quarantine birds we’re running short .

13/09/2025

Meet my latest admission, a little boy brought in yesterday after being found out in the day in Calverton. Huge thanks to Cherie for transporting him to me and the kind donation. I’ve named him Ron (still on the Harry Potter theme), he came in weighing 199g and is riddled with parasites. He’s on antibiotics and various treatments to get rid of the bugs and hopefully he’ll perk up soon enough! Fingers crossed for this little boy, he’s only a small one. 🥹🦔🩵

12/09/2025

Pic of the smallest of the babes when they came in to get your attention 😄

I get so much support myself , so I try to support worthy causes.

PUMA is a charity supporting Ukraine both civilians and frontline troops.

I have sent some medical equipment that wasn't needed for 🦔 , and some cat food that wasn't suitable.

Some knitted baby clothes and unused tins from the back of my cupboard.

They need ANY type of medical equipment so if you know someone with :

Colostomy bags
Catheter bags and catheters
Incontinence pads.
Dressings. Bandages
Unopened packs of drugs within a year of expiry date ( not controlled drugs).
Splints
Crutches etc that are no longer needed.

General Items.

Pet food
Tinned and dry food
Baby equipment
Skin wipes, soap, toothpaste etc.

My crack dealer collects and takes these things to Plymouth ( perhaps it's her pick up point 😉) so I'm happy to save any items for her. These are sorted and they drive them over to Ukraine.

Check cupboards etc. and support if you can, you won't believe how desperate some of these people are 💔