HogsCroft Hedgehog Rescue

31/08/2026

Close encounters of the Green dish! Dolly is not impressed 😂

29/08/2026

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29/08/2026

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28/08/2026

On Wednesday John phoned the rescue having found a young hoglet lying out in the middle of his garden. He’d observed it for a short while just incase its mother reclaimed it, however sadly this was not to be.
‘Colin’ weighed in at just over 70 grams, around 2 weeks old and covered in flystrike, maggots were already hatching. He also had a very full bladder and was dehydrated. Colin had clearly been on his own for some time. He was toileted and given a small syringe feed before tackling the flystrike and maggots, which is quite harsh on such a small hoglet.
The next afternoon John contacted the rescue again as he’d spotted another hoglet out in the day - in came ‘Chloe’, again covered in flystrike and maggots, she also had a ‘bubbly nose’ and her breathing was especially rapid and she was lighter than Colin at 66 grams . She too received the same treatment - sadly Chloe’s breathing issues became worse and she slipped away last night.
A little later in the afternoon John contacted again as 2 more hoglets had appeared, ‘Dolly’, weighing 64 grams and little ‘Charlie’ at 60 grams. Dolly had lots of maggots in her eyes and ears - it took some time to finally get rid of them.
Little Charlie was very cold and worryingly still. The smallest, and again covered in flystrike. Charlie’s eyes are not quite open - though this evening we could just see them starting.
These three siblings are all tucked up together in an incubator, receiving regular feeds day and night. All showing encouraging signs - still early days - wish them well 🤞❤️🦔

28/08/2026

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26/08/2026

Our second incubator post…
We also received messages from Shona Fair and Marie Dailly who both sent further donations. Shona sent enough to fund yet another standard incubator and Marie sent a donation we have added to this amount.
We have not ordered anything yet as are hoping to add a little more to these very generous donations as we want to buy a special incubator which also allows a nebuliser to be attached. This means that rather than taking very sick hedgehogs with breathing issues out of the incubator and using heat mats to try and maintain their core body temperatures whilst we give them nebulisers we would not need to disturb them.
Watch this space as we think we are very close to getting this sixth incubator to add to our fleet.
Thank you so much Shona and Marie - your kindness helps us save lives 👏👏👏

26/08/2026

This is the first of two posts…
A couple of weeks ago I popped a post on our page sharing some of our upcoming fundraisers. I also explained that due to the number of hoglets and poorly hedgehogs admitted to our rescue this year we had to borrow another incubator from another rescue because the 4 we already had were not enough. So we’d hoped that we could raise enough money to purchase an additional incubator -well something amazing happened - as said this is just one of two posts.

Not long after we opened Jan from Furget Me Not Pet Cremations Ltd got in touch and offered us a free service. Jan and her team collect all the precious souls we sadly have not been able to save, cremate them and scatter their ashes in a local woodland. We know that Jan and her team offer all animals the respect and dignity they deserve after death.

Jan heard about our need for an incubator and very kindly bought us one ❤️

Thank you so much Jan and all in your team not only for funding this incubator but also for your ongoing care for our precious souls.

24/08/2026

🦔❤️ A wee warning this week on the hazards on garden poisons. Please do help us spread the word ❤️🦔

24/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who sends or brings various gifts - we really appreciate donations of meaty dog food, kitten biscuits, puppy pads and blue rolls. We often receive gifts with no names of the sender - with around 50 (sometimes we lose count!!!) hedgehogs in our care we know we couldn’t run the rescue without your support.
Yesterday Helen and Alan popped in and said they’d been having a ‘sort out’ they gave us a couple of useful items and also a cash donation from items they’d sold.
We also recently received a cheque from Joyce - sadly we hadn’t managed to save ‘Holly’, the hedgehog we’d collected from her, but she was so appreciative of our support and also sent some petrol money for the volunteer who collected Holly.
We’ve also had finders who have driven 80- 90
mile round trips to bring hedgehogs into our care - this part of Scotland has very few rescues so taking one to a ‘local’ rescue isn’t an option. Folk going out of their way to help a helpless soul.
This thoughtfulness really touches our hearts.
We are reminded daily of the kindness of strangers - who very soon becomes friends. Thank you ❤️🦔

22/08/2026

Fiona from Alyth, spotted this hedgehog in a Stubble field during the day and immediately knew to contact the rescue. Now named Stubble after where she was found this adult hedgehog required sub cut fluids. Stubble was not only very dehydrated but also far too thin. A later sample of her p**p also showing fluke, a nasty internal parasite. Hedgehogs ‘wobbling’ can be a sign of many things but whatever the cause they always need urgent help. Stubble is now receiving much needed treatment.