SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital

23/04/2025

🌟Big Savings for Nature!🌟 The Big Give’s Green Match Fund is on! https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000001g9zBYAQ?c=73066

For one week only, your donation to SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital will be doubled, turning £2,500 into £5,000 - enough to feed 250 hedgehogs for an entire month!

This is your chance to make a huge impact for wildlife, without giving twice as much. The Green Match Fund is a seven-day campaign supporting environmental charities tackling some of the planet’s biggest challenges, and every pound you give goes twice as far.

Help us reach our goal and make a real difference! Give once. Save twice. Go wild: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000001g9zBYAQ?c=73066

21/04/2025

🌟SAVINGS START TOMORROW!🌟

Just one more sleep until your donation can make double the difference! For one week only, you’ll have the chance to SAVE TWO HEDGEHOGS for the price of ONE.

Mark your calendar - The Big Give’s Green Match Fund kicks off April 22nd. Be first in line to help your spiky neighbours. Set your alarm and get ready to give like a hero tomorrow!

10/04/2025

A few of days ago saw the arrival of young Dolly.

Dolly was found out during the day sunbathing on her finders patio. On her arrival here at the hospital she was very dehydrated and cold. After a few hours of warming up we administered some warmed subcutaneous fluids.

Her first night she gained 10g and ate some food. However her next night she then dropped over 50g! This is to show you how quickly they can go down hill and how crucial it is to get them to a rescue as soon as possible.

Dolly’s faecal sample showed she had an extremely high roundworm and lungworm burden. Treatment has been started and she is receiving fluids multiple times a day to support her through the treatment.

Keep going Dolly 🦔♥️

09/04/2025

Violet update - sadly little violet didn’t make it through the night.
She at the very least was warm and safe.

Remember if they are out during the day they are not okay.

💔🦔

08/04/2025

Oh Violet 💔

This afternoon saw the arrival of little Violet. She was found staggering around out during the day a huge thank you to her finders for noticing her and getting her to us.

As you can see she is in terrible condition, weighing just over 450g. She is extremely dehydrated and can barely hold herself up. As an older girl she should be at least double the weight she is. 😔

We are working as hard as we can to stabilise her 💔🦔

08/04/2025

Huge thanks to the residents of Bramley court care home in Histon for saving their newspapers and donating them to the hedgehog hospital. 🦔

07/04/2025

‼️ Graphic warning ‼️

Jamie was spotted on a trail camera with breathing difficulties which alerted her finder to something being wrong. As Jamie got closer to the camera a nasty thick scab across her head was then visible. Her finder contained immediately and the next morning one of our volunteers drivers went to collect.

As you can see this thick scab was hiding quite a nasty wound. An injury like this is consistent with being hit by a strimmer. Jamie is one of three strimmer injuries admitted this year and is the only one that didn’t have to be euthanised due to their injuries.

‼️So please if you have to use a strimmer always check beforehand it takes just a few minutes to check and it could really save an animals life‼️

Huge thanks to our Vets at Medivet Melbourn for getting her all cleaned up.

06/04/2025

Happy belated 104th birthday, Colin! 🥂

Flt Lt Colin Bell DFC, who bravely flew Pathfinder Mosquitos with 608 Squadron during WWII, is a cherished friend and supporter of the SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital and Shepreth Wildlife Park. We couldn’t let the occasion pass without sending our warmest wishes for another incredible turn around the sun!

05/04/2025

Just a few of the many attractions we have lined up at the Wild About Huntingdonshire Festival on Sunday 29th June. Save the date & 'Like' the festival page to keep up with what's on.
Confirmed attendees so far include:
Aivas handmade crafts, Ali's handmade bracelets, Cambridge Chainsaw Carving, Cambridgeshire County Council waste management team, Cambridgeshire Libraries, Cambridgeshire Badger Group, Cambridgeshire Mammal Group, Charlotte & Julie, Co-op, CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Creating Natures Corridors, Danielle Julienne: Yoga, Dance, Pilates, Duck Egg Designs, Etching for You, Everybody can fish, Fenspirits, Fine Food Land, Fireflies forest School - Cambridgeshire, Fossils Galore, Godmanchester Community Plant Nursery, Halfyard's bar, Hap-bee box Craft Boxes, Hartford Hedgehog Rescue - Cambridgeshire, UK, Hannah Henna, Rotary Club of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire District Council, MJ Leisure, Lauren Francesca Designs, Loulybug Crafts, M & D Crafts, M&J Catering, Maureen's Jewellery, Muffett's Mini Readers - In Partnership with Usborne, National Trust Houghton Mill, Nene Coppicing & Crafts, Nexus Fostering, O’ For Goodness Cake, Our Animal World Suffolk mobile zoo, PECT - Creating Sustainable Places, Project Abundance, Queenie’s Cinnamon buns, The Raptor Foundation, live music from Raw Divas , Rockets & Rainbows Face Painting, RSPB, Sherbert Frog, Studio Cloud Nine, SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital, The Library Presents, The Tortoise Shed, Tiddly Stars & Tiddly Paws, Useful Makes, Watsons Doughnuts, Wild Thyme Sewing, The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants, The Woodland Trust.
Interested in having a stall? Email [email protected]

03/04/2025

We are incredibly grateful to PEM (www.pem.co.uk) for their generous £500 grant from the PEM Charitable Trust. This support will go a long way in helping us care for sick and injured hedgehogs at our hospital, ensuring they receive the treatment and rehabilitation they need. Thank you for making a difference! 🥰🐾

02/04/2025

A huge thank you to Costco in Stevenage for their incredibly generous £200 donation to the SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital! We, along with our spiky patients, truly appreciate your kindness and support 🦔💙

25/03/2025

Thanks to your nominations, we were the lucky winners of this incredible prize of hedgehog food from Brambles Pet and Wildlife! A huge thank you to all our supporters and to Brambles for your kindness 💙🦔 Our patients are absolutely loving their menu!

23/03/2025

Today the lovely Echo left the hospital to prepare for his release, weighing a whopping 980g.

Stay safe little man! 🦔

22/03/2025

Happy Rainbow has been with us for around 3 weeks now and is making steady progress.

He was found out during the day looking very bald and crusty. Since being with us he has been treated for lungworm, roundworm and fluke. He is still very bald but the crusting has improved so hopefully we will start to see some prickle regrowth soon.

05/03/2025

A sad story 😔 with a call for action! ‼️

A young female hedgehog was admitted over the weekend with serious injuries. 🦔

She'd got caught in football netting in someone's garden. ⚽️

She fought so hard to untangle herself that she injured her foot, dislocated her shoulder, broke her elbow and shattered all the bones in her hand.

She sadly had to be put down. 😔

‼️ Our call for action: Please don't let this keep happening. A few seconds to tie up loose netting in your garden can save a life. 🦔

You'll never know the difference you made as they'll be on their happy way, but with each tying up of netting off the ground, you have the chance to be a silent hero.

03/03/2025

🌍 Happy World Wildlife Day! 🌏

Today, we celebrate the amazing wildlife that shares our planet and highlight the vital role conservation plays in protecting endangered species. At Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity and the SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital, we're dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing hedgehogs, while also supporting global conservation efforts for many other incredible animals.

Thanks to your generous support, we’ve helped protect hedgehogs, tigers, red pandas, clouded leopards, lemurs, amphibians, pumas, apes, slow lorises and many more species in need.

Your support enables us to continue our mission to protect vulnerable wildlife, both locally and globally. Thank you 💙

02/03/2025

Squonk has been with us since January suffering with quite extensive ringworm and high mite burden.

Today we have finally seen some new spine growth so hopefully all his bald patches will start to fill out nicely. Zoom in for tiny prickles!

🦔♥️

28/02/2025

Huge thank you to everyone who nominated us! 🦔♥️

The 5 Winning Rescues of our Feb Giveaway are:-
🦔 Hamble Hedgehogs Rescue Reg.Charity No: 1185442
🦔 Henbrook Hedgehog Rescue
🦔 Jackson's Animal Rescue
🦔 SWCC - Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital
🦔 Animals In Need Northamptonshire

Many thanks for all nominations 👏
Look out for another Rescue Giveaway next month 😀