Pepper's help for hedgehogs

31/10/2026

Just went to do the night checks and found this mess. Think its from pumpkin as shes the smaller of the two. They had just had their 2nd round of cap treatment this morning.
Last week when they first come in I see hardly any cap eggs in the samples. But this is a massive amount for such a little hog. Their was lots more along the slide than what's in the pictures. Hopefully its them all on their way out.
Their was a few live lungworm to, they had their first treatment for that in the week so not worried about that.
Also see some fluke eggs in the sample to now, so that will be another treatment they will need.
Giving extra treatments to help them along. Hopefully they will pull through this.

31/10/2026

The three little ones from Leigh may have a forth sibling! These three have shown cap eggs in samples this morning and one is coughing so may have lungworm to.
Going with Halloween names today so ive named them Cobweb, spooky and Witchy.

31/10/2026

If anyone wants any numbers for the spin the wheel let me know. Thanks.

31/10/2026

The two little girls from pinchbeck are doing well. In a week Pumpkin the littlest one has gone from 193 grams to 277 grams. The slightly bigger one Spice from 263 gram to 329 grams.
Both have lungworm and cap eggs being treated. The littlest one has the horrible cough that they get with lungworm.

28/10/2026

Heres the 3rd sibling that Leigh has managed to catch today. Another girl, shes 227 grams.
Here she is having a few minutes in the tub waiting for the majority of the fleas to drop off after being treated before going into her cage.
Hopefully theirs no more.

27/10/2026

Heres the sibling to heudini, Leigh brought her over earlier. Shes only 214 grams. Had plenty of fleas and like her sister she tried to make a run for it but her box had been put in the bath so she couldn't disappear lol.
Shes also thin.
Their may well be another sibling but it had legged it before Leigh could get to catch it. So we will wait to see if it can be caught.

26/10/2026

I really am full, too full but what do you do when you go out to feed the garden hogs and the torch catches site of a little face looking at you from under a stack of pallets while your putting food in a feeder.
I thought oh you look small, so go to look and can see they have plenty of ticks! When I pick them up they are thin and their belly is bald and theirs scabs on its underside and on its legs, i hate ringworm.
So in it comes, 11 ticks off so far. That's my last cage used up apart from the incubators which i wont use.
Hopefully I will have some to go free shortly. Two moved into outdoor hutches yesterday and Gloria and her three kids have all been seperated into hutches a couple of weeks ago.
One hog is asleep in a outdoor release pen to.

26/10/2026

This is the little hog ive been waiting for. She should have come in a few days ago but she desided to escape the box she was in and has been hiding in Leigh's living room for the last 3 days. She finally come out from under a very heavy corner sofa and was made safe in a box in the bath. Leigh thought that box would hold her but no she was found running around the bath!
She was 186 grams on the night she was found and tonight she's 235 grams. The sample i tested was parasite free but im sure something will show up. She is named rather appropriately houdini.
But a sibling has just been found thats only 204 grams. So that one will be joining us tomorrow.

26/10/2026

I know we've not long won a competition, but doesn't hurt to try again.
Go to their main page to nominate. Thanks

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25/10/2026

Just tried out another design on a bag.