Closed - Irchester Hedgehog Rescue

13/10/2021

Just to remind everyone, please do not give our address out, and do not turn up on our doorstep. This puts us in a very awkward position, as we are not always able to take them, or have to because we are then left with no choice.

This happened today, and we have been closed for the last two months due to personal reasons. We are not currently taking any hedgehogs in and have had to now as there was no alternative.

We appreciate everybody's support, and hope you will keep this in mind.

Keep looking after our prickly friends, and contact one of the local rescues or BHPS if you find one in need. We will update everybody when we open again.

19/07/2021

Raffle will be drawn tomorrow at 8pm instead, sorry for the delay!!

18/07/2021

The raffle is being drawn live tomorrow at 8pm 🦔🦔🦔

16/07/2021

Can those who do not have a green tick against their name please contact me to arrange payment, as this raffle is waiting to be drawn 🙂

I hope you are all well and leaving water out for your hogs 🦔 I will do a proper update soon, I am ill at the moment so have been laying low!

05/07/2021

We are ready to draw the raffle. Could those without green ticks against their name contact me to arrange payment, please 😊

This week at the rescue we have had a little hoglet arrive, and an adult male with a very strange condition called Balloon Syndrome! Due to an injury or some sort of infection, a layer of gas has built up under his skin, inflating him like a balloon. The vets did a great job of initially releasing the trapped gas, but this will rebuild for a few days, so we are deflating him with a large needle and syringe as and when it is needed! More concerning is that he was found by a stream, so fingers crossed there will be no complications 🙏

18/06/2021

Sorry for the silence, it has been a very busy and ultimately sad week.
A collapsed, and severely dehydrated hedgehog came in at the weekend, and despite our best efforts at injecting subcutaneous fluids throughout the day, he passed away later that night, having never regained consciousness.

On Tuesday evening, Woodrow the hedgehog arrived. He had a facial swelling and missing an eye, was emaciated, was wheezy due to pneumonia, and had fluke and lungworm. Despite meds for his condition, including clenbuterol for his breathing, he deteriorated in the early hours of Thursday morning. We took him to the vets for oxygen therapy, but Woodrow sadly passed away later that day, despite all of our best efforts.
A thoroughly miserable week, but the reality of running a hedgehog rescue 😔

Hope has been a frequent visitor the vet, too, due to a persistent superficial infection in her amputation wound. She is having a check up this evening to see how it is progressing.

Edit: raffle full!
We have had a few more spaces taken in our raffle, and are very close to being able to draw it. Please let us know if you would like a space for the love hedgehog pamper hamper.

Have a good weekend, guys, and keep an eye out for any hogs washed out of their nests 🦔

11/06/2021

Pip the hoglet went to Hedghugs Rescue & Rehabilitation today, as luckily for him, there were some similar sized hoglets for him to join. Hoglets do much better when they're with other hoglets, and get very lonely on their own, so we jumped at the chance to give him some foster siblings when the lovely Hedgehugs offered ❤

Poppy, the dog attack hog, is doing great. She is eating like a pig, and is having to stay here until we know she isn't pregnant. She can be seen in this photo, relaxing in her cage.

We received a male rear leg amputee from the vets today. He is underweight and quite weak, so fingers crossed for his recovery.

Hope has her check up at the vets on Monday to see how she is healing.

Flump is ready for release, we are just looking for a suitable garden, away from main roads, with hogs currently visiting. Please message if your garden fits the bill 🦔❤

10/06/2021

Look who has come into the rescue this evening: little Pip. He was found out in a field in our very own Irchester, all alone, and squealing. His finders acted quickly and got him to us, and he is now in a warm ICU with a blanket and a teddy.
After subcuts, Pip was syringe fed, and later fed himself, with puppy mousse. Fingers crossed for a good recovery 🦔❤

We have another amputee coming into the rescue tomorrow, which makes three little tripods in the rescue. If anybody has a secured garden, please can they get in contact, and we will take a look.

Hope had another operation last week to try to remove the lingering infection in her wound, so fingers crossed that heals up nicely 🤞

There are still some spaces left in the raffle 🥳

If anybody has any small teddies or toys that Pip can have to snuggle with, please let me know, or any fleece blankets. Hoglets are messy little monsters.

And finally, with the emergency vet bill of two weeks ago, our funds have taken quite a hit. If anybody is able to help towards our vet, medication, and specialist baby foods, costs, our PayPal is [email protected] .

Thank you for all of your support ❤🦔

01/06/2021

30/05/2021

Remember to check for hedgehogs and other wildlife before gardening during this glorious Bank Holiday weekend.

And remember to leave water out, day and night, for our thirsty wildlife 🐦 🐝 🦔

28/05/2021

What a busy evening we had last night. We had a hog that had been subjected to an attempted attack (it seems the poor dog got off much worse!) and a flystrike hog.

The dog hog, unnamed at present, is a healthy 800g girl, and it looks like her sharp spines protected her, as there are no visible injuries at all. To be safe, she will stay here on antibiotics and pain relief for a few days. Thank you to the dog owner for bringing the little lady in 🦔

Unfortunately, the flystrike hog was too far gone. We did an assessment and realised we would need Veterinary help, due to a hanging flap of skin, regardless of the maggots present. Sometimes here we can clean up flystrike wounds if they're not too deep, or messy, but with ones like this, a vet is needed. An emergency trip to the vets confirmed that sadly, there were a number of very deep wounds with very large maggots in, as well as a deep set infection. The little hog was euthanised to end its suffering 😔

Meanwhile in the rescue, Flump is ready for release, and Chiro is being released next week. We will be looking for a secured garden for amputee Alex, too, so shall check a few places out. Hope has a lingering infection in her amputation site, so has moved on to yet another antibiotic. If she can't shift it, the vet will gas her and see what is going on there.

Thank you to everybody who supports us, and for all of those who leave bits on my doorstep. I'm sorry I miss you often, and I don't always know who has left it, but I wanted to say a huge thank you because we genuinely couldn't do this without you all ❤

If anybody would like to help contribute towards the emergency vet fees from last night, our PayPal is [email protected] .

And don't forget, there are still spaces left in the raffle for a lovely hoggie pamper hamper!

24/05/2021

Safe journeys to Sheila and Jack, who are being released tonight. Lots of bugs for them to gobble up after this rain!