Hedgehogs Spring Release
Over the winter we had over a dozen hedgehogs brought to us that were either ill or injured and needed treatment, or they were young and too small to survive hibernation.
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Wild Mammals
Hoglet Rescue
These young hedgehogs or hoglets as they are known, were found wandering in the daytime. Hedgehogs are nocturnal so a hog out in the daytime is usually a sign that something is wrong.
These two are weaned off their mother but are too small for this time of year. They need to be above 500 grams to survive hibernation, otherwise they will perish. It is likely that these two will have to be kept with us until the spring when we will release them.
We always try to release hogs where they were found, wherever there are hedgehogs there is food. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: hedgehog, hibernation, hoglet, Rescue
Hand Rearing Squirrels
On 20 August we had three very young squirrels delivered to us, these were found by a member of the public that had disturbed them whilst cleaning a chimney. Unfortunately the mother left her three babies and was too frightened to return.
We are now hand rearing all three, this is very time consuming, feeding them every 3 hours and then mimicking all the natural motherly actions, like teaching them to go to the toilet after feeding.
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Big operation for a little hog
This hedgehog came to us as a baby with fly strike in his eye. We removed the fly eggs and put him on a course of antibiotics to prevent infection to the eye. After sucessfully hand rearing him and getting him onto solid food it became apparent that he had lost the sight in his left eye and the fly eggs had caused a lot of damage.
Tags: eye, fly strike, hedgehog, infection
All creatures great and small
We take in all kinds of animals, from unwanted hamsters to blind bulls. It is the same for wildlife, we hand rear fox cubs, birds, squirrels, hedgehogs and even in this case a baby field mouse, smaller than my thumb!
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Tags: baby, field mouse, mice, wild
Myxi – Vaccinate Your Rabbit
This week we have taken in a wild rabbit with myxomatosis. On the night she came in we gave her antibiotics, quarantined her in a warm room with lots of Olbas oils, flushed her eyes, syringe fed her on some warm food and got rid of the fleas that she was infested with. We weren’t expecting her to survive the night at all. She was very weak and had obviously been nursing young kits somewhere.
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Baby Squirrel Rescue
This little chap came to us a week ago, he was found on someones lawn possibly after falling out of his nest. We are now hand rearing him and he’s putting on weight and growing fast. He did spend much of his day sleeping or feeding, but now starting to get active.
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