Out on our hack this morning we found..........

Moomin1 said:
I'm sorry, if he's 'very poorly' he needs to be in a proper wildlife hospital rather than being given herbal treatments.
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They are not that hard to care for. The op has had the vet look at it. There is so much information available on the Internet these days to help you. When I found Hogwart I contacted an organisation in UK who advised me how to care for him.
 
Moomin1 said:
And had you have taken it to a wildlife hospital then they would have kept it in an untamed environment as much as possible, and re released it back to the wild where it belongs.

People should not imprint/tame wildlife. This is why it's so important that they go to proper centres who know what they are doing.
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They return to the wild with no problem at all!! Maybe you should have a go at this yourself instead of damning all that have rescued them.

As a kid we had some that came visiting daily for water. I always have water bowls available in the summer as they are so at risk of dying from thirst. Hedgehogs are great to have in your garden as they eat slugs and snails.
 
Well done Shysmum! That is inspiring - I would not have known what to do but would have known enough to be scared of the fleas! Hope Bert makes a full recovery and rehabs perfectly.

love the pic of Hogwart too Tnavas - how cute! :)
 
Here's Bertie The Hog :)

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And stuffing his chops :eek:

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Moomin1 said:
Nice person
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and a realist.

I would have done exactly same as the OP and given the pig a chance of survival, indeed the inside of my airing cupboard has seen some unusual visitors over the years. However, I see no point in the spending of, what is probably charitable donations, on the rearing of common wildlife such as foxes, badgers, pheasants etc, by so called wildlife sanctuaries.

Money is far better spent on promoting and enforcing the up keep of natural habitats and waterways. Otters are gradually making a come back on some of the country's cleaned up water ways. I fully support the experts that rehab injured birds of prey, owls etc and the sterling work done by centres specialising in oil/pollutant struck sea birds.

Mink have been successfully controlled and in my area, almost eradicated through trapping and hunting. This has resulted in Britain's other native water mammals returning to the banks of many rivers.

Leave nature to deal with mangy foxes, the marksmen to deal with the ridiculous numbers of badgers and the hunt to spread the foxes out and ensure a healthy population.
 
RunToEarth said:
bovine TB has cost £500million of taxpayers money over the past decade, and has seen the slaughter of almost 320,000 cattle and if it isn't tackled, it is estimated it will cost the UK govt over £1bn over the next decade.

So you can either spend money on wildlife centres which fix hedgehogs to put back into the wild to feed the badger population, or you could, as AA says, spend it on a more worthwhile cause. Because what we intervene with, we pay for later on - btb is a prime example.

I agree with you RE taking wildlife home and allowing it to be tamed, however most pheasants are reared and are not by definition habitual as wild pheasants are - mine are quite used to me.
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Whilst I completely agree with respect to Bovine TB and the ridiculous way that it is being dealt with in this country (antiquated testing, slaughter of healthy animals, spending millions in the process instead of vaccine development, well planned and executed culling of infected cattle and badgers) due to badger- hugging charities and ageing pop star support, it must be said that badgers do not eat hedgehogs, they eat the same food as hedgehogs-worms, slugs, bugs etc so they are in competition with them. It is also noteable that hedgehogs are also succeptable to TB- which is probably why you see so few around these days, compared to when I was younger and they were prolific. Pity the same can't be said about badgers- I see as many of them now squished on the roadside as I used to see hedgehogs years ago.
 
AdorableAlice said:
and a realist.

I would have done exactly same as the OP and given the pig a chance of survival, indeed the inside of my airing cupboard has seen some unusual visitors over the years. However, I see no point in the spending of, what is probably charitable donations, on the rearing of common wildlife such as foxes, badgers, pheasants etc, by so called wildlife sanctuaries.

Money is far better spent on promoting and enforcing the up keep of natural habitats and waterways. Otters are gradually making a come back on some of the country's cleaned up water ways. I fully support the experts that rehab injured birds of prey, owls etc and the sterling work done by centres specialising in oil/pollutant struck sea birds.

Mink have been successfully controlled and in my area, almost eradicated through trapping and hunting. This has resulted in Britain's other native water mammals returning to the banks of many rivers.

Leave nature to deal with mangy foxes, the marksmen to deal with the ridiculous numbers of badgers and the hunt to spread the foxes out and ensure a healthy population.
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I totally agree
 
I found one under my car, well rather I drove off to turn around and thought "what the!!!"

It was a big hedgehog with it's head well and truly stuck in a milkshake container.

Me being me, I put it in my catbox with a bit of water and left it in the garage while I went off to the stables. Came back and it was still really floppy, so he went in my old rabbit hutch.

I just fed it cat food and water and left it well along apart from the odd peep. It was around this time I discovered I am ever so slightly hedgehog phobic! Revolting things. Makes me shudder even now.

Anyway after three days he was fighting fit so I released him over on the disused railway line.

Was so glad to see the back of the smelly thing!
 
Persephone said:
I found one under my car, well rather I drove off to turn around and thought "what the!!!"

It was a big hedgehog with it's head well and truly stuck in a milkshake container.

Me being me, I put it in my catbox with a bit of water and left it in the garage while I went off to the stables. Came back and it was still really floppy, so he went in my old rabbit hutch.

I just fed it cat food and water and left it well along apart from the odd peep. It was around this time I discovered I am ever so slightly hedgehog phobic! Revolting things. Makes me shudder even now.

Anyway after three days he was fighting fit so I released him over on the disused railway line.

Was so glad to see the back of the smelly thing!
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They are disgustingly smelly and messy, poop everywhere and walk through their food.
 
So pleased you stopped, picked him/her up and had checked over by a vet. If you have time and you don't already know about the website 'Hedgehog Street' you might want to go on and log your finding. They are doing a survey of all hedgehog sightings and there's a forum if you need any help :)
 
Thanks Tiffany, off to have a look in a second...

You are right about the mess and smell guys, but having rescued ferrets for an eternity now, Bert smells a whole lot nicer - but he does produce mountains of poo and so much pee, he is getting his newspaper changed three times a day - but to me that means HEALTHY !! It was the first night when there was nothing that I was worried. :D
 
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