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

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an injured hedgehog lying by the side of the road. :eek: I thought I would have to put him out of his misery, so sent my friend off to find something to use - but when I got off and checked him over, he was ok bar a bloody nose.

So I walk home carrying (Bertie The Big Boy) hedgehog and leading Shy, who thought it was very amusing. On the way home, I took Bertie to the vet for a check up, and they say there's nothing wrong but a bloody nose, so it looks like we are going to be rehabbing bertie (and then put him back where I found him).

It all happens out on our hacks ! :D
 
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oh bless you:) found a small baby badger once on a hack, rang the RSPCA, who did come out !, but by the time they got there it had limped off into a field, never did find it - glad your little hedgehog is ok :)
 
If I can work out how to, I'll put a pic of him on. He was beside a verge that had just been cut, so I wonder if he got caught up in the machine .
 
O poor little hedgepig. I do love them, they are the cutest things. Don't catch fleas though, I hear they can be rather infested ;)

Here's hoping he makes a full recovery and is nice and fat for hibernation soon :)
 
Is he big or small? I kept 6 hegies that were too small to hibernate in the garage one year and fed them up. They only escaped once (and came back lol). They are lovely and I didn't catch fleas!
 
My dog loves them, brings them into the house if we don't stop him quick enough. Sits them on his bed and watches them. Never hurts them.
 
:( I won't rush with the pics, as the poor little fella is really quite poorly. He's very snotty with blood, and his left eye has closed (new from when he went into the vet.)

He's getting Rescue Remedy every half hour, and has licked some dilute rose oil from my hand. He's very fat for a hog, so he has previous health in his favour. But I am not sure if he's a go -er.

Keep you posted. x
 
Poor little hodge heg!! On the subject of our little prickly friends my hubby works in a jewellers in the shopping centre. One of the girls on the shop floor works for a charity who rescue them and often has foster pigs to look after. If they need feeding they come to work with her in a carrier, are kept in the back office and all the staff either cover for her or take turns at feeding and cleaning them. Whilst customers are out the front spending fortunes on engagement rings and posh watches there is a little team of very smartly dressed shop staff syringing milk into baby hedge hogs :)
 
Poor little thing. We used to re-hab hedgehogs tho not had one for a while. Don't worry about the fleas, they are host specific so will stay on the hedgehog, tho obv if he's poorly they won't do him any good!
 
Well hoggy pics might be coming up - Bert is certainly a fighter :D

The nosebleed seems to have stopped, and although he won't let use wipe it with hibiscrub (don't blame him), I'm flushing it with a syringe of water (and he is licking a bit of water). He is getting rescue remedy three times a day, and has eaten the tiniest amount.

So Shyboy may have saved the hog's life yet :)
 
The hedgehog rescue offers advice if you need to. There is a rescue in Rochdale that will pick him/her up if needed. Also, keep him cozy with a water bottle under some towels. I think they should be fat by now, ready for the cold weather. If you find a skinny one now is better to take it to the rescue, as far as I can remember. Good luck little hedgehog. And good for you for picking him up :))
 
And don't worry that you are not a wildlife hospital. How kind of you to care for this hedgehog and give him a chance of survival. I hope he recovers.
 
Dunno. But surely a hedgehog isn't that complicated. It's only a mammal!

Think OP used to be a RSPCA inspector too (is that right OP?) so probably not totally unused to wild critters?
 
Jesstickle said:
Dunno. But surely a hedgehog isn't that complicated. It's only a mammal!

Think OP used to be a RSPCA inspector too (is that right OP?) so probably not totally unused to wild critters?
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There is a huge difference believe it or not in the treatment given by wildlife vets and normal vets. I know some small animal vets who have made some shocking blunders with wildlife.
 
Ick ... be careful of the fleas. They might be 'species specific' but once the host is dying they aren't that bothered and they will bite to stay alive. Itchy ...
 
My YO rescues them all the time on her 4 one ths year, and has a pygmy as a pet, she feeds them whiskas cat food which they love and the vet gives her antibiotics in drop form to go in the feed. One she had had a huge abscess on its head, it survived so if you are not happy get him back to the vet again, good luck, poor wee thing.
 
oh i hope he gets better...he'll become part of the family!
we still have a pheasant that we rescued 4 months ago! bit to tame to put back now.....

where can you find a wildlife vet?
 
TandD said:
oh i hope he gets better...he'll become part of the family!
we still have a pheasant that we rescued 4 months ago! bit to tame to put back now.....

where can you find a wildlife vet?
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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.
 
Pheasants aren't wildlife,they're game and belong to someone most likely. They certainly aren't indigenous! Most bred for the shoot are pretty damn tme anyway!

Should have rung its neck and put it in the pot, I would have. Technically poaching but hey, who's ro know? ;)

Why would anyone take a pheasant to any vet or sanctuary?!
 
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