When you see a hedgehog out in the day time please remember he's been sick for a long time before taking this last desperate step. He's dying. IT'S AN EMERGENCY. Take him indoors in the warmth and ring a rescue IMMEDIATELY. Find your nearest rescue here: https://t.co/4aVuxNdtSI

This dear baby boy is Dickens, and he surprised his finder by turning up at his garden feeder 6 weeks after the last of his own regular visiting hedgehogs left to hibernate. Luckily for Dickens the finder wisely and kindly continues to provide food and water nightly all through

This sweet cheeky boy is Hardy. Looks gorgeous, doesn't he? Has a good appetite too, so you'd think he was healthy, wouldn't you? But he hasn't hibernated. And there's only 2 reasons a hedgehog doesn't hibernate - he's either underweight, or sick. His finder has been providing

This sweet girl is Shelley. As you can see from her snotty wet nose and her glassy eyes, she's really unwell. She's just a little baby, only 460g, and has had such a struggle to survive. But now, thanks to Bronte, her luck has changed. The lovely finder who hunted so hard for

Darling Bronte has only just arrived here, and already she is giving me the side eye.😊 Bronte is a very sick girl, and her finder has been trying to catch her for some time, but she's been running too fast. The reason she was running was not to evade capture, but because she was

Some days it's hard to imagine there's any humanity left in the world, but please never give up hope. Every day I am reminded that there are good kind people brimming with generosity of spirit, who help without being asked, and without expecting fanfare. Good works tend to be

This darling little baby was referred to me by my vet last night. Baby Poe was in such a terrible distressed state and needed emergency first aid that only a rescue can administer. Please never take wildlife to a vet. Vets are for pets. Most will just put hedgehog casualties to

Darling Tonga has been here much longer than the average hospital stay, as he was a very complex case. But I'm delighted to say he has completely recovered. In fact he feels so well he's decided to hibernate here. I'm very happy, as it means I can keep an eye on him, and ensure

Night temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing this week, so now is the time to make sure you have an ice-free water source for your precious night time visitors. We tend to think about the birds, and other daytime animals, but forget the poor nocturnal animals. It's

A happy little update on baby Miller. I am delighted to say that this dear sweet brave boy has defied all the odds and is walking perfectly normally now. He's still recovering from starvation, and eating little and often, but isn't up in the day anymore. He's down to just

Now baby Wilkie is a little stronger and is responding well to his treatments, he is able to have a course of medicated baths to cure the ringworm he suffers from. Despite its name, ringworm isn't a parasite, it's a fungal infection - the same one that causes Athlete's Foot.

Yes I know, your lawn is covered in leaves. But please don’t be tempted to ‘tidy up’ them up. A lawn is an ecological dead-zone that supports almost no living thing.   A good thick leaf layer on top creates its own ecosystem - providing habitat, food, and bedding for all

Baby Wilkie, just 230g, was dying of starvation. Hypothermia is a stage of dying where the blood is redirected to the vital organs, to keep them going as long as possible, leaving the rest of the body feeling cold. Tarmac holds the sun's heat longer than soil or grass so baby

A little update on darling Tonga's progress. This poor dear boy has really been through the wars, and had only one foot in the land of the living at times. But he's recovering beautifully now. In fact, he's well and strong enough to have treatment for his ringworm, which is

Please don't make tonight the night you'll regret for the rest of your life. Unlike most mammals, hedgehogs don't have the Fight or Flight Response to danger. That means that no matter how frightened they are, they don't bite, and they don't run away. Their response to

Here's a little update on dear baby Miller. As you can see he was so weak on arrival, and his gait is laboured and painful. He struggles to walk on his enfeebled little legs and has to stop for a rest every few steps. Miller was very lucky that he was spotted in time, before

Fireworks. Just don't. Please. It's so cruel. Stress kills wildlife. Please choose, and teach your children, kindness. We have so many ways of entertaining ourselves which don't involve the suffering and death of animals. 🔊

Pumpkins: Halloween is one night. Tonight. If you have to waste a food item (and I strongly suggest you don't), please put it out for one night, then safely dispose of it. Please DO NOT put it out for the wildlife. Once you've handled it, cut it, left it out in the open,

This poor collapsed boy is baby Miller. Found laying out on the lawn in the morning by a couple who provide water and mealworms for their birds. Our hedgehogs are starving. Mealworms are lethal to hedgehogs. A diet of mealworms or other bird food will deform growing joints in