I keep waiting to see if my little hogs will appear. They were only just up to size to hibernate, so have been expecting them to wake early ( but hopefully not in trouble) I will be keeping an eye out for them.
"POLICE were able to save a sickly hedgehog after spotting a man acting “suspiciously”.
Officers driving through Windmill Hill, near Hailsham, on Friday afternoon saw the man by the roadside and stopped to see what he was up to.
It turned out he had been looking at a small hedgehog, which should not have been out in the daytime during the winter.
Concerned about the animal’s size, and with more cold weather on the way, the Sussex Police officers called East Sussex Wildlife Rescue for advice before delivering the unwell hedgehog to the organisation’s hospital in Whitesmith, near Golden Cross.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue’s duty rescue co-ordinator Trevor Weeks said: “A big thank you to Sussex Police for delivering the hedgehog to us, they did the right thing in calling to check what course of action to take.
“Our on duty ambulances were unfortunately quite a distance away so, rather than wait for us to attend, the officers kindly drove the hedgehog across to us.”
Upon examination, the male hedgehog was found to weigh a measly 380 grams - making him too small to be able to survive hibernation. But, because he was delivered to the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue hospital, staff were able to look after him and are currently
Trevor said: “We have named the hedgehog ‘Bill’ and will take good care of him. The actions of the gentlemen and of Sussex Police have saved this hedgehog’s life, and he will go on to live another day.”"
Luckily the police wondered what was going on, as l fear the man would just have gone,and left little Bill to his fate 🦔
A message from my local rescue, which may be of use if you still have hedgehogs visiting.
"One question that we will ask when calling about a hedgehog that has been found out at night will be how much does it weigh.
We ask this as we get many phone calls that say a hedgehog is too small to hibernate and without knowing the weight it can put the hedgehog under undue stress bringing it to us only for us to say the hedgehog is big enough to hibernate. We have also had instances where in saying the hedgehog doesn’t need to come into the rescue it has caused aggression towards us because the journey to us has been a waste of time.
The minimum weight to survive hibernation is 450g, but this is just a rough guide as some smaller than that will survive and some larger may not. We are now into January so if hedgehogs are going to hibernate it may only be for a matter of weeks until the temperatures rise. So they will not need the same excess weight to survive now as they would have 1-2 months ago.
So if you are able to weigh the hog it will help us to determine if it needs to come into rescue or stay out in the wild, we only want to take hogs in if we really have to, if they are only coming out at night and are big enough the wild is the best place for them."
It is so very sad, please can l ask you to spread the word and tell people that if they find a hedgehog, please, please get in touch with a local rescue or the British Hedgehog Preservation Society as fast as they can. Thank you 🦔
Put the hog cam out last night. Caught sight of a hog at 4.30am. No idea if it's one of our two hibernating in the garden ones, or someone else visiting.😁🦔
Now I've had the camera out for a few days, I'm still not sure if it's one of our residents or not. How late would a hibernating hog wait to wake up? Would it be too early to disturb the two nests to see if anyone is home or still alive? Or is it still too cold at night 0° for them to wake?
I wouldn't disturb the nests @purplerallim, but they could be waking up and then hibernating again. As we don't tnd to get prolonged spells of really cold weather, they do wake up and sometimes settle down in a different area. It was comparatively mild in the early part of the night last night and this is the second consecutive night that one has been caught on camera. Feeding station is going out tonight 🦔
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From The Argus newspaper -
"POLICE were able to save a sickly hedgehog after spotting a man acting “suspiciously”.
Officers driving through Windmill Hill, near Hailsham, on Friday afternoon saw the man by the roadside and stopped to see what he was up to.
It turned out he had been looking at a small hedgehog, which should not have been out in the daytime during the winter.
Concerned about the animal’s size, and with more cold weather on the way, the Sussex Police officers called East Sussex Wildlife Rescue for advice before delivering the unwell hedgehog to the organisation’s hospital in Whitesmith, near Golden Cross.
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue’s duty rescue co-ordinator Trevor Weeks said: “A big thank you to Sussex Police for delivering the hedgehog to us, they did the right thing in calling to check what course of action to take.
“Our on duty ambulances were unfortunately quite a distance away so, rather than wait for us to attend, the officers kindly drove the hedgehog across to us.”
Upon examination, the male hedgehog was found to weigh a measly 380 grams - making him too small to be able to survive hibernation. But, because he was delivered to the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue hospital, staff were able to look after him and are currently
Trevor said: “We have named the hedgehog ‘Bill’ and will take good care of him. The actions of the gentlemen and of Sussex Police have saved this hedgehog’s life, and he will go on to live another day.”"Luckily the police wondered what was going on, as l fear the man would just have gone,and left little Bill to his fate 🦔
"One question that we will ask when calling about a hedgehog that has been found out at night will be how much does it weigh.
We ask this as we get many phone calls that say a hedgehog is too small to hibernate and without knowing the weight it can put the hedgehog under undue stress bringing it to us only for us to say the hedgehog is big enough to hibernate. We have also had instances where in saying the hedgehog doesn’t need to come into the rescue it has caused aggression towards us because the journey to us has been a waste of time.
The minimum weight to survive hibernation is 450g, but this is just a rough guide as some smaller than that will survive and some larger may not. We are now into January so if hedgehogs are going to hibernate it may only be for a matter of weeks until the temperatures rise. So they will not need the same excess weight to survive now as they would have 1-2 months ago.
So if you are able to weigh the hog it will help us to determine if it needs to come into rescue or stay out in the wild, we only want to take hogs in if we really have to, if they are only coming out at night and are big enough the wild is the best place for them."
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It is so very sad, please can l ask you to spread the word and tell people that if they find a hedgehog, please, please get in touch with a local rescue or the British Hedgehog Preservation Society as fast as they can. Thank you 🦔
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It was comparatively mild in the early part of the night last night and this is the second consecutive night that one has been caught on camera. Feeding station is going out tonight 🦔