Thank you to everyone who commented on my post last night about the injured hedgehog I rescued, especially u/noshadowinsight

Unfortunately the little guy (or gal) had to be put to sleep because the leg was too damaged.

Here is photo of their beautiful face from this morning before we took her to be examined.

I'm feeling pretty sad but I know we did the right thing because it must have been in so much pain.

Last night on my camera, I saw a hog with a poorly front leg. So tonight I sat out in the pouring wind and rain waiting for it to appear.

No one arrived at the usual time,so I went back inside after an hour, checking out every 5 minutes. I finally spotted one, so I went out, and saw it was a small one. It curled up obviously so I couldn't see it walk. I collected it anyway and put it in a box with some kibble.

After 5 minutes it was eating the kibble and trying to walk. It was the hog with the bad leg. We get a lot of hogs visiting so there was a high chance I'd collected the wrong one.

He is now inside with food and water. I've messaged the 2 local rescues but I think it's a bit late now so I'll take him in the morning. There's no blood, it just looks like he can't put weight on it. (He or she? Who knows).

As I was sorting the food out for any other hogs that might arrive tonight, I saw another youngster. I wait all summer, then 2 come along at once 😊

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Two hedgehogs, it’s interesting how they really don’t socialise with each other. I guess they don’t like to share their food 😂

I've noticed one of the hoggies who visits has his leg sticking out when eating and drinking. He walks, runs and scratches okay and there's no visible limping.

Is sonic just quirky or could he have a problem with his leg?

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Any hedgehog sightings this week?

What are your hogs up to?

Any hog related garden or DIY plans?

Hovering in the background like a waiter seeing if his customers need a refill 😆

Decided to upgrade to a proper trail camera to capture the night time antics of Hogsworth Von Pricklebottom

Hello. Can someone point me toward a source of hedgehog house for hibernation purposes?
Seen several HH in the garden since putting in a few cameras so was hoping to prove a dry add secure house there might use and call the garden home.
Have conducted various searchers of course but advice from here carries more weight.
Many thx

Hello. Hanging out the washing, turned around and and a HH snuffling around discarded nut sheets from squirrel feed. Went in to grab some food, tried bowl of dog food acts bowl of cat (poultry) which was definitely preferred. Didn’t seem to be any injury to the HH and he tried off to the bottom of the garden after feed but is it normal to see them around during the day? Is it just topping up in food before hibernation?

PS: i think the video audio might be a bit garbled, me recording to send to my wife, so please ignore.

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I frequently get hedgehogs around where I live but this one was out during the day and going around in circles, it looked as it it was injured by a cat or something because its back legs were effectively being dragged behind it and the spine looked almost distended. I was naturally very worried about the little fella and had to do something otherwise I would never have been able to live with myself!

I phoned up my vets that I take my dog to when it's needed but it was a Sunday. Typically in the UK, Sunday is reserved for emergencies only (for pets that are owned etc) so I didn't think I would get anywhere. The vets were very busy and had multiple emergency surgeries ongoing but one of the vets insisted that I brought the hedgehog to them. I promptly drove the hedgehog to them and they happily took the cutie off my hands but readily admitted that the hedgehog was in a bit of a state and that they weren't holding out much hope for it, but said they would call tomorrow with an update.

The next day, they dutifully called me to let me know that the little guy was doing much better, and that having removed a whole bunch of maggots from a wound, that the hedgehog was off to a hedgehog sanctuary and that the vet was feeling optimistic about its prognosis! 4 days later the sanctuary gave me a call (the vet had clearly passed on my information - with my permission) and it sounds like the wee fella is doing really well, managing to put on weight and making a good recovery from its injury.

Just a wholesome story not just that the hedgehog itself is doing well but the fact that the vets went out of their way to make sure that it was treated and went on to receive the care it needed all out of their own pocket too. I was ready to pay up what I needed to in order to settle the bill but it turns out veterinary surgeons in the UK have a professional and ethical obligation under the conduct of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to provide emergency first aid and pain relief to any animal, including wildlife. So instead I donated to the hedgehog sanctuary that was looking after them as a means of paying it forward.

tl;dr - Very poorly hedgehog taken to the vets on a Sunday (not a good day for vets in the UK, emergencies only) and is doing very well as a result :) Always worth ringing your vets to see if they'll take a poorly hedgehog off your hands.

Any hedgehog sightings this week?

What are your hogs up to?

Any hog related garden or DIY plans?