Alison Meeks @AMGraphix

@Elizabeth_Ruler Go team Elephants!

I can’t quite believe darling Jennifer finishes her treatment tomorrow & will be ready for her next adventure. From a tiny 102g hoglet to a beautiful thriving 645g juvenile, oh my - she melts my heart - just look at that face. God speed darling girl, stay safe ❤️🦔❤️ #hedgehog

Prickle Lodge - Hedgehog Rescue @pricklelodge

4 weeks ago

I wasn’t expecting a message from my neighbour to let me know she had found a hoglet wandering on my drive way! Meet Jennifer, this darling baby is just 102g and approximately 3 weeks old. Sadly no mum around. What a cutie, I’m so glad she was found as I wasn’t at home 🙈.

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This dear little boy is Loxie. At just 200g he should still be with mum. Loxie was found in a lovely🦔friendly garden where food&water is provided all yr. round but sadly he’s full of lungworm, possibly passed on from mum. Loxie’s treatment is underway, but he’s had a tough wk.😢

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We’re allowed to drink. We’re allowed to be out after dark. We’re allowed to be alone. Men are not allowed to be predators. If you can’t control your urge to assault, you need to be in a cage.

@raghu_venugopal If my time has come that there is no hope and just pain you can bet the house I'm checking out with MAID. The Pope, who would have the very best of all things healthcare, can do what he wants.

This is dear little Owen right now, this afternoon, still eating little and often, just the way a patient recovering from starvation should. I'm so pleased to say he has survived all his antiparasitic treatments, and will have his last injection tomorrow. But better still - out of the blue his finder called! I had no way of contacting him, as he was working when he brought Owen in and was in such a rush he didn't leave his details, so I was delighted that he rang. Paul actually lives in Northamptonshire - a very long way from where I am in Hampshire. But he said he would make the trip down to pick up Owen when he is recovered, and give him a home in his garden that is open to countryside, and where other hedgehogs regularly visit and are fed and watered year round. I am so happy that this dear brave boy, once starving and so gravely ill, will now have a happy home! He needs a couple more weeks of recovery time here, to build up his strength, but his outlook is bright.😊 Owen's history: x.com/HedgehogCabin/…

Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin

a month ago

🔊This poor boy is Owen. Owen's finder is a delivery driver. Driving along a busy highway he noticed traffic ahead of him diverting and swerving around something in the road, so he slowed. He saw Owen, thought he was dead, then saw what the other drivers must have seen - this

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@LucasSa56947288 And you know how he hates to not be all over the media.

@perditrick Anyone who thinks that has lost their humanity. I feel it’s our duty to help the vulnerable. And all animals are vulnerable.

@ambermac Well done you! Great job.

I am undone. Just look at this little kid. Owen hasn't moved, has had nothing to eat or drink, for 8 days. And then this happened last night. He licked his lips, took a few tremulous steps, then ate, oh-so-slowly, for 19 minutes.🥹 What a little warrior. (In case you're wondering - his spines are all sticking up from where I have administered a twice daily bolus of fluids, to keep him alive, and he's in such a poor state that his skin has lost all elasticity. But as he gradually absorbs nourishment again his skin will recover and his spines will lay flat again). Owen's history: x.com/HedgehogCabin/… And: x.com/HedgehogCabin/…

Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin

4 weeks ago

Poor darling Owen is still critical, still not eating, and only still alive because of the fluids and drugs I'm injecting him with twice a day. He's using every ounce of energy to keep living, and can't afford to spend any on digesting food. He has more internal parasites than

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Our Country is suffering Death by Clowns

@HedgehogCabin Oh Owen good job! Keep tucking into the groceries and get better.

@pricklelodge Sweet Juno hang in there darling.

Poor Juno at just 200g is in a critical condition. Hypothermic, dehydrated & unable to keep any food or water down. If that’s not enough this poor baby has an injury to her right hind foot & has tested positive for lungworm😢. Her treatment is intensive, I hope I can save her 😢

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I'm getting lots of calls from people who have decided to clean out their garage, outbuilding or shed and have found a 'sleeping' hedgehog. Firstly, please leave them there. Put everything back as it was, as gently and quietly as possible, and walk away. Whatever you wanted to do that day is not worth killing a precious endangered animal for. Because of the false autumn this year (the drought traumatised trees into dropping their leaves early, as a survival tactic, and the smell of those decaying leaves is an 'autumn is here' trigger for hedgehogs), a lot are hibernating early. Hibernation isn't a sleep. It's a lowered metabolism. The heartbeat is lowered dramatically from 190 beats per minute to around 15. A breath is taken only once every few minutes. Their body temperature is dropped from 35C to around 5C. Systems not needed for life are shut down. A hibernating hedgehog burns just 1 calorie per day. Isn't that incredible? They still have a sleeping and waking cycle, and are perfectly aware and can hear, but are stiff, rigid, and cannot move. Trapped and helpless in that near-death state. It takes weeks of preparation to achieve this incredible transformation. It cannot be instantly undone. Even the fastest rising, by a young fit hedgehog, takes about 12 hours, before the heart is beating fast enough and there's enough oxygen in the bloodstream to allow muscles to move again. If a hedgehog in a state of hibernation is terrified (by being disturbed by a human) and is panicked into trying to rise too fast, the strain can be too much for him and he'll have a heart attack. It's so dangerous to disturb them that it's actually against the law - and goodness knows our wildlife have few enough laws protecting them. But leaving them in peace is more than obeying the law. It's human kindness. After destroying their own natural habitat, it’s the least we can do - to allow them safe passage through the winter, in whatever space of ours they choose to inhabit. And they chose to inhabit your space because it was undisturbed. Unused. Just as we can smell when a house is empty, hedgehogs can smell when something has lain undisturbed - be it a roll of carpet, a bag of old clothes, or a sack of compost. Undisturbed means safety to a desperate animal. These poor displaced gentle creatures take the chance that small space will stay undisturbed, long enough for them to survive winter. So if you're having a clear out and find a hedgehog please let them stay in peace, undisturbed. Put any covering back just how you found it. Please don't be tempted to add to it, to 'make them more comfy'. 🥰 It's lovely that you feel that way, but the hedgehog will just see it as a predator making their nest unsafe. If there's no access to the building that you know of, please leave the door open a little, or make a cat-flap size hole in the door. And leave a clean dish of water outside the building, and a dish of dry cat or dog food outside in the evenings ( a complete food that has meat as the first listed ingredient). If they are too frightened to continue hibernating there, they will use up a great deal of precious stored energy moving on, and will need to replenish that. And then enjoy the rare privilege, that this precious endangered wild animal trusted you and your garden to be at his most vulnerable.❤️

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I couldn’t believe my 👀when I was told a hoglet was wandering across my garden. Sweetheart Athena, approx. 4 wks. old & 170g is a little darling, but has been passing blood😢. She’s on antibiotics & her poo is being tested daily so I can ensure she gets any treatment she needs❤️

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@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar Loosing to a single cell organism.

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