To ask you to please help hedgehogs and other wildlife prepare for winter

[Pricklesinperil]

It is literally a lifeline for them as the weather gets warmer.

if you’d like to know about other ways to help, please go to Help hedgehogs

thank you

Note from MNHQ - please do read the Op's latest update (October 2022) before responding.

Ok contacted another rescue and they said it needs to be taken in, so I will get it to them tomorrow. It will overnight in my cat carrier in a large cupboard in my kitchen.

Last November I took a 300g one to rescue and 5 weeks later they sent it back to me at over 800g. She was so feisty when we took her in, when we picked her up she was even worse! This one is real timid though, so I suspect she won’t be back to me until early next year.

I’ve got loads of big ones visiting, but we tend to get lungworm ones, so I’m forever taking big ones to rescue for treatment.

Lilyjfree so glad the other rescue took it in. There's no way it could've got that weight up before the end of November was there?!

We've still not seen any hedgehogs around our way but there was a badger in the garden the other day!!! Bit odd as we're in the middle of quite a busy town!

Thank you @Lilyjfree - I was a bit worried.

So glad the other rescue has taken it in.

Bumping - please check for hedgehogs in your bonfires before you light them! 🦔 🦔

this just popped up on my YouTube feed -

That video is just too cute 🥰

Bumping to remind people about hedgehogs and bonfires tonight!!!!

Hedgehog Street have just emailed with a reminder for their FREE online event on Thursday 17th November from 7pm to 8.30pm. You can book your ticket on the link below 🦔

An evening with hedgehog street

I remember reading this thread back in summer and saved it for when I moved. Posting to say I created a hedgehog highway and delighted to report it’s being used! Thank you @Pricklesinperil

just signed up for the event that wheely posted

What’s a hedgehog highway?? Huge love @Pricklesinperil if you’re ever checking the thread xxx

"A hedgehog highway is a series of holes in fences and walls that allow hedgehogs to pass freely between gardens, parks and allotments. Hedgehog highways allow hogs to move around without having to use human roads, which can be very dangerous for them."

Source 'hamworthhedgehogrescue.'

We have a bunch of little gaps 4-5" high, and 4-5" wide in our hedges, and fences, so the wee hedgehogs can get through to the garden at the side of us, and the garden at the back, and the little field at the side. If you have solid fences (especially the ones in concrete IYSWIM) they can't pass through.

hamworthyhedgehogrescue.org.uk/hedgehog-highways/

Ohhhh okay. My garden is the hedgehog Santa Monica freeway 😂

Hahaha! That’s a brilliant image @AgathaMystery! That really made me smile 😊 🦔🦔 🦔

i love looking at these wildlife photos

Oh they are beautiful photos. The baby Echidna is sooooooo cute 🥰

I've had a hedgehog highway for 18 months and they do use it. Due to the brick walls on two sides of the garden I was left with hardly any space to fit one in but they have found it and come visiting. I've got the little sign up too.

that’s fab @megletthesecond . Whenever anyone posted good news like that @Pricklesinperil would always ask them to update this map

Sad news here. Our smallest hog has died, he was killed by a car on our very very quiet back lane. I wondered why I hadn’t seen him for a couple of weeks and now I know why 😢

Big Hog is still coming - he ate his tea last night & I can hear him outside now. Shouldn’t he be hibernating any day now? How long do we leave food out for…?

That is so sad @AgathaMystery. I looked on hedgehog street for your hibernation question. It says that in mild winters, hedgehogs remain active through Nov and Dec, so keep leaving out food and water

Hibernation

This just came in from the RSPB

How are you and your birds finding the seed,@Eckno ? I've just reordered but see that very recent reviews aren't so good, so perhaps they've changed the supplier or the mix.

I thought I had a spare sack but it turns out it was cat litter, so our birds are existing on Waitrose Essentials Fruit and Nut Muesli in the meantime! They all seem to approve, especially our male robin. A bit of an expensive way to do it though - glad it's only for a couple of days!

Thanks to pps for posting all the links with information and photos, and well done to pps who are helping their local 🦔 and other wildlife as we head through Autumn and towards Winter!

So sorry to hear the sad news about your little hedgepig, @AgathaMystery and yes, keep feeding and watering your biggy for now. It's been mild so far, but that might be about to change, depending on where you are.

Thinking of you,@Pricklesinperil

Popping in to remind everyone of the FREE ‘an evening with hedgehog street’ happening tomorrow evening. Click here to register

That’s so sad @AgathaMystery, I’ve said it before but the only hedgehogs I ever see are dead ones that have been run over. I wish there was more we could do to stop it happening 😢

Drat! I missed the webinar. Anyone get any good hedgehog care tips? I guess it will be put up on the Hedgehog Street YouTube channel where they’ve put their previous ones. 🦔