After a very long wait due to Covid, we finally have some guests in our Hedgehog Hotel, thanks to our collaboration with Suffolk Prickles Hedgehog Rescue.
Paula kindly wrote a little bit of history about the Hedgehogs we currently have staying with us. We are the last step in their Rehab, as the Hedgehogs we have received will all be released this spring.
If you would like to support our joint efforts, please consider checking out our Amazon Wishlist, which has many items to help the Hedgehogs, as well as our Raptor Hospital. If we have surplus items, we will share with Suffolk Prickles, as we have with our newspaper supply, kindly donated by Suffolk Libraries.
Adora and ‘friend’
Is the daughter of Big Foot and Wendy, two of our disabled hedgehogs. They accidently met one another in the summer and Adora was a late Autumn baby as a result. She has not yet been out in the wild and Wendy is not well enough to be released with her at this point so SPHR wants her to get used to being away from mum and learn a little bit about the big wide world in a safe environment before she is fully released at a new site.
We have placed her with another female juvenile who was very young when she came in during the Autumn and has a home range in Colchester to be released to so that she can form a family bond with her and they can be released together at the same site.
Twins
The male twin had a dislocated front elbow when he was tiny and while at SPHR they have done well but we would like him to build his strength and exercise the front leg before his final release back to his home range with his sister.
Five Juveniles
These guys are all siblings but found at slightly different times on the same site. They were very young when they arrived at SPHR and we want them to have an outdoor experience before being released back to their own home range in the spring.
Three Juveniles
These juveniles were tiny hoglets when they arrived at SPHR and very unwell. They had to be hand fed every two hours and nursed back to health. As they grew older the youngest lost his spines due to a compromised immune system. He has been treated for his skin problems and hopefully his spines will begin to regrow in the next few months. They have had a large pen in our Hoggie Lodge to exercise and investigate in. They have been given log piles to explore and leaves to collect and use for bedding, but as they were so small when they arrived we wanted them to have some outdoor experience before their release back home, particularly as they have had no mum to show them around their home.
