Herbie Hedgehog Rescue

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Rehabilitation centre in Reading, Berkshire for sick, injured and orphaned wild hedgehogs
Rescue, Rehabilitate, Release
Registered Charity: 1203949
www.herbiehedgehogrescue.com

The five babies are now being weaned off hand feeds. They’re being given jam jar lids with formula and are learning to b...
28/05/2026

The five babies are now being weaned off hand feeds. They’re being given jam jar lids with formula and are learning to be independent. They will be introduced to puppy mousse soon. This is the messiest phase as they walk in the formula trashing the incubator.

In other news, one of the recent admissions who was on pregnancy watch has given birth. There were three babies that were visible. The mum
Needed antibiotics for her infected wound and I managed to get in seven days of it. She will not be handled and left alone. Safe from any hazards, she has a safe place with food and water to care for her babies.

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25/05/2026

The babies are settling in with the feeds now. They’re gaining weight slowly and hopefully will continue to do so 🦔🦔

Hoglet is fed a special formula, not milk.

Please don’t forget to put shallow bowls of water out in this heat for wildlife. All living beings need water to survive...
24/05/2026

Please don’t forget to put shallow bowls of water out in this heat for wildlife. All living beings need water to survive. A simple act can save lives.
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Photo from one of my release sites

In the last 24 hrs I’ve admitted 9 hoglets that were found without their mum. This litter of five have had their eyes op...
22/05/2026

In the last 24 hrs I’ve admitted 9 hoglets that were found without their mum. This litter of five have had their eyes opened recently but have no teeth. They were found when one of the babies started screaming for mum in an old unused shed. A kind supporter transported the litter all way from Staines.

They will need hand feeds of special formula every 3-4 hrs and a break of 6 hours overnight. They had their warm subcut fluids upon arrival and a feed of oral rehydration. Once they’re more settled, they will be started on formula.

Hand rearing is exhausting work as we have to follow very strict hygiene with sterilising all the equipments used before every feed. And the rescue is full of hogs of various sizes needing medications, wound treatment etc. it’s goodbye to sleep for a few days!

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Today I’ve admitted the hundredth admission of 2026 - a hypothermic, dehydrated juvenile who is now in one of the incuba...
19/05/2026

Today I’ve admitted the hundredth admission of 2026 - a hypothermic, dehydrated juvenile who is now in one of the incubators and has been given warm subcut fluids. Last year we reached this number on the 15th of June! This year we’ve had hedgehogs come in found in various circumstances. Caught in rat traps, garden netting, sports netting, dog attacks, strimmer injuries, road traffic accidents, fallen into an empty swimming pool to name a few.

Whilst I admit anywhere between two and four hedgehogs daily on an average, releases of rehabilitated hedgehogs are also happening to make space for ones needing help. Pictured here is Sparrow who was caught in a snapping rat trap. She was lucky enough to not break her leg in those awful, cruel traps and escaping with a minor injury to her leg. She was released over the weekend in one of my release sites where there is no threat of any traps and food, water available in abundance.

Good luck Sparrow!! 🦔🦔🦔🦔

Last week we had incredible support at our annual plant sale!! We raised £1394.61 on the day!! A huge thank you to every...
16/05/2026

Last week we had incredible support at our annual plant sale!! We raised £1394.61 on the day!! A huge thank you to everyone who bought plants from us or just popped in to give us a donation.

All money raised from our fundraisers go towards helping hedgehogs like this boy without which we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do. More about his story in a few days.

Thanks to our brilliant team of volunteers who grow plants throughout the year to bring the variety and good quality plants to the event. Thank you to our volunteers who helped out on the day and also back in the rescue cleaning out the hedgehogs. A special thank you to David who made the amazing hedgehog house to the raffle that was won by Wendy. And to Jo who not only grew lots of plants for the sale but also donated two tickets to a show at The Mill, Sonning which was won by Nina.

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Today was nest clean out day for the mum and three babies that came to the rescue due to a nest disturbance. The mum is ...
13/05/2026

Today was nest clean out day for the mum and three babies that came to the rescue due to a nest disturbance. The mum is doing a grand job of taking care of her very huffy babies. The babies, two boys and a girl now weigh between 71g - 78g. Their eyes will open imminently.
Fingers crossed she continues to take care of them 🦔🦔🦔🦔

DOG ATTACKS It’s not new to wildlife rehabbers seeing harmless wildlife being attacked by dogs. In the last 36 hrs I’ve ...
12/05/2026

DOG ATTACKS

It’s not new to wildlife rehabbers seeing harmless wildlife being attacked by dogs. In the last 36 hrs I’ve admitted two such victims. One was a boy whose eyes had popped out because of the trauma of his skull getting crushed. He was taken to the emergency vets on Sunday night to be euthanised. Yesterday I admitted an otherwise healthy female who had similar injuries. These are her X-rays. You can see in the first picture of the break in her skull. The second picture shows babies that she would’ve given birth to in the wild had she not been brutally attacked.

It’s not just my job to help wildlife. We all have a collective responsibility to take care of them after taking their homes to build ours. A wild animal attacking another is not in our control. However a domestic pet attacking a wild animal IS IN OUR CONTROL and preventable.

Putting a dog on lead while letting them out in the garden would’ve prevented this. We must learn to co-exist with wildlife as they are just as worthy of an existence as dogs, cats and humans.

I’m probably preaching to the converted here but please share so that someone somewhere will put their dog on a lead and save a hedgehog’s life or like in this case, more than one hedgehog’s life.

A big thank you to my vets Vets for Pets Winnersh who see such brutal cases and have the difficult task of euthanising a hedgehog that was so unnecessarily harmed.

We’re open! We’ve got lots of plants 🪴 We’re also running a raffle for a fantastic hedgehog house and two theatre ticket...
09/05/2026

We’re open! We’ve got lots of plants 🪴

We’re also running a raffle for a fantastic hedgehog house and two theatre tickets 🦔🦔🦔🦔

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