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Thank you for visiting the Willows Hedgehog Rescue site. We are a self funded hedgehog rescue service dedicated to helping to care for distressed and injured Hedgehogs.
We respond to incidents of injured hedgehogs providing rehabilitation ensuring that the hedgehogs get the medical attention they need either via our vets in more serious cases or in the majority of cases via ourselves.
We then keep them fed and safe in our rescue area and finally in our outdoor pre-release area until they are ready for release back into the wild. Sadly some hedgehogs do sustain injuries that despite ours and our vets best efforts are beyond repair or would cause insurmountable disability and in these cases they have to be euthanized but we ensure that this is carried out humanely and only when absolutely necessary.
There are many things that everyone can do to help our prickly friends to minimise the chance that they will get into trouble and need rescuing. Please visit the Helping Hogs page to see how you can help.
Hedgehogs are in decline in the UK and have suffered due to many changes: land management, increased road traffic, ignorance and from the use of pesticides and netting to name only a few. This has resulted in many displaced and injured hogs. It is our aim to care for these Hedgehogs, to rehabilitate them and return them to the wild where they belong. We also wish to bring these hazards to the attention of everyone to try to make the world a better place for these wonderful, iconic and unique little creatures.
A very Merry Christmas to everyone.
Our thanks to those that have taken the time and effort to bring orphaned, sick and injured hedgehogs into us this year.
Our thanks to those that have helped us with donations no matter how small you may think they are, they enable to us to continue to help our spiky friends.
This year has seen over a hundred hedgehogs come into us all needing care and attention. We have expanded our capacity and our facilities including the purchase of an incubator. Who knows what 2012 will bring.
Please use the links on this page to find out more about what we do, and how you can help.
Winter is well an truly here.
Most hedgehogs should have hibernated but warmer spells can see activity. Also we are still getting underweight hedgehogs come in.
Please if you can leave some water and food out to help our spikey friends who may be struggeling this winter. Also please look out for underweight hedgehogs.
Dry puppy or kitten biscuits are the best in chicken or beef flavours, soft food can be left out as well but will need regularly changing. Place the food bowls under an upturned plastic tub or wooden box with a 4" square hole with the sides smoothed. This lets the hedgehogs get to the food but cats etc can't allowing the hedgehogs to eat in peace & stopping the food being eaten before they can get to it.
News & Hog Stories - news on our Hogs including new arrivals, releases and the latest updates on our young hogs.
Helping Hogs - find out about how you can do a few simple things to give our spikey friends the best possible chance.
Links - links to other rescuers and organisations.
Emergencies - if you find an injured hog or a hog out in daylight.
How you can help us.....
As a self funded operation we need your help.
We are very lucky in having a veterinary practice that helps us by providing a lot of specialist care free, however the running costs do mount up. The cost of medications, food, heating, hay, gloves, Emergency out of hours veterinary care, even in this economic climate the fuel to get to rescues etc so any donations would be very much appreciated - we especially need:
Cat carriers - the rigid plastic type, Blankets, Small high sided food bowls or Ramekins, Pet shop straw (not used), Electric heat pads, Bags of Dry Cat food, Tins of Cat or Dog food, Disposable Gloves, Newspaper, Kitchen Roll, Cloths, Hand Gel.
Also wanted items suitable for prizes in raffles and tombolas to help us raise funds for the rescue unit.
Please see the Helping Hogs page for more information on how you can help us to help the hogs.
Our thanks to local Businesses for their help - Red Kyte Health Foods of Bromsgrove, Burcot Garden Centre - Bromgrove, Woodrow Nurseries - Chaddesley Corbett, Gerrard Fruit and Veg - Bromsgrove for having our donations boxes in store and Broad Street DIY - Bromsgrove for support with materials.
Our thanks to Townsend Veterinary Practice Bromsgrove
for caring for our hogs when they need medical help.
We are pleased to use ArkWildlife Hedgehog food in our rescue unit.
We sometimes find it hard to find a food that all of the hedgehogs will eat.
ArkWildlife Hedgehog food is snaffled down by over 90% of our hogs with good results.
You can now help us by using the link below to purchase wildlife food from ArkWildlife with a percentage of the sale being donated to us by ArkWildlife.
In order for the donation to be made the link below must be used.
ArkWildlife Willows Referal - click to browse and purchase
LATEST NEWS....LATEST NEWS....LATEST NEWS....
Winter is here but small hogs can still be around. Please keep water bowl ice fee and leave some dry food out.
Latest HogPodNo6 where I talk about the latest patients. You can download as an Mp3 or play from the page on the website.
See the News section for more information on this storey and on the other hogs under our care at the moment
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