Donations are always welcome at Hedgehog Rescue at Hazelbury Bryan, which has rescued 200 of this endangered species in the last two years.

Since Jeanette Hampstead opened the hedgehog hospital, she has been taking in hedgehogs from North Dorset for emergency treatment and specialist care. And with hedgehogs eating up to 200g of wet food each night, along with a handful of dry food, costs mount up!

Jeanette said: “We always return the healthy hedgehogs to the same area in which they were found, where possible. The hogs know that area and are able to find food and water but it always helps to have a dish of clean water in your garden.”

“When people visit us at Hedgehog Rescue of Hazelbury Bryan they are surprised at the amount of food hogs eat in one evening.
They can eat, depending on their size and weight 200grams of wet food a night with a handful of dry food on the side. Desperado came to us as a juvenile in November last year and is waiting for release. He weighs 736 grams now.”

“You can imagine our hedgehog food bills over the winter when we had over 30 hedgehogs in residence at one time. We were using, at one point, 14 cans of wet cat food inside and another six outside the sanctuary.”

You can donate at paypal.me/pools/c/8wAppktG05.

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