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West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue
About Us
Welcome to
West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue
. Joan Lockley, assisted byhusband Steve, runs the Hedgehog Rescue. Centre We are an entirely self-funded centre. Joan is a registered carer and we are linked to the
BritishHedgehog Preservation Society
. We rescue sick, injured, orphaned andabandoned HedgehogsWe cover the northern half of the West Midlands and the south of Staffordshire.Our aim is to act in the best interest of the individual animal at all times. Wenever refuse a call for help. We will either look after the hedgehog ourselves orfind another carer who can assist more easily.
Our Centre
We have recently created a new Hedgehog “Hosprickal” to take care of themany unfortunate hedgehogs we see. In 2007 we saw around 170 hogs in thewhole year. In 2008 from April to September we have seen more than 200already. Spring and early Summer have seen an unprecedented number of litters. We have seen almost 30 babies requiring 2 hourly feeds. At one time Joan was hand feeding 17 babies at the same time. These babies have to bekept awake throughout the winter, until they grow big enough to hibernate.
Costs
We have to find money for medicines and treatments, food, heating and travelexpenses.
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Hedgehogs are treated for Lungworm, Ringworm, infections and wounds.We use a mixture of veterinary supplied medicines, over the countertreatments and homoeopathic remedies. Almost all hedgehogs aretreated for worms on arrival. On average, we pay 50p per hedgehog perweek for medicines. This works out at around £2.50 per admission.
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 Juvenile and Adult hedgehogs eat about one tin of cat food per night,with supplementary foods such as meal worms. We spend about 50p pernight per hedgehog on these foods, or around £3.50 per week.
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Baby hedgehogs need special milk formula. We use a milk powder called“Esbilac” to start with, and then move the babies onto goats milk andhigh quality kitten food as they get older. Esbilac cost us £30 for a largetin. We have used four tins this year to raise 30 hoglets at a cost of £4.00per baby
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Babies are kept on heat pads all day and all night. As they grow older,they are turned off during the day and on in the evenings. As winterapproaches our Hosprickal will need to be heated day and night toprevent underweight hogs from hibernating.
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We regularly travel to collect hedgehogs from around the West Midlandsand Staffordshire. We do not keep track of this expenditure directly.
How you can help
We welcome all donations, no matter how small. Besides cash, we welcomemeat-based cat food in tins, pouches, or dried forms. We can always use clean
 
newspapers or towels for bedding and woolly hats for baby sleeping bags.
IF YOU SEE A HEDGEHOG IN THE DAYTIME:PICK IT UP, COVER IT UP and CALL JOAN:01922 419532 or 07837 409533WWW.WEST-MIDLANDS-HEDGEHOGS.CO.UK 
Food and FeedingOur hedgehogs like to eat:
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Meat Based Cat Food, eg Whiskas, Felix
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Dried Cat Food, e.g. Go-Cat, Whiskas
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Dried Meal Worms
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Biscuits, Weetabix
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Raisins, Chopped Nuts
 To feed hedgehogs in the garden, we recommend that you create afeeding station. The best way to do this is by making a tunnel. Place4 – 6 building bricks in two rows about 5 inches apart. Put the foodand water in shallow dishes between the bricks and cover it up witha slab or weighted plank. Hedgehogs will find the food, but it will beprotected from cats, dogs and foxes.
Sun-bathing hedgehogs need your help
If you see a hedgehog “sun bathing”, it is in trouble. It is ill, cold orhungry and is disparately trying to raise its body temperature byabsorbing heat from the sun.Please:
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Pick it up with an old towel or with gloves
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Bring it indoors and put it in a high sided box
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Put in a hot water bottle, (or a plastic drink bottle), filled withhot water and wrapped up
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