Bad Weather

My hedgehog hotel is built!! And it’s waterproof and weatherproof (touch wood). So far its stood up to all the stormy weather so I’m happy with that. This weekend I’ll be sorting out all my treatment kit, microscope, food…to go in there. I’ve got lino on the floor so its easy to clean and I want to get some thing to cover the windows a bit. My hubby is going to rig up electrics down there for me so I can have a proper treatment area and I’ll be able to utilise my microscope camera when taking samples from new hoggie patients.

I’ve also given my name to the local vets so they can refer hedgehogs to me if they get any in. Whilst doing so there was a lady in the vets who runs a wildlife sanctuary who overhead me telling the vet about what I do so she asked for my number too. I think I’m going to be busy at this rate!! The lady who has the wildlife sanctuary said last year she had in loads of hedgehogs but had no idea how to treat them so just passed them along to the RSPCA. This year she’ll be able to pass them onto me instead!!

I’ve got to get as prepared as I can this weekend because any week now hoglets could start being brought to me. I’ve heard hedgehogs mating in my new garden and in my neighbours gardens since the middle of Feb. I need to get in touch with the vet so I can restock the medication I use on them also I need Cimicat the powdered kitten milk used to syringe feed baby hoglets when they come in.

With all the bad weather this last week I didn’t expect to find hedgehogs out and about in the garden but they’ve been out every night, polishing off the food I put out each night and enjoying the apples I threw out the other day. I haven’t seen anymore plant pot antics, yet, but the plant pots have been moved most nights (might be the wind but I’ll bet the hogs have something to do with it!)