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One of our team, Helen, discovered a hedgehog trapped in a football net in the garden last month. She tells the tale here:<\/em><\/h3>\n

What started off as a normal weekend, quickly turned into a race to find help for an injured hedgehog and demonstrated the importance of ensuring our man-made pleasures do not interfere with, or cause harm to, wildlife.<\/p>\n

My son was getting set to mow the lawn (shock..horror\u2026a teenager willingly mowing the lawn!) when he came upon a poor hedgehog that had become entangled in the football net.\u00a0 We do normally ensure that the net gets packed away, but on this occasion (typical\u2026) it wasn\u2019t, and completely our fault. Cue some rushing around looking for scissors, we set about cutting the net that had ensnared the poor creature, who had by now curled up into a tight little ball.\u00a0 After some careful snipping, the little hedgehog seemed to be free of the netting so we put it in a box to monitor it and make certain that there was no more net wound around its legs.\u00a0 A few minutes passed before the hedgehog uncurled itself and began to move about and it was then that we noticed it wasn\u2019t walking very well.\u00a0 That\u2019s when we turned to the internet to search for \u2018hedgehog SOS\u2019!<\/p>\n

The search result came up with a ‘Hedgehog Hospital’<\/a> based in Neston, Wirral.\u00a0 I contacted them via their Facebook page, and within minutes they had replied.\u00a0 I explained what had happened and that the poor thing didn\u2019t seem to be recovering, so they asked me to bring it in to them straight away.\u00a0 A short car journey later and we were delivering the hedgehog into expert and loving care.\u00a0 To say that this \u2018Hedgehog Hospital\u2019 goes above and beyond is an understatement.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our\u2019 hedgehog was quickly coaxed out of its ball by caring hands as soon as we arrived, and immediately identified as a \u2018girl\u2019.\u00a0 We were then asked to name her and gave her the name of \u2018Daisy\u2019.\u00a0 This of course helps the \u2018hospital\u2019 keep track of who brought in which hedgehog and they provide regular updates so you can follow \u2018your\u2019 hedgehog\u2019s progress on Facebook.\u00a0 If the hedgehog successfully recovers, there is the option to release it back into familiar territory.<\/p>\n

Taking care of 80+ hedgehogs in need is by no means an easy task, and it\u2019s thanks to a small network of volunteers, and a local vet, that this little hospital can carry on with it\u2019s amazing work.\u00a0 From early morning to late evening, together they work tirelessly for no reward, and their focus remains solely on caring for and nursing poorly hedgehogs, along with rehabilitation and then release.<\/p>\n

It has been eye-opening to see the stories behind each hedgehog that is taken in, from disturbed nests with tiny hoglets, to garden accidents with strimmers and such.\u00a0 There are many sad tales that don\u2019t end well, but a wonderful success rate for those that do.\u00a0 I\u2019m pleased to say that \u2018our\u2019 Daisy was successfully nursed back to health, after suffering an injury to her leg which had become infested with maggots.\u00a0 Ten days later we went to collect her.\u00a0 We were advised to release her at dusk, so at about 9:30pm we took her to the bottom of the garden where she was found and sat quietly and watched.\u00a0 After a few moments she emerged from the box and it was a joy to watch her tentatively sniff the air and then wander off down a path that she seemed quite familiar with!<\/p>\n

In the nicest possible way, we hope that we don’t have to call upon the \u2018Hedgehog Hospital\u2019 again, and we are now twice as diligent in keeping a ‘hedgehog-friendly’ garden as we were all so devastated to know that our carelessness had caused harm.<\/p>\n

This little ‘Hedgehog Hospital’ relies on generous donations of food along with items that you wouldn\u2019t necessarily think of, such as blankets, warming pads, disinfectant, ointment etc. and they need all the help they can get.\u00a0 You can find their ‘Wishlist’<\/a> of supplies on Amazon, or make a call to their local pet shop to place an order for delivery. They are true \u2018Unsung Heroes\u2019 and deserve recognition for the amazing service they offer from the goodness of their hearts, and their love and passion for wildlife.<\/p>\n

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