⚠️ Strimmer Injury Alert ⚠️
We have 3 hedgehogs in care with strimmer injuries, and 5 already admitted this year.
🌿 Before strimming:
• Check long grass & borders
• Strim slowly & carefully
• Move leaf & grass piles gently
A quick check could save a life. Please share & protect hedgehogs! 💚🐾
Will add it to the last of the cheese names 😊
Will add it to the last of cheese names 😊
Love this! We previously had a litter of hoglets named after different varieties of apple but think we could get a couple of weeks worth of names from apple varieties. Will suggest it to the team 🫶🦔🐾
Camembert has been with us for 9 days now, she is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and internal parasites 🫶
We are almost out of cheese names, any suggestions for our next name theme?
Did we mention July & August is hoglet season? 🦔🐾
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Our second admission today was Monterey from St Austell. He is in very poor body condition! He’s been given subcutaneous fluids and been settled into a hutch for the night 🫶🦔🐾
First look inside the new Hogspital! 🏡🦔
We’re officially up and running — still unpacking and setting up spaces, but most of the hard work is done.
So grateful to everyone who helped make this dream a reality 🐾💚
✨ Our very first admission at the new Hogspital!
Meet Davidstow — a dog attack who very luckily escaped without injury. He arrived on moving day just after the hutches were set up, before we’d even unpacked a box! 🏥🦔
Thank you 💚🦔🐾
🎉 We’re in! 🎉
We’ve moved into our new site at Carnanton and are now fully operational. The Cubert site is now closed. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it happen 💚
⏱️ How long do you think it took to get our first admission? 👀🐾
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More footage from Socrates’ movement assessment the other day.
Still a little way to go strength-wise in that hind leg, but watching instinct take over never gets old. Within seconds he was snuffling around and foraging🦔🐾
Carrot waking up after a long day snoozing! He can smell his breakfast 🫶 Carrot has now graduated to an outside hutch, the final step in his rehabilitation before release back into the wild 🦔🐾
🐾 Meet Brie, our 62nd admission of 2026! 🐾
Found in Gunnislake, she’s battling ringworm and internal parasites. She is responding well to treatment and will be closely monitored. Keep your fingers and paws crossed for her recovery! 🤞🐾
✨Just listen to that sniff! 🦔🐾
(yes you read that right, sound on for his very loud sniffing!) Socrates was out exploring the wildlife garden for his movement assessment. He’s going to need a bit more rehab yet as he is still weak on a hind leg, but he has made great progress since admission! 🫶
Yesterday, Wallace and Gromit were admitted after being trapped in a courtyard. Gromit is healthy, while Wallace requires treatment for an infected wound 🫶🦔🐾
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What a productive weekend working on the new Hogspital! 🦔💪 Still lots to do before we can move, but we’re well on the way ✨
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Release assessment time! 🦔✨
After leg injuries or movement problems, our hedgehogs get a short wander in the wildlife garden so we can check movement and behaviour on natural surfaces.
Good news — Turnip passed and will soon be back where he belongs 💚🦔🐾
Weekend progress ✅ Doors oiled, frames painting started, and a great site meeting yesterday. Next week: building shelves & units for the new Hogspital 🏡🦔🐾
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Yesterday was a busy one ✨
Site meeting with Warvena Construction to finalise the last steps before handover and move-in 🏡
Followed by a vet visit to assess and treat a number of our hedgehogs 💚🦔🐾
Meet Quaker ✨
Admitted with a large abscess under his chin/neck and a head wound, likely from bite injuries. After treatment, the abscess has now fully healed!
He should soon be ready for release 🌿
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A promising step forward 🐾
With a small release window ahead, a couple of our hedgehogs explored the wildlife garden for a few minutes yesterday while we assessed movement and behaviour 🌿🦔
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Carrot is making steady progress 🧡 Treated for mites, early-stage ringworm, and internal parasites—and getting stronger every day 🫶
Nose knows best 🦔💨 Smell is one of a hedgehog’s strongest senses!
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Event update 🌧️
Pencarrow Snowdrop event is cancelled due to weather & ground conditions — so we’re hosting a coffee morning instead! ☕🍰
📍Cubert Village Hall 🕙 10–12
Cake, crafts, Valentine’s gifts & a chance to hear about our new Hogspital 🏡🦔
Hope to see you there!
