urgent help needed: orphaned hedgehogs

cazmcco

Hi everyone!

I need some help regarding some baby hedgehogs that were orphaned last night. my dad has been keeping an eye on a hedgehog thats been going around the house for the past week who has some young in our garden. unfortunately last night the mother hedgehog got killed on the road and we are wondering whats the best form of action now?

where can we go to find some help? someone that knows how to rear these babys?

whats the best way to look after them in the short term?

what agency would be the best to ask for help from? the ISPCA? Is there any other organisations that can help?


any help or advice would be appreciated

Thank you in advance

cazmcco

mystika121

Hi, I think the DSPCA might be the best. On their programme last week they hand reared a baby and then successfully released him back to the wild.

cazmcco

Great!! thank you for getting back so quickly!

i will get onto them.

Im in the midlands, so if there was anywhere nearer that would be great!!


Regards

mystika121

Try contacting Rosie at Animal Magic in Limerick. I met her at the Pet Expo last year and I spent about an hour talking to her and holding her rescued hedgehog. Her number 087 624 3546 www.animalmagic.ie and hopefully she will be able to offer you some advice.

Best of luck with the babies and please keep me posted on their progress.

Orla K

cazmcco wrote: »

Great!! thank you for getting back so quickly!

i will get onto them.

Im in the midlands, so if there was anywhere nearer that would be great!!


Regards

About where in the midlands.

There's kildare animal santurary Dan is well able to look after them


This is a good page it tells you the county people are in what they look after and their phone number

TooManyDogs

Maggie in Dogs Aid does hedgehog rescue, she's in Dublin. 087 2944310

MaeveD

If you're in Dublin maybe call Joseph Walsh, he has a Wildlife Sanctuary just off Griffith Avenue 8371546.

Sigma Force

Based in Tipperary cottagerescue.ie take in baby hedgie

Also check out wildlifematters.ie

cazmcco

Hi everyone!!

Thank you all so much for your help yesterday.

In the end we brought them to a rescue centre near mullingar.

As for details on the hedgehogs, there were two in the nest. When we brought them to the rescue centre they said that they were between 7 and 9 days old. They dont have their eyes open yet so they have to syringe feed them for the moment. If they had had their eyes open they would have put them onto cat/dog food type foods straight away.

Heres a quick photo that I managed to get off them as we were taking them out of the nest




Again, thank so much for the help!!

Cazmcco

mystika121

Well done you! They are gorgeous.

Sigma Force

Good on you, they look so sweet with their wrinkley little noses.
If you get any updates on them let us know how they get on.
Only ones I've seen have been sqooshed on the roads :-(