Royal Oak Hedgehog Rescue

Monique from Royal Oak

Safe home wanted for Stumpy the hedgehog.
Stumpy’s Story.
I am a little male hedgehog, my mummy was killed on a busy road I ran away scared, sad, lost and alone. I got very, hungry and ran about trying to find food all night and morning until I was exhausted.

While looking for food, I got both my back feet caught in some fencing mesh. I was trapped for a very long time, getting hungrier and hungrier. I knew I would soon die if I could not get out of this mesh fence netting. I started to chew the mesh, then had to bite off some of my toes to get free.
I tried to the search for some food, but was so weak, with bleeding sore feet, hungry, with some mange too. It was very long cold night. By morning I was totally exhausted. I sat down on the cold wet grass too weak to walk any more.
A man came along at long last and found me lying still and barely alive. He took me at once to Monique at Royal Oak Hedgehog Rescue. Monique has named me “Stumpy”.
Monique warmed me up on a heat pad and hand fed me warm electrolytes, as I was very so dehydrated and thin. Then she carefully cleaned my sore bleeding feet and used antiseptic (Tea Tree Oil) to put on them. I was given electrolyte mix every 3-4 hours and ‘Panacur’ medicine, and special ‘superlac’ milk to help me gain weight. Monique has been hand feeding me for over two months.

I am now well enough to eat and drink by myself again. I can eat a lot of Biscuits and Jellymeat which are very nice but I want to go free to find my own food now. I feel so much better and have gained lots of weight.

My back feet have healed nicely but my most of my toes are gone.
Would some nice human help look after me by making sure I can get to some food and fresh water each night. With only part of 2 toes on one back leg and stumps on the other I need to find a safe fully enclosed garden to live in. Contact Monique if you think you can help look after me in a few weeks when I am ready to be released. 0210350634