The Saga of Harriet Hedgehog.Those of you who saw the November Newsletter will have seen the photo of a small hedhehog that I have been feeding over a number of weeks, with assistance from my neighbour when I was away.One of our members kindly phoned me and said that if the hedgehog weighed 400gms or less it would have to be cared for by the Hedgehog Hospital to get it through the winter.So tonight I left food as usual and hey presto, there was tiggywinkle hogging down the nosh(pun *hogging* not intended). So donning a pair of gloves I captured the blithely unaware hoglet and quicly checked its weight on my kitchen scales. 5oogms!! So immediatelyI phoned Tina and Kevan of the Burnley Rescue post who said it needed to be at least a pound and a half if it was to survive the winter. They said put it on a towel in a high sided box and get it over to Burnley pronto. So I did.What a lovely couple they are! Kevan is a retired Burnley Parks Ranger and ex-lifeguard. What they don't know about hedgehogs and their care wouldn't cover a one pence piece!
Harriet, for it turned out to be a girl, will be collected by Rochdale Hedgehog Resue which runs a hospital for them and cared for until she is big enough to be released back into the wild.If you want to know more, look upwww.hedgehogrescue.org.uk
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