Prickles & Paws Hedgehog Rescue

Rescue - Rehabilitation - Release

HELP BUILD OUR NEW HOGSPITAL

Cornwall needs a bespoke hedgehog hospital or rather ‘hogspital’! With over 1,400 hedgehogs admitted a year the rescue must expand to ensure we never have to turn a hedgehog away.

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The Hogspital

The build is underway! The site has been cleared, water and electric supplies have been brought in and we have completed the piling (foundations). Groundworks, drainage and fencing are underway! We currently have a MATCH FUNDED crowdfunder underway to allow us to add solar panels to the building. You can donate here and your donation will be matched by Aviva!

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To mark Hedgehog Awareness Week we wanted to launch an exclusive clothing design which inspires positive action for hedgehogs! This design will only be available until the end of June.

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Sesame was the first admission of the day last Thursday, he came into us just after 9am after being found tangled in a plastic bag in a courtyard in Newquay. Thankfully he had no injuries and wasn’t too dehydrated. His claws are worn from all t

☀️ 💚HALF WAY THERE💚 ☀️

After a very difficult day yesterday for the team with so many injured new admissions we are pleased to start off hedgehog week by announcing that in just 7 days our crowdfunder has hit 50% of the target! THANK YOU

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Rocky and his rock 🫶🪨

This fellow is one of our recent releases but we couldn’t resist sharing his story as we all fell in love with him despite his very short stay with us! Rocky was found trapped in a post hole, his finders did everything

💚🔋Help hedgehogs and help the planet! Powering the Hogspital a greener way: it's in your hands 🔋💚

We are fundraising for a 4.5 kW roof-mounted solar panel array to go onto the new Hogspital building! This will enable us to generate and store aro

🐾 Back to the wild 🐾

It’s been a busy week of releases! Bamboo, Rocky, Pru, Buttercup and Daisy are now all back in the wild. It’s great to see them make a full recovery, Pru in particular making an impressive and speedy recovery from

We are in desperate need of a new phone… can you help?

The p&p iPhone is becoming increasingly unreliable due to age and overuse! We urgently need to replace it before it fails completely as this is our only phone.

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🏡 🚫 DO NOT DISTURB NEST BOXES 🚫🏡

Here in Cornwall we have seen lots of trail cam footage showing courtship, females will be busy building their nests and the first hoglets may already have been born. Several rescues are already hand rearing hogl

The lovely Trevone has been with us for just over a week now. He was found trapped at the bottom of steep steps, very hypothermic and dehydrated. After 48hrs of intensive care he was finally rehydrated and maintaining his temperature. He has had a co

The new site has been a hive of activity this week! After 2 years of fundraising it’s great to see the build starting, drainage works are well underway.

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us to get to this stage! Watch this space

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Find out what we’ve been up to at the rescue on our blog!

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