Help4hedgehogs

We are dedicated to the Awareness & Protection of Wild Hedgehogs.

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PLEASE do not text in an emergency. CALL. Because sometimes messages don't come through quick enough. WOULD YOU TEXT FOR A AMBULANCE IF IT WAS YOU? Exactly.

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Happy Sussex day, folks! 🦔 Xx

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So stars start to twinkle in rhythmic delight,
And even the owls hoot in meter tonight.
The wanderer laughs as the night comes alive,
For magic is real when the heart starts to thrive.
And sometimes a rhyme is enough to reveal
The quietest truths that the daylight can’t feel.

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In a village of hedges and lantern‑lit lanes,
Where the rooftops all shimmer with midsummer rains,
A whisper of magic drifts soft through the night,
As the moon paints the cobbles in silver‑white light.

A wanderer hums as the fireflies glow,

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Their lanterns like secrets they’re eager to show.
The breeze tells a story it gathered at dusk—
Of courage, of kindness, of doing what’s just.
A hedgehog appears with a crown made of thyme,
Declaring, “The world needs a sprinkle of rhyme.”

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Thank you, John. Lavender, is doing OK. Not out of the woods yet, but doing a lot better. Xx

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Image taken about an hour before plum passed xx

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💔💔🦔💔💔 FLY FREE LITTLE PLUM. Little Plum is gone. I did everything I could — slow warming, feeds, constant watching — and he gave me that little spark of hope with an 8g gain. I let myself believe he might stay.
But his tiny body just couldn’t keep going.

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He died curled up with me, warm and loved, and I’m left holding the weight of a life that was far too small and far too brief.
My heart hurts in a way only rescuers understand, and yet my head clings onto the cold truth "Mummy Hedgehog knows what's best" 💔 🦔 💔

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This one is so small its skin looks like fairy parchment. So I reach in bare‑handed and scoop up the tiniest plum‑hog I’ve ever seen. Heart melted.
Chaos over.
Baby secured. Welcome to the ward, little one.
Two hourly feeds have already begun.

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🦔📣 FACEBOOK UPDATE: THE PLUM‑SIZED PANIC OF 2026Today’s episode of Help4Hedgehogs. So.
We’re in M&S. Minding our business. Debating snacks.
Then the phone rings:“Tiny hoglet needs help.”Cue instant panic mode.

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A hedgehog so tiny it looks like it was printed on a 3D printer running out of filament. At 31g, it’s probably 36 hours old.
A newborn.
A whisper.
A warm, breathing punctuation mark. Normally I’d wear gloves — mums can be bitey, and hoglets are delicate — but this one?

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Aww Wilma, fast asleep on her cooling pad! ❤️🦔🐾🐾

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• and a strict DO NOT DISTURB FOR TEN DAYS decree, lest chaos befall us all
We now wait, breath held, hoping Mum chooses the path of nurturing goddess rather than “I birthed them,

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“Tas, what sort of place are you running up there?!”
Followed by the dawning horror of:
“Bloody hell, I’m a GRANDAD.”
Thus begins The Age of the Unexpected Hedgehog Children.
This morning’s transformation:
1 hedgehog → 7 hedgehogs
Ward → Maternity Wing of Destiny

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Last night at Help4Hedgehogs, the veil between worlds thinned.
A single hedgehog — previously declared “absolutely not pregnant” by a vet who is now spiritually unavailable — tore open the fabric of reality and produced six tiny nail‑brush demigods.
The finder’s reaction:

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A reminder to leave water out xx

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Less Lights, More Life.