@HedgehogCabin dog biscuits and eggs get left for our foxes all year round, along with feeding kitten chicken iams biscuits to hedgehogs with clean water every night x
@virginmedia@MartinSLewis Why is it so difficult to leave Virgin Media Broadband completely, you pay a final bill, they slap you with another final bill saying the previous payment still owing and nobody will speak on phone, just disconnects!!๐ก๐คฌ๐ก๐ก
A hedgehog *out in the open* in the day is in serious trouble and needs urgent help.
Always.
No exceptions.
Any size.
Any time.
Hedgehogs are nocturnal prey animals, they have no defences in the daytime, it's deadly dangerous for them.
They are designed to hunt at night, to navigate and catch insects in the dark, occupying a specific ecological niche.
They are not adapted to withstand high temperatures, and their shape means they would rapidly dehydrate during daylight hours.
They are nocturnal animals.
So they don't come out in the day simply because they're hungry, or lost, or disturbed, or to move nests, or for any other trivial reason.
They come out in the day because it's warmer than the night and they are feeling cold.
Deadly cold.
They're feeling cold because they're so sick they're starting to die, and hypothermia is a stage of dying. Blood has been redirected to the vital organs, keeping them alive as long as possible, leaving the limbs feeling cold.
If you see a hedgehog like this, out in the open, in the day time, no matter how 'well' he looks, it is an emergency.
Please take them to a rescue (never a vet) URGENTLY.
@ITVWales start looking at the local facebook hubs where a man with a van will clear your rubbish for cheap, may find out who is doing this then as sure as hell they don't have waste licence's
We are delighted this morning to see the launch of the Government's new Animal Welfare Strategy which sets out new plans to protect pets, wildlife and farmed animals.
The Strategy proposals include:
๐พ Reforming dog breeding practices to improve health and welfare and ending puppy farming
๐พ Consulting on a ban on the use of electric shock collars
๐พ Considering the introduction of licensing for animal rescue organisations
๐พ Promoting responsible dog ownership to protect public safety
As always, the devil will be in the detail, but we are hugely encouraged by this positive action which addresses many of the issues and challenges we face as a a charity and have actively campaigned on over the last few years. We look forward to continung to engage with decision makers and responding to the consultations. Dogs like little Olwen, rescued from a puppy farm by Puppy Love and Hope Rescue, are depending on it.
Itโs 8 years since Tuk lost his life when his microchip wasnโt scanned
Itโs still not a legal requirement to scan & sadly others have also died this way
Thank you @RebeccaHarrisMP & all rescues who supported us requesting a 2nd reading of the Private Members Bill
Love U Tuk ๐
Hedgehogs don't need houses, they can make their own.๐
What they need from us is food.
Every hedgehog has to visit at least 20 gardens a night, every night, to get enough food to stay alive. That just isn't possible any more - either there is no access or the gardens have been decimated and left lifeless.
So we need to help, and the ONLY safe food for hedgehogs is complete cat or dog food. Any type or flavour, as long as meat is the first listed ingredient.
Dry kitten food is perfect.
A dish of food and a dish of clean water put out each evening will be a life saver.
Be patient, and if there are still hedgehogs left alive in your area they will find you.
Eventually, when they come to trust you as a reliable source of good food, they may want to more closer, to save energy - that's when one may choose to live in a house you provide.๐ฅฐ
@MoneySavingExp Don't clear the debt, helpout maybe, and guide him financially and options out there to get himself in a better situation for the future, to make sure it does not happen again
It's #SeniorSunday and we know it's rare a senior dog finds a home but we still give them their day to shine โค๏ธ
#dogs#germanshepherd
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Fireworks.
Just don't.
Please.
It's so cruel.
Stress kills wildlife.
Please choose, and teach your children, kindness.
We have so many ways of entertaining ourselves which don't involve the suffering and death of animals.
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This poor collapsed boy is baby Miller. Found laying out on the lawn in the morning by a couple who provide water and mealworms for their birds.
Our hedgehogs are starving.
Mealworms are lethal to hedgehogs.
A diet of mealworms or other bird food will deform growing joints in hedgehogs, and make their bones thin and easily broken, resulting in an agonising death.
But we've destroyed the hedgehog's natural habitat, along with their natural food of caterpillars and beetles, so they are forced to survive on anything they can find.
Please clear away any bird food before dusk, and provide some dry kitten/cat food for your nocturnal visitors, to help keep them healthy and safe.
Any type, as long as meat is the first listed ingredient. Dry kitten food is perfect.
Poor baby Miller is in intensive care, receiving fluids, potent pain relief and drugs to keep him alive long enough to heal. His prognosis is bleak, but there is a hope.
Please help make the world a little safer for all the little Millers out there. If you feed the birds, do so in the morning only, then take the feeders in so they can forage naturally the rest of the day. That way the ground will be clear and safe by the time the hedgehogs wake up.
There are so many late born autumn juveniles that are starving & now sick due to a lack of natural food. Poor Henrietta was found out in the day, sheโs full of deadly internal parasites & has been suffering for a while. Please provide food & water if you can. #OUTINTHEDAYISNOTOK