What to do if you have found or are concerned about a hedgehog:
Hedgehogs love our gardens so do not be surprised to see hedgehogs wandering around your garden at night. Leave them to wander, only be concerned if they are still there in the morning. Hedgehogs generally hibernate October/November through to March/April.
If you have found an injured hedgehog or are concerned about a hedgehog please use gardening gloves to collect it up, bring it indoors and put it in a high sided cardboard box with an old towel or fleece in the bottom for the hedgehog to hide under.
Fill a hot water bottle so that when it is wrapped in a towel there is a nice gentle heat coming through and put that in the bottom of the box with the hedgehog, ensuring that it has room to get off the bottle and making sure the bottle is kept warm (if allowed to go cold it will do more harm than good).
Put the box somewhere quiet.
Call one of the following:
Prickly Ball Lodge (our closest Hedgehog Rescue Centre):
01332 600361 or 07907 439994
6 Hebrides Close, Sinfin, Derby, DE24 3LP
British Hedgehog Society 01584 890 0801 for advice and numbers of local contacts. Note that out of office hours there is an answerphone, if you have a hedgehog, please press option 1 and listen to emergency numbers, these volunteers are not representatives of BHPS but they will give you advice and numbers of local contacts.
Your local vet
(Scarsdale, Pride Park is a nearby veterinary centre)
Most vets will take injured wild animals.
You may be advised to offer meaty cat or dog food and fresh water. Please do not give milk or other diary products.