mullethunter Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/23/2022 at 9:00 PM, Cat tails said: She was rather porky apparently, but had quite a cough tonight, so handed her in with the local wildlife aid. She probably has lung worm, but will be put back as soon as possible as she is a BIG lady. At the rescue I volunteer with we have LOTS who have too many internal parasites and a few who are overweight and need to go on a diet!! I hope you get her back soon. Just in case you needed it here’s a picture of one of the hoglets I was looking after last week 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Oh very cute😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 On 8/23/2022 at 11:27 PM, mullethunter said: At the rescue I volunteer with we have LOTS who have too many internal parasites and a few who are overweight and need to go on a diet!! I hope you get her back soon. Just in case you needed it here’s a picture of one of the hoglets I was looking after last week She was almost a kilogram. Might have tucked in the hedgehog food too much… 😅 Your hoglet is VERY cute! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Edgar Allan Poke is still visiting every day to munch his way through cat food and hoggy food. (And poop all over his feed house) So I got him some more permanent housing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Great permanent housing for him - hope he appreciates it - wonder if he will hibernate in it with some dry leaves maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 10:42 PM, Blackrocksrock said: Great permanent housing for him - hope he appreciates it - wonder if he will hibernate in it with some dry leaves maybe? Filled it with some wood chips and added some hay from the gerbils. Also have his very fat wife waddling around, so thought she may needed a head start in case she really is pregnant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Edgar’s wife is still at the wildlife shelter, as she was apparently losing spikes too. I did ‘adopt’ her so will get updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We have lots with ringworm - sometimes they can lose all their prickles - but it is treatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I would love to work in a hedgehog sanctuary but I don't think there are any close enough to me. Love the photos of them though x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 It is VERY cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Sooo cute @mullethunter There were some very diddy ones on Countryfile a couple of weeks ago, probably some of the teeniest I've seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Coldest morning we've had since Spring at a chilly 16C. Seems our resident bat thinks so as well. It's been flying around the house this morning, despite all the doors and windows open it won't go outside. Finally it has settled and is hanging by one leg from a beam in the study, just above me. Will try to take a picture later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 My condolences with your Queen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 She was an absolute legend. Literally in service to the very end. Humble, funny, hard working. A real loss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Thank you CT. I'm sure like everyone else I just can't believe what has happened. Even though we all knew she was iller than the official announcements, personally I can't take it in that she was seeing one PM leave and a new one start, just on Tuesday, and now she is dead. But she was amazing, her sense of duty and her sense of humour, and her unflagging ability to do what was expected of her and more, all the time, is something I'm not sure we will see again. It feels disorientating that our monarch, who had been alive longer than nearly all her subjects, is no longer there. RIP Your Majesty. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 May she rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 It feels so odd to hear about King Charles 3rd.........the pictures of HM on Tuesday were so lovely. In her tartan skirt and blue cardi with a huge grin on her face. As Daphne puts it so well.....very disorientating. It's really the end of an era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 i'm feeling 'shell shocked'. Like my world has changed completely and I didn't't expect that. She was our Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonFamily Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 For my 50th birthday the plan was to do 50 things in my 50th year one of these was to visit Bucking Palace - I had tickets for today - instead have spent the day laying flowers at the palace, watching the gun salute in Hyde park and just walking round London - thousands of people but so quiet where they have closed the roads -the police are doing an amazing job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I’ve got a tenant! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 First thing this morning, so still dark, I heard a noise in the barn. Took a torch to investigate expecting a feral cat and found to my surprise a hedgehog shuffling about; haven't seen one here before. Our dog has been investigating the adjoining wood store where there are pallets on the floor for the wood to stack on. Suspect the hedgehog is under there somewhere, which is a very secure place and will be warm in Winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Woke up last night from a coughing hedgehog again… not sure which one it is, but I don’t think it’s the one sleeping in the garden during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 10/6/2022 at 2:14 PM, Cat tails said: Woke up last night from a coughing hedgehog again… not sure which one it is, but I don’t think it’s the one sleeping in the garden during the day. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 On 10/6/2022 at 10:39 PM, mullethunter said: 😕 Worse even is that the wildlife shelter near me is shutting down! Rising energy costs, continuing avian influenza outbreaks and inflation is making it impossible to stay open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 That is a real shame. If you keep hearing the hedgehog coughing it would be worth contacting a hospital if you have one anywhere near to see if they could treat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
