11/05/2026
🦔 FOUND A DISTURBED HEDGEHOG NEST? 🐾
STOP! READ THIS FIRST.
We've entered baby season, and accidentally disturbing a nest happens!
What you do next can save lives:
✅ DO:
🦔 Cover it back up immediately with the same materials. Leave it exactly as you found it.
🐾 Back away quietly. Mum may return once she feels safe.
🦔 Keep pets & children away from the area for at least 24 hours.
☎️ Ring us and provide the exact details of what has happened we will advise you of the best next steps depending on the circumstances.
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❌ DON’T:
🙌 Touch or move the babies. Your scent can cause mum to abandon them.
🍼Try to feed them. Cow’s milk is fatal to hedgehogs.
🦔 Don't kill them with kindness, a rescue has knowledge, equipment and time to give them the best start in life.
WARNING ⚠️
🐾🙌 Any hedgehog LYING out in the day, whether a Hoglet or Adult needs rescuing.
When in doubt, call your local hedgehog rescue before intervening, note many rescues across the UK are small and at this time of year under pressure, we can provide advice until as such time a rescue close can admit if this is the best route for the hedgehog.
