It was quite mild here last night in Bewdley but the previous night was cold one, down to 0c and I woke up to see a deep frost had set in. Looking out of the window I could see the bird feeders wanted filling as the tits were scrambling to get the last remaining fat balls so I went out to give them seed fatballs & peanuts. It was at the feeders that I noticed the squizzels had managed to unscrew the peanut feeder which was lying on frozen ground, I went to pick it up and noticed there was a little hoggy trapped inside the feeder
. Quickly I found a box to put it in, grabbed a towel and some catfood put in a warm place and phoned around and managed to get intouch with the our local hedgehog lady, Helen, for some advice and help, I still wasn't sure if it was alive or dead at this point! I managed to unscrew the base of the feeder as if it was alive and perked up it's quills would prevent it from crawling backwards out the way it first crawled in. Helen unfortunately couldn't get out to me as she was ill and I couldn't get to her as I was waiting on second attempt of some important documentation so cutting the hoggy free was a real consideration at the time, but I'm sure it over heard me mentioning this and it's little nose picked up, it's bottom did a little wiggle and like I hoped it carried on up the feeder and out the otherside (What a relief that was "phew"!!!!
) Helen on the other end of the phone was delight also and asked I get it a waterbottle put on some thick gloves and weigh it whilst popped the bottle in the box. It was a mere 380g so yep like I say a big relief indeed, what a lucky mite it was for making it through the night, stuck in a icy cold metal cage (brrrrrrr).
Fortunately my brother popped by and took it over to Helens who now has it in her care. I hope there comes the day when I can release back out and in the meantime I'm going to be doing all I can to prevent the squizzels getting at that feeder.
I'd just ike to say well done and a big thankyou to all the people who give up their time to look after poor and injured animals. It really is a great job your here to help!
