Goodbye Guy

[peaceful_fox]

As many of you know, Kevin and I have been fostering a little hedgehog named Guy. We foster, for short periods of time, animals that come into Harper Asprey Wildlife Centre who are too small to be released, or who require specialized care

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[peaceful_fox]

They are in such decline, unfortunately. :-( Hedgehog numbers have dropped by 25% in just 10 years! I have none in my garden and I haven't seen evidence of any in the neighbourhood here. One of the problems here is that the gardens in this neighbourhood are walled in. As they need 2-3 miles of roaming territory every night, having walled in agrdens prevents them from getting to and from where they need to go.

It would be so sad if the iconic British animal were to go into even more of a decline.

[naurwen]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww :D
so glad he's made it alright. :D
Do the Hedgies ever get star-struck from meeting Brian May? ;)

[peaceful_fox]

LOL! They don't care about Brian. I have never met one that was a Queen fan. ;-D He is really good to them. Members of Harper Asprey go and feed them, but I know he loves to go out and watch them. He was amazed at Percy when he was taken there.

[naurwen]

LOL :D

Awww, that's lovely! :)

[pickledginger]

So sweet! Have a good life, not-so-little one.

[peaceful_fox]

They are the nicest little creatures. :-) The fact that they don't get dependent on humans means that we have an easier time rehabbing them in captivity and then letting them go. We chip a lot of our animals but chipping the hedgehogs to track them is a bit cost prohibitive right now. We someday hope to be able to get better survival statistics. The rescues that do chip their hedgies before release say that survival rate is at the very least similar to that of hedgehogs who were born in the wild, so our efforts are worthwhile.

[pickledginger]

That's great news! I was afraid to ask ...
I guess sniffing out snails doesn't require intensive training. :-)