Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935

Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935 Help and advice for sick and injured hedgehogs

PayPal Donations: dottieslittlehoghospital@yahoo.com This first couple of days are a dangerous time for them.

~ WAKING HEDGEHOGS ADVICE ~
Around now fat reserves are running very low and our little prickly friends start coming out of hibernation. A hedgehog generally will have lost around one third of its body weight during this time! With such a drastic weight loss they initially wake very disorientated and weak, they can appear drunk being very wobbly on their feet. Their first priority is water not food so it is very important to ensure that there is ice free water in your garden all year round. Extreme low temperatures can cause a hedgehog to wake in the middle of winter. This is the time when we start to get ready for emergencies where hedgehogs have had their nests destroyed from people tidying up their gardens as the sun has decided to shine. March and April are such months for Dotties. We will admit many hedgehogs with soft tissue injuries from strimmers and garden forks along with fractured bones from spades and forks. The injuries are often horrific with operations needed and long periods of rehabilitation, some live with us as they are unable to be released. A number of our casualties will be put to sleep straight away due to the extent of the injuries. It is so sad when you think that they manage to survive winter lowering their metabolism to near death in order to survive only to be seriously injured by us. Always check before trimming or cutting down shrubs or bushes. Always check your compost heap before digging over with a fork. If you are removing a shed/ summer house please check underneath them. They love to nest under under garden sheds and patio decking. Long grass? Check before trimming or mowing. If spraying your fence please buy brands that are non toxic
Slug pellets…… invite hedgehogs in to help instead :)
Use non toxic alternatives to weed killer

Please make the time to make your garden more hedgehog and wildlife friendly. We are happy to offer advice and google is amazing for ideas. Your garden could be a home for lots of prickly friends that will eat your slugs to help your garden and they are a pleasure to watch! Hedgehogs are in serious decline in the UK anyway but putting further obstacles in their way when they wake from the dangers of hibernation is easily avoided with a little knowledge and caring.

‼️NEWSPAPER SHOUTOUT‼️Anyone got any newspapers spare? I gotta have something to 💩 on! 🫣🫣🫣🙏🏼 Please!We are always there ...
09/12/2025

‼️NEWSPAPER SHOUTOUT‼️
Anyone got any newspapers spare?
I gotta have something to 💩 on! 🫣🫣🫣🙏🏼 Please!

We are always there of a morning but also have a drop off point at the gates 😊
Thank you 🤎🦔🤎

One of today’s many….Little Joey was freezing cold laying on a paving slab when these two lovely men who work for Southe...
09/12/2025

One of today’s many….

Little Joey was freezing cold laying on a paving slab when these two lovely men who work for Southern Water found him. They phoned us then kept him as warm as they could until we got there to bring him in to Dottie’s. Thank you for saving his life while you were at work! 🚑

Our Herbie is one lucky boy! He’s gone on more hollibobs and landed in Thailand with our amazing Leonie Clarke!!! 🦔 ✈️ 🏝...
09/12/2025

Our Herbie is one lucky boy! He’s gone on more hollibobs and landed in Thailand with our amazing Leonie Clarke!!! 🦔 ✈️ 🏝️

🎉 We Need Your Vote! 🎉We’re taking part in a charity draw for a chance to win £1,000, and we would be so grateful for yo...
09/12/2025

🎉 We Need Your Vote! 🎉

We’re taking part in a charity draw for a chance to win £1,000, and we would be so grateful for your support.

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Yesterday, just after returning from the funeral of an amazing man, Roger Pethers, I was called to the vets to collect t...
09/12/2025

Yesterday, just after returning from the funeral of an amazing man, Roger Pethers, I was called to the vets to collect this little one for a final check before release.

It felt only right that this one should carry his name.
Welcome, little Roger may you have a long, wild, happy life. 🦔❤️

Bye bye Goliath! Stay safe big fella! 🙂
08/12/2025

Bye bye Goliath! Stay safe big fella! 🙂

07/12/2025

Little Stella is starting to feel a little Christmassy! 🎄

🤎🦔 Meet Daimler 🦔🤎Little Daimler arrived here after being discovered by a dog in the tiny nest she’d built. She was just...
07/12/2025

🤎🦔 Meet Daimler 🦔🤎

Little Daimler arrived here after being discovered by a dog in the tiny nest she’d built. She was just a bit too small to be hibernating, and her little nest was out in the open like a bird’s nest, she really did try, bless her 🥰

She’s now fully awake, eating plenty, and steadily gaining the weight she needs to safely hibernate in Dottie’s care. Proud of this little fighter already! 🤎🦔🤎

Thank you so much to the lovely Kirsty and Mindful Wellness Warrior for their amazing donation of £100 and our big tub o...
06/12/2025

Thank you so much to the lovely Kirsty and Mindful Wellness Warrior for their amazing donation of £100 and our big tub of chocolates!!!
We are so so very grateful 🙏🏼
Merry Christmas 🎄 ⭐

My name is BertieI have 3 legs as the other one was too injured to save. I’m growing fast and have a very special garden...
06/12/2025

My name is Bertie
I have 3 legs as the other one was too injured to save. I’m growing fast and have a very special garden to go to when I’m a big girl!! I just wanted to check in and say hello 👋

Peanut came to us from the lovely staff at Medivet Birchington with a respiratory infection. She’s all better now and e...
06/12/2025

Peanut came to us from the lovely staff at Medivet Birchington with a respiratory infection. She’s all better now and even got a lift home from one of our amazing transport team members 🚑 💨

🌍💚 Happy International Volunteer Day! 💚🌍Today we celebrate the heart and hands behind Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Chari...
05/12/2025

🌍💚 Happy International Volunteer Day! 💚🌍

Today we celebrate the heart and hands behind Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935 and Retreat Into Wonderland….. our incredible volunteers.
From early-morning feedings to late night rescues, from cleaning, cuddling, hoof picks, prickly assessments and loving… you do it all. 🐾✨

Because of you, frightened animals find safety, injured ones heal, and countless little lives get a second chance.
You are the kindness that keeps this place going. 💛

To every volunteer past, present, and future: thank you ❤️
You make the world softer. You make our sanctuary possible. 🦔🐑🐓🦆🐐

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Bullockstone Road
Herne Bay
CT67NR

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About Us.... and how you can help....

We started Dottie’s in July 2019 following Spikes Hedgehog Sanctuary announcing that they were retiring. We already looked after two blind hedgehogs for Mary and stepped forward for training to continue with her amazing work.

We are now running our hospital that is generally full to bursting nursing these little creatures back to health to be released where they belong. We are getting busier and busier as we get known more widely with local people and veterinary practices.

Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital along with Retreat into Wonderland CIC are run by us, Jo & Jen, along with the kindness of donations and fund raisers.

If you would like to help us we have a wish list that runs alongside our animal sanctuary ‘Retreat into Wonderland’ that lists everyday items that we need...