Every patient coming in
is assessed by an expert carer and treated for whatever may be wrong in a fully
equipped modem surgery and then placed in the quiet of a hospital cage with food
and water to recover. Whilst they are watched throughout the day there are
regular daily assessments of the patients progress, involving monitoring its
feeding, weight gain or loss, appearance and the healing of wounds etc.
Following this, further treatment may have to be given on a daily basis until
they are ready for release.
While most of our patients are birds, Brent Lodge treats around 500 mammals
every year. The majority of these are Hedgehogs.
Currently they are very busy looking after hedgehogs that have failed to
hibernate - mainly young ones that have not gained weight enough to hibernate
and survive. To help them cope they appealed for people to take on the
care of hedgehogs at home in areas where eventual release was likely to be
satisfactory - we have had one and hope to next winter as well.
A hedgehog from the Lodge in our garden
for release on 14 April 2003.
For more information
see the web site. Phone on 01243
641672 for advice on sick birds or animals.
