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As the days get longer and the temperature rises the weather is just right for some of our prickly Winter residents to head back to the wild.
Pumpkin the hedgehog was found by Michelle Johansen near Ville au Roi last November at only 330g which would have meant she wouldn't have survived the Winter.
Parsnip was found early December at only 356g in a similar area by Michelle.
Both hedgehogs have spent the Winter at the GSPCA and with the weather just right and Pumpkin up to 960g and Parsnip at 872g they have both reached more than needed in weight to be released.
The GSPCA asks that you think of your animals with the weather bomb due.
Bad weather means it is difficult for hedgehogs and wild birds to feed normally, and young seal pups can easily be separated from their mothers.
Below is some advice on what you can do if you find an injured animal, but please remember we have a 24 hour emergency service and our number is 01481 257261.
If possible, contain the animal before calling - see our capture and boxing advice below.
Capture and boxing
With Autumn and Winter upon us it is always a difficult time for hedgehogs.
Last week the GSPCA Ambulance Collection Officer Geoff George was called out to a hedgehog that was trapped in a drain in Castel.
Lamar as she has been called was rushed to the GSPCA Animal Shelter in St Andrews where she is being cared for and monitored.
Thankfully she had no major injuries, although a little thin the hedgehog team are keeping a watchful eye on her.
Earlier this year Sarah Ozanne and Lucy Ogier (Animal Care Assistants at the GSPCA) organised a competition to increase awareness of Hedgehogs in Guernsey.
There were two classes - creating a 'Hedgehog Awareness Poster' and 'Build a Hedgehog House'.
We were amazed by the response and had some fantastic entries.
At the GSPCA we have started to see the another round of Hoglets (baby hedgehogs) being found and rescued in Guernsey.
You normally see Hoglets in May, June or July, when the first litters are generally born, and in August-September, when the second litters are born.
During April and May we had a number of Hoglets rescued and also mothers that gave birth on site, many of which are already back in the wild.
The average size of a litter is four to five, and they appear after about a 4 1/2 week pregnancy.
Earlier this year Sarah Ozanne and Lucy Ogier (Animal Care Assistants at the GSPCA) organised a competition to increase awareness of Hedgehogs in Guernsey.
There were two classes - creating a 'Hedgehog Awareness Poster' and 'Build a Hedgehog House'.
We were amazed by the response and had some fantastic entries.
Do remember Rose the hedgehog?
Rose is one of many hedgehogs that we have had in recently to be injured by gardening equipment.
After a long process of rehabilitation and care since arriving in April Rose is now back to health and fit enough to be released.
Sadly due to her injuries to her head many of her spines haven't grown back, so a lovely home with an enclosed garden was found and Rose left the Shelter last Friday.
When Rose went to her new home we equipped Mr & Mrs Herring with a wildlife camera to see how she got on in her new home.
Rose is just one of the hedgehogs to arrive at the Shelter after being injured by a garden strimmer.
Every year hedgehogs are injured by gardening equipment such as strimmers, hedge cutters and lawn mowers.
Rose who has been at the Shelter for three weeks is healing well, although is still having treatment.
Annabelle Janes Animal Care Assistant said 'Poor Rose the hedgehog had one of the worst wounds to her head that we have seen this year at the GSPCA.'
'It is really important to check before you start using garden machinery for wildlife such as hedgehogs.'
On Monday starts Hedgehog Week and to kick off the awareness week the GSPCA have launched two competitions for those aged between 4 and 16 years of age.
With 200 to 300 hedgehogs rescued every year at the GSPCA we see all ages with a variety of health problems.
Sarah Ozanne Animal Care Assistant in the Hedgehog Unit said 'With Spring we see hedgehogs awake and starting to give birth.'
Last night Geoff George Animal Collection Officer accepted a very lucky lady who has been named Blondie.
Blondie is an adult, female, Hedgehog and was found just after a Bonfire had been lite last night in the Castel area.
Thankfully the finder acted quickly and rushed the her to the GSPCA and despite some very minor injuries she has done well during her first night at the GSPCA.