Kiwi's Hedgehog Rescue
Helping sick & injured hedgehogs in Kent to recover & to enable their release back into the wild where they belong.
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About Kiwi's Hedgehog Rescue
Our Mission
At Kiwi's Hedgehog Rescue, we are dedicated to the conservation & preservation of native European hedgehogs.
Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate & release sick, injured, or orphaned hedgehogs back into their natural habitats in an attempt to assist this at risk species.
Hedgehog Release Stories
Toa (Champion)
Toa (Champion)
Toa (Champion)
Toa came in on 29 November 2025 after a two night stake out as he was spotted on wildlife camera with lots of ticks & fleas. Not only were ticks & fleas the issue he also had a large strimmer head wound & fluke. Not a small lad on arrival at 752 grams, Toa's strimmer wound was problematic as when he curled up the wound was hard to access for treatment. After weeks of treatment at KHR & also care at Hogwinkles Faversham Toa finally was released on 23 February 2026. Toa's weight was a challenge as a times he lost interest in food but favourite foods were found & his release weight was 1.072 kg.
Kitea (Found)
Toa (Champion)
Toa (Champion)
Kitea arrived on 14 January 2026, found in Eastchurch out during the day in a muddy puddle & too little for the time of year, arrival weight 441 grams well below the 600 grams he needed to be to survive the winter.
Diagnosed with capillaria his treatment plan started & he gained weight well.
Unfortunately the location where Kitea was found flooded & was unsuitable for his release so he joined the other hedgehogs at the allotments on 7 February 2026 with a new sleep house & support feeding weighing in at 1.05kg!
Paku (Little)
Toa (Champion)
Standford & Hill
Paku translates in New Zealand Maori to Little. Found on 23rd October 2025 in a garden adjacent to Leysdown allotments, Paku was the smallest on arrival apart from Stanford & Hill weighing 148 grams on arrival. With such a heavy tick & flea burden Paku had several hibiwash baths as he also had open infected bite wounds on his rear & up above his eye. Paku was a reluctant patient & loved to try & escape during weigh ins & any other opportunity! Paku was released weighing 702 grams on 22 December 2025.
Standford & Hill
Standford & Hill
Standford & Hill
Hoglets found at Standford Hill Prison out in the morning on 12 September 2025, sadly their mother & sibling were deceased. On arrival Standford weighed 130 grams with a drop to 126 grams & Hill was 121g with drop to 118g. Both males had flea infestations even at such a young age. Syringe fed every 3 to 4 hours for the first few days, to be honest it was not always likely they were going to survive . Regular updates were given to the prison so they had a fan club cheering them on!
The woodwork shop at Standford Hill Prison made a sleep house ready for their move back to the wild. Standford remained the bigger brother with a release weight of 892 grams & Hill was 755 grams. Released 2 November 2025.
Milo
Standford & Hill
Kuri (Dog)
Milo was spotted out during the day in September 2025, a little small for the time of year at 244 grams.
Internal parasites diagnosis so treatment began. Milo was a slower weight gainer. Released at the allotments where he was found on 2 November 2025 weighing 651 grams.
Kuri (Dog)
Standford & Hill
Kuri (Dog)
Kuri translates in New Zealand Maori to dog as Kuri was found by a dog in a garden in Minster on 2 November 2025. Luckily no external wounds but at 411grams he was a little small for winter. Treated for flea infestation & tested for internal parasites & treatment, he was released on 10 December 2025 a healthy 784 grams to avoid captivity stress.
Spud
GP (Grumpy Pants)
GP (Grumpy Pants)
Spud was found out during the day in a garden in Leysdown struggling to breathe with facial injuries & heavy flea & tick burden. Weighing in on arrival at 1.07KG on 30 September 2025 he was transferred to Hogwinkles Faversham the next day. Treated for lung worm as a concern for breathing, it was the facial injury scabbing that was limiting Spud’s ability to breathe. So after baths, wound treatment & feeding he returned to Leysdown on 3 October 2025 after a negative test for internal parasites. After a further week Spud’s facial wound had healed & breathing was normal. After crate trashing, indicative of captivity stress, Spud was released in the garden he was found on 10 November 2025.
GP (Grumpy Pants)
GP (Grumpy Pants)
GP (Grumpy Pants)
Originally found at Harty, GP only had a short stay arriving on 13 September 2025, and having the usual flea & tick treatment. GP stands for Grumpy Pants as this hedgehog, a male, certainly did not want to be in care & was very verbal & grumpy & did not want his photo taken! He gained weight well & after a clear sample when tested for internal parasites & crate trashing indicative of in captivity stress, he was released at the allotments on 18 September 2025 weighing 463 grams.
Train
GP (Grumpy Pants)
Pepi (Baby)
Train was found at the Leysdown allotments weighing in at 581 grams but he has raspy & rattling breathing. Concerned lungworm was likely so off to Hogwinkles in Faversham he went. Three weeks later of treatment, a second course was started as he tested positive for adult roundworm with eggs. Called Train as he keeps trashing his crate (so like a freight train), an unwilling patient not enjoying being in captivity. Likely to always have some level of respiratory issue due to the level of internal parasites.
11 May 2025 Hogwinkles visited the allotment & brought Train home to be released.
Pepi (Baby)
Pepi (Baby)
Pepi (Baby)
Pepi is New Zealand Maori for baby, he was found out during the day by the Leysdown allotment gates on 16th February 2025 only 325 grams so a winter juvenile. After a couple of nights of warmth, rehydration & food in Leysdown, Pepi moved to Hogwinkles in Faversham.
Treated for capillaria, weight gain continued & after three weeks of treatment for capillaria Pepi was released at the allotments on 27 March 2025.
Scalpy
Pepi (Baby)
Scalpy
Scalpy was found at Neptune’s Beach Café on 27 July 2024 with a severe head injury caused by a strimmer. His unfortunate name came about as tragically his skull was visible due to the severity of the injury. Given very little chance of survival he was taken to Hogwinkles in Faversham.
Amazingly Scalpy responded to weeks of treatment for the wounds & in October 2024 Scalpy was moved to an outdoor pen to gain some independence. Scalpy then when into hibernation in the shed!
Amazing news on 21 February 2025 that Scalpy could return to Leysdown for release at the allotments at a healthy 800 grams+ but within a week he was back in care after being found out in the day with a cut nose! After a few more days healing he was re-released on 4 March 2025.
Kiwi
Pepi (Baby)
Scalpy
Kiwi was the hedgehog that started my rescue journey back in June 2024! Kiwi (named after New Zealand kiwi fruit as they are brown & fuzzy on the outside) was out in the day, very wobbly on his feet & oval in shape.
Nicola did not have the knowledge back then but did realise it would need specialised help to survive so Kiwi was taken to Hogwinkles in Faversham.
Initially treated for dehydration, fleas & syringed fed he showed little improvement & the fear was he wouldn’t survive. Microscope samples lead to diagnosis of both lung worm & roundworm so treatment continued.
Turned out Kiwi was a fighter & finally on the 12 July 2024 Kiwi was collected from Hogwinkles & released with a sleep house & support feeding at the allotments.