Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935

Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital Charity Number: 1210935 We are a specialist rescue providing care for sick, injured & orphaned hedgehogs and now a registered charity. March and April are such months for Dotties.
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We work closely with our local vets and surrounding practices. Those unable to be released live in our disabled gardens within our grounds. ~ 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 first couple of days are a dangerous time for them. 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. 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.

👣 WE HAVE MADE THE FIRST STEP 👣 We are putting money in ourselves, applying for grants and fundraising wherever we can… ...
04/03/2026

👣 WE HAVE MADE THE FIRST STEP 👣

We are putting money in ourselves, applying for grants and fundraising wherever we can… but we can’t do it alone 💚 We have just paid around £3,500.00 of the deposit to get the ball rolling on the first set of cage units! 🎉 We need to get these in place ASAP as busy season has already started so this is an exciting first step!!! 👣

If you’d like to be part of this, you could:
🦔donate
🦔share our page
🦔hold your own little fundraiser – bake cakes, run, host a coffee morning – every pound makes a difference.

Please take a moment to read our story and support if you can:

🔗 https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/dotties-better-cages?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

🤩THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT 🤩

✨Our Special Residents Are Awake! ✨We’re so pleased to share that all of our disabled hedgehogs are now awake from hiber...
03/03/2026

✨Our Special Residents Are Awake! ✨

We’re so pleased to share that all of our disabled hedgehogs are now awake from hibernation! 💤

Over the past few days, we’ve carefully weighed each of them, and we’re happy to report that they’re all doing well.

Our hogs live in our specially designed disabled gardens, created to give them a safe, enriched, and accessible environment where they can thrive despite their additional needs. Watching them explore, sniff around, and settle back into their routines has been just lovely 🥰

We managed to get a few pics of some of them ….

🦔 It’s a BIG one for our little rescues 🦔We don’t usually make asks like this, but we urgently need to fundraise for new...
02/03/2026

🦔 It’s a BIG one for our little rescues 🦔

We don’t usually make asks like this, but we urgently need to fundraise for new cages – a huge cost for us, but vital to give the hedgehogs in our care the safe, warm, recovery spaces they deserve.

We are putting money in ourselves, applying for grants and fundraising wherever we can… but we can’t do it alone 💚

If you’d like to be part of this, you could:
✨ donate
✨ share our page
✨ even hold your own little fundraiser – bake cakes, run, host a coffee morning – every pound makes a difference.

Please take a moment to read our story and support if you can:
Thank you for always being there for our prickly patients 🦔

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Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital in Herne Bay cares for 100+ hedgehogs at any time. Our old cages are no longer fit for purpose. We’re raising funds for vet-grade enclosures to give sick and injured hogs the safe, warm recovery spaces they deserve.

02/03/2026

Go Dexter!!! 🤩⭐🤩

Not so little Charlie went off to start his new life today! From 200g to 700g, a few blips on the way and little visits ...
02/03/2026

Not so little Charlie went off to start his new life today! From 200g to 700g, a few blips on the way and little visits to the incubator but now healthy and happy and ready for a girlfriend. 🪴 🤎

02/03/2026

And the February winner is……… 🎉

🌿🦔 ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED –🦔Thursday, Friday & Sunday Mornings 💚 As we head into our busiest time of year, we’re l...
01/03/2026

🌿🦔 ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED –
🦔Thursday, Friday & Sunday Mornings

💚 As we head into our busiest time of year, we’re looking to welcome a few more enthusiastic volunteers to support our already very busy rescue team.

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE DETAILS IN THE COMMENT BELOW – THIS ROLE WON’T SUIT EVERYONE

01/03/2026

🤩🎉🤩 WOW🤩🎉🤩
We’ve only been on Vinted for ONE month and have already raised an amazing £555.00!!🎉

A huge thank you to Nikki Laidler for all the hard work behind the scenes, listing, posting, packing and everything in between. It’s a lot of effort and we’re so grateful for your time and dedication 🥰

Every penny raised is going towards our massive project ~ our new cages, which will make such a difference to the hedgehogs in our care 🦔

If you have any good-quality items you’d be happy to donate that are easy to post, we would love to hear from you as it all helps!

You can also support us by browsing and sharing our Vinted here:

🦔https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/3128199435-dottiescharitypage

And if you’d like to help directly with the new cages project, here’s the link to donate:

🦔https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/dotties-better-cages?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL

Thank you for being part of our journey and helping us give these little ones the care they deserve 💚

SOLD OUT Just 7 numbers left……. Last day before the draw 😁
01/03/2026

SOLD OUT

Just 7 numbers left……. Last day before the draw 😁

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FEBRUARY 🦔🦔🦔
If you would like to take part then we have our list of 50 numbers in the comments below and we will add your name to the list when paid.
Each number is £2.00 and we will be drawing at the end of each month.
The proceeds will, of course, be split 50/50!!

Please send payment with numbers requested & private message us your number/s after sending payment:

🦔PayPal (please send as friends & family) :
dottieslittlehoghospital@yahoo.com

🦔Dotties Little Hog Hospital
Account No: 13874136
Sort Code: 60-10-37

28/02/2026

She’s awake!!! Our little blind DFL Coconut is up and eating and looking perfect 🤩

Bye Bye Pumpkin 🎃 Another of Tracey’s little ones returned home fully grown 🏡 Pumpkin even posed for the photo!
28/02/2026

Bye Bye Pumpkin 🎃
Another of Tracey’s little ones returned home fully grown 🏡 Pumpkin even posed for the photo!

Bye Bye Catherine 👋 Back off home to our lovely Alarys now that she’s a big girl! 🪴
28/02/2026

Bye Bye Catherine 👋
Back off home to our lovely Alarys now that she’s a big girl! 🪴

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Bullockstone Road
Herne Bay
CT67NR

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+447397782292

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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...