Amelia

I’m speechless about what Rocky just did. Not in a million years did I think he would get to this stage so quick ❤️

Every phone call I've taken this week has broken my heart a little bit more. So much unnecessary suffering. Please spread this information, as far and wide as you can. You may save a life. 🙏 A hedgehog *out in the open* in the day is in serious trouble and needs urgent help. Always. No exceptions. Any size. Any time. Hedgehogs are nocturnal prey animals, they have no defences in the daytime, it's deadly dangerous for them. They are designed to hunt at night, to navigate and catch insects in the dark, occupying a specific ecological niche. They are not adapted to withstand high temperatures, and their shape means they rapidly dehydrate during daylight hours. They are nocturnal animals. So they don't come out in the day simply because they're hungry, or lost, or disturbed, or to move nests, or are pregnant, or for any other trivial reason. They come out in the day because it's warmer than the night and they are feeling cold. Deadly cold. They're feeling cold because they're so sick they're starting to die, and hypothermia is a stage of dying. Blood has been redirected to the vital organs, keeping them alive as long as possible, leaving the limbs feeling cold. If you see a hedgehog like this, out in the open, in the day time, no matter how 'well' he looks, it is an emergency. Every minute counts. DO NOT put them in a box and keep them, feeding them, not calling a rescue for advice for 3 days until their agony and infection is too much for them to bear and they stop moving. DO NOT feed them then move them under a bush because you think they shouldn't be in the sun, leaving them, utterly defenceless, to be predated alive there. DO NOT take them to a vet, none of whom are trained in wildlife and will simply put to sleep even viable wild animals. Please take them to a rescue (never a vet) URGENTLY. Just Google 'hedgehog rescue near me' to find a list. More info: x.com/HedgehogCabin/…

NO WORDS. 🤝 @theTRUESPEED

COYB!!!

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@LaRedouteUK I have DMed you.

@LaRedouteUK I’m trying to find out what has happened with my order as it was due to be delivered this week but now radio silence… how do I get an update?

WHAT. A. PERFORMANCE. 🤝 @theTRUESPEED

Too cold 🥶

Just a quick one about slugs and snails, as it's still a common question (due to some recently published misinformation). Slugs and snails are the intermediate host of lungworm, so can pass this fatal parasite to any mammal that is unfortunate enough to be forced by starvation to eat them, or is contaminated by their slime trail. This includes hedgehogs - they don't have any magical protection properties. But slugs and snails are also our heros, here's why: As well as providing food for many amphibians, reptiles and birds, they protect us humans from all sorts of potentially fatal pathogens. Take bird poo for example. Birds don't wee. Any water they consume is used and absorbed by their body. This means they don't have to have a bladder, so they are lighter for flying. Instead of wee they pass pure uric acid paste with their poo (that's the white bit on top), and so their poo is water resistent. (Anyone who has tried to clean it off their car is painfully aware of this) So if it's water resistent, therefore the rain can't wash it away, why aren't we all knee deep in bird poo? Because of slugs! Slugs eat bird poo. Isn't that brilliant? Slugs and snails are decomposers that consume various organic matter, including rotting plants, dead animals, and animal droppings, finding bird poo a nutritious source of decay from which to extract nutrients from. So slugs - don't eat them, wash everything that touches them or their slime trail, but love them for being nature's most industrious clean up crew!🥰

Round 1 = Complete 🤩 🤝 @theTRUESPEED

I wrote this last year, but sadly I could've written it today and it'd still be true. We must stop this happening. Please take note, and spread this vital message far and wide. Together we must save these lost babies. x.com/HedgehogCabin/…

As we are in September now, and the start of the 'autumn orphan' baby hedgehog season, I thought I'd repost this example from last year, as a warning: "This is such a sad story, every time I think of what this poor girl has suffered, I cry. Found as a baby on the road, out in the day time, in October last year, this little hog was taken in by a lovely couple in their 70s. They rang the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (@hedgehogsociety) and asked what they should do. They were given the details of 2 local rescues. These were full, so they rang the society back and asked what they should do. "Just keep her," they were told. "Feed her and fatten her up and release her in the spring". NEVER EVER DO THIS. Trusting the society knew what they were doing, and their advice could be trusted, the couple obeyed. They kept the baby hedgehog in a 3 foot by 3 foot box, with a pile of bedding in one half, food in one corner (raw chicken and some cat biscuits, as advised by the vet they rang, again as advised by the BHPS), and the other corner for a toilet. NEVER ASK A VET FOR WILDLIFE ADVICE. This poor little hedgehog was kept in this box and grew up in it, from October to now, April. 6 months. Living in a box. The couple were so worried they were not doing the right thing, but were told all was fine by the BHPS. This week, after reading hedgehogs are up and about, they phoned the BHPS again for advice. They were told to release the hedgehog. Just like that. This baby who had known nothing but a wooden box for all her life, who was completely institutionised and had never walked more than 2 foot distance, so had no muscle tone, just put out, defenceless and utterly unprepared. The lovely couple didn't like to question the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, thinking that because of the name that they were some kind of authority on hedgehogs, but felt in their heart it was wrong, so they phoned a local rescue for advice. The rescue was, understandably, shocked and horrified to hear what had been done to this poor wild animal. They shouted at the kind couple, and made the wife cry, and the husband very upset. But still the couple persisted, and called another local rescue. This old couple are quiet, and of a generation who feel subserviant to anyone they feel has more knowledge than them, so are slow to deny suppositions or explain themselves. The second rescue didn't listen, and gave them no time to explain. She shouted at them, told them they were cruel, and that she would be taking the hedgehog from them, and they were to bring the hedgehog to her, and that she would text her address. She never did. Thankfully. But still this lovely couple, so worried and wanting to do the right thing, persevered. And called me. I explained that the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (@hedgehogsociety) is just a group of people who raise funds for research. They have no personal experience or knowledge of hedgehogs, and are NOT qualified to give advice. They keep a list of some UK rescues (some rescues, like me, choose not to be on it). The volunteers who answer the phone are not experienced or knowledgeable and should NOT give advice. All they should do is give the caller the details of rescues, who will then triage the call and advise the finder. They should NEVER have told anyone to keep a hedgehog casualty. If this little one had had lungworm or fluke she would have died a horrible, agonising death. And 98% of autumn orphans have lungworm and/or fluke. If you find a hedgehog casualty or are worried about any aspect of their health, always speak directly to a rescue. They are the frontline and will happily advise you. Just Google 'hedgehog rescue' and a list will appear in order of distance from you. Vets in the UK are not wildlife trained. They are a business for domestic animals only, who have completely different needs to wild animals. So vets know no more about wildlife care than you. A good vet will tell you this, and refer you to a wildlife rescue. Unfortunately some vets find that difficult to do, and give baseless, incorrect and often lethal 'advice'. The only place to get advice about wild animals is from a wildlife rescue or hospital. Feeding raw chicken could have killed this baby in many ways. It's so low in calcium and so high in phosphorus that had the couple not supplemented it with cat biscuits, this little baby would have been crippled and died in agony of Metabolic Bone Disease. Raw chicken can also contain deadly bacteria, like salmonella. The ONLY safe food for hedgehogs is complete cat/kitten/puppy food - one that has meat listed as the 1st ingredient. This poor girl is here now, so is safe. She has two different types of internal parasites; roundworm, and capillaria aerophila; a type of lungworm. If she had these when first taken in she would have died horribly by now. So, as she hasn't set foot outside, the parasites probably came from the food she was given (some people dig up worms from their garden, or slugs, to feed captive hedgehogs, not knowing these are intermediate hosts for all sorts of parasites). Because the arrival of food was the only shaft of light in her otherwise bleak existence, and it was impossible for her to exercise, she is overweight. Her skin is red and sore and overstretched. She is in a high state of stress; both chronic, long-term from her imprisonment, and from the huge change she has experienced coming here. I've put her in a special large pen, so while she is here being treated for her physical ailments she can get some muscle tone built up. I've called her Liberty, because that is something I am determined she will have, when mended." I'm happy to say although it took quite a few weeks, poor Liberty was successfully rehabilitated and released into a wonderful supportive garden, where she could have a gentle introduction to the big wild world. Since then her confidence has grown to the extent that she has left the garden to live truly wild, but still returns for food, to the safe trusted oasis. If you find a hedgehog of any size out in the day, please immediately ring a trusted, experienced *rescue* for advice. We are always happy to help.

a few dinosaurs were featured. Would 💯% not recommend to anyone.

@fever_uk the Jurassic World experience was an actual terrible event. We went yesterday with my 5 year old and it is not at all as described as your website as per the attached. You can not walk around at your own pace. You get trapped in rooms whilst failed / wannabe actors take

advantage of the fact you can not leave until they say so. It took 35 mins just to let us into the first area despite arriving early for our time slot. Everyone was complaining and fed up and literally could not wait to leave. The only similarity to Jurassic Park was the fact a

@fever_uk This is an absolutely dreadful exhibition with fake reviews. We went yesterday with my 5 year old and it was awful. Trapped for ages in rooms so failed actors can try to entertain you whilst you can’t escape. The only commonality with Jurassic world is it features a few dinosaurs

Out of Ideas? Step Into Jurassic World - this summer, get closer than ever to life-sized dinosaurs at Battersea Power Station. Tickets are selling fast, book now!

@GWRHelp Just to clarify this was at London Paddington not Bristol.

@ameliap40 Hi Amelia, thanks for messaging. I'm glad to hear this, and I will pass this on to the team at Temple Meads. - Noah

@GWRHelp I didn’t catch the lady’s name but whoever was on your information desk at Paddington and assisted me with catching the 15.00 train to Bristol Temple Meads, she was absolutely fantastic and helped me in a very stressful situation. Brilliant customer service.

My top British school memories: -Stabbing holes in my rubber with a compass -“The Apparatus” -Very yellow custard -A long wooden pole with a hook to open high windows in the assembly hall -Give me oil in my lamp keep me burning -Bringing toys and games in on the last day -Forgetting to wash my PE kit and it festering in a bag with a wet towel -Often being covered in mud -Copying homework on the bus -Five Alive and Um Bongo -The “computer room” -Pepsi Can pencil case -Smell of TCP -That one teacher who every now and then would explode with anger and go absolutely crazy, but was mostly very calm otherwise -Ink everywhere -Woolworths at lunch -£5 notes in Walkers crisps -Conkers -Wet look gel -Lynx -Pogs and Tazos -Swinging back on chairs (“you’ll fall back and split your head open!”) -Glue guns and Bunsen burners -Kickers -Oxbow Lakes -Footballs going on the roof -Wrapping text books in paper -Jumpers for goalposts