{"id":771919,"date":"2026-09-15T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771919\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:48:29","slug":"rescue-centres-see-increase-in-malnourished-hedgehogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/771919\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue centres see increase in malnourished hedgehogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boden said they were looking after 45 hedgehogs, with their usual capacity at 35.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We really are worried about them being able to keep going over the winter months. If it stays a mild winter many hedgehogs don&#8217;t even bother to hibernate and will carry on looking for food,&#8221; Boden added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An RSPCA rescue centre in Somerset has made an urgent plea for shredded paper to use as bedding, after seeing an increase in hedgehogs in need of help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tina Huntington, wildlife supervisor at the RSPCA West Hatch, said they have seen a 22% increase in hedgehog admissions this summer compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The crazy hot summer we&#8217;ve had this year has meant the ground is really rock solid, which means hedgehogs are struggling to get food this summer,&#8221; Huntington said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Their normal source of food, earth worms and slugs, they&#8217;re not able to get much this year.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boden said they were looking after 45 hedgehogs, with their usual capacity at 35. &#8220;We really are worried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-771919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}