A word about Hedgehogs …

Hedgehogs are in serious decline and are now officially vulnerable to extinction. Prickles in a Pickle is a home-based Wildlife Sanctuary which has become busier and busier over the years, especially with sick hedgehogs.

For further information and ways to help

Help & Donations

Welcome to Prickles in a Pickle

Registered Charity Number 1189005

Our hedgehog rescue & wildlife sanctuary is located in south Dartmouth, Devon.
As a Registered Charity we rely on donations to provide essential care for the rehabilitation and safe release of Hedgehogs.

For hedgehog help and advice, telephone Judy 07891 657104 or Alan 07970 983608 between 08.30 – 20.30. Please see paragraph below for more guidance.

Wear gardening gloves if possible.  Pick up and put in a box or cat carrier lined with a towel or similar, provide another towel to cover the casualty.  Please DO NOT use leaves, grass, hay or straw.

 Bring inside your house, this is vital, DO NOT leave outside, in a shed or garage, they must be warm.  A hot water bottle or a drinks bottle filled with hand hot water and covered can be put in with the hedgehog, allow enough space for the hedgehog to get near to the heat source or move away if it needs to. 

DO NOT worry about fleas, some hedgehogs do have them they are host specific and cannot infest your home or pets.

Like all creatures who feel poorly, they need warmth, comfort and quiet.

If you have to keep over night, we recommend using your bath or shower.  Line the bath or shower tray with a towel or newspaper, put the cat carrier or a cardboard box on its side as a nesting place, put another towel or similar in the box and leave a non tippable dish of water and a dish of food, cat biscuits or food is ideal, in the bath or shower.  Call a rescue in the morning.

If the hedgehog is in obvious distress, there is an obvious wound or injury, or bleeding please contact your vet.  Ask them to contact us in opening hours which are 0830-2030 every day.

If you have disturbed a nest and you cannot cover and leave, to monitor from a distance.  Please gather up mum first and secure her, then carefully, preferably with a pair of gloves, gather up the babies and put with mum.  Put them in a safe, secure and quiet place and call a rescue.  If you have to keep over night, follow the previous instructions, no further disturbance is vital.

For hedgehog help and advice, telephone Judy 07891 657104 or Alan 07970 983608.

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If you have any old ink cartridges and would like us to recycle them for you we can do so and also earn money for Prickles in a Pickle. We have numerous collection points in different superstores so you could just leave them in our collection boxes As they say every little helps Collection boxes /drop off locations are : Tesco Lee Mill Tesco Transit Way Morrisons superstore - plymouth Natures Larder - Ivybridge Jollyes pet centre - Endsleigh garden centre Tesco Kingsbridge

If you have any old ink cartridges and would like us to recycle them for you we can do so and also earn money for Prickles in a Pickle. We have numerous collection points in different superstores so you could just leave them in our collection boxes

As they say every little helps ?

Collection boxes /drop off locations are :

  • Tesco Lee Mill
  • Tesco Transit Way
  • Morrisons superstore – Plymouth
  • Natures Larder – Ivybridge
  • Tesco-Kingsbridge
  • Sainsbury’s – Dartmouth

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WE DID IT!

We have achieved our £25,000 target! Thank you so much to our wonderful supporters. Without your generous donations and support for our events we would not have achieved it. You are all amazing!

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Our Mission:

To reduce the vulnerability to extinction for the European Hedgehog

To spread awareness of their decline in population

To encourage the public to make their gardens friendly and accessible to hedgehogs

To provide friendly and supportive advice to the public who have found a hedgehog or other animal

To provide treatment, relief of suffering and rehabilitation of animals brought to Prickles in Pickle with veterinary support

To facilitate them to return to the natural habitat

To provide suitable areas for the release of animals not able to return to the wild

To do no harm

Thanks to you we’ve already made a difference..

Hedgehog rescue interventions to date.

..but more work is needed if we are to stop the decline of our beloved hedgehog population.

With your help we cannot fail!

There are lots of ways you can support us. See our current donation campaigns below or for other ways please see donations and help.