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.
What to Do if you Find a Hedgehog
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
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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..
..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.