Last Thursday I came home from work to find a young hedgehog rummaging around in the grass at the back of the house. This is bit unusual as hedgehogs are normally nocturnal. There was clearly something not quite right. It ate a small bit of dog food I put down for it. Then it started to walk off, it was then I could see it had an injured rear leg; its left rear leg was dragging behind.

I had  a look on the internet for a wildlife hospital, eventually John rang round and found someone. We put it in a box with a lid with some food and water, i took it to work next day and a chap from Carsington came out and took him away. I am not sure of the outcome, but apparently if the leg is broken, they usually either amputate the limb or sadly put them to sleep.