Ardachearnbeg Cottages

11/08/2023

11/08/2023

Little Tilllymint came in yesterday but sadly passed away today 😔

She was as originally found in a field, but the finders couldn’t keep her so passed her on to a neighbour who kept her in a shoebox out in the garden overnight, and then one of our supporters offered to take her to Medivet but on route messaged me and I have just one incubator empty (as someone else had passed away that morning).

She was already floppy, freezing cold, anemic from the very high burden of ticks (maybe around 200!), and she was so dehydrated that her eyeballs had sunken in to the back of her head. She was too weak to hold her body in the curl position when I was weighing her.

Had she been given to a rescue when first found, she may have survived. But instead lifesaving injectable fluids, a sufficient heat source and the appropriate assessments were delayed.

I really do understand how frustrating it is that so many places are closed to new admissions, and they you may need to travel to get your hedgehog help. But imagine being so unwell and dependent on humans to help, and you are just handed over then handed over then handed over 😔

Please also only ever hand it over to a rescue or someone volunteering on behalf of a rescue, otherwise again it’s just denying the wee thing the appropriate veterinary support it needs 💜

11/08/2023

11/08/2023

Please note that we do not have a fleet of hedgehog ambulances to come and collect hedgehogs.

A constant misconception and I honestly think people genuinely don’t realise because of wildlife TV shows showing such transporters 😔

We are not set up the same way as RSPCA for example that have vans and paid staff to come out and collect your hedgehog. We have a small group of less than ten wonderful volunteers that can attend in genuine circumstances but they do so from their own pocket as we aren’t in the position to reimburse them mileage or even just petrol money. No one at the rescue is paid a wage nor expenses. We simply don’t have enough donations coming in for that.

Please, ask family or friends or neighbours if then can help first. Even some villages and housing estates have pages you could ask (to take to a rescue or vet directly when the rescue has confirmed they can take it).

We hear a range of reasons for not being able to transport (from genuine ones to down right indifference to saving the hedgehog’s life!) but please know our little rescue really is trying to help you… just on a much smaller budget that a lot of people realise (probably because our team is awesome and works hard to have the same professionalism and standards as that of the big boys 😁).

21/05/2023

A Scottish Highlander’s Targe (1700s) - exhibited in Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow - Until the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Scottish Highlander's main means of defence in battle was his Targe (shield). Following the Battle of Culloden, the carrying of the Targe was banned by the ‘Disarming Act,’ and many were destroyed or put to other uses. Some that remain have intricate patterns. Heraldic, plant and animal designs were common, alongside roundels, stars, solar designs and ancient Celtic inspired patterns. The central boss might be unscrewed revealing a brass cup from which the Highland Soldier could drink from. 🧡

06/06/2022

Ardachearnbeg Cottages LLP n9 longer exist as an entity