Two on the fourth.
Your Garden Hedgehogs
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It's amazing that you still have them around, Willpar. They look familiar ..... ?
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Wilpar, So sorry to hear about your poor little hedgie that was run over just as it's weight was getting right for hibernation.
I posted in November that I had taken a very tiny hedgie to Lower Moss wood (My local animal sanctuary). It was just 217 g and they took it in to over winter it. There didn't seem to be outwardly anything wrong with it, but it was out in the daylight and very small, so I took it anyway.
I called it Lucky just like Joomoo called her's. Mine was lucky as I had seen it and taken it for a chance of survival. Sadly when I phoned to check on it's progress, it hadn't made it! I had become very thin and lost more weight and stopped eating and drinking. I was surprised as it had seemed well. I had also taken a badly injured Wood Pigeon which I thought might not make it. To my surprise that one did make it and is now in the outside aviary preparing for it's release back to the wild.
I posted in November that I had taken a very tiny hedgie to Lower Moss wood (My local animal sanctuary). It was just 217 g and they took it in to over winter it. There didn't seem to be outwardly anything wrong with it, but it was out in the daylight and very small, so I took it anyway.
I called it Lucky just like Joomoo called her's. Mine was lucky as I had seen it and taken it for a chance of survival. Sadly when I phoned to check on it's progress, it hadn't made it! I had become very thin and lost more weight and stopped eating and drinking. I was surprised as it had seemed well. I had also taken a badly injured Wood Pigeon which I thought might not make it. To my surprise that one did make it and is now in the outside aviary preparing for it's release back to the wild.
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Hi Squirrel, sorry to hear the little hedgehog never made it. Can only do your best. Good that the wood pigeon has made it though.
I still have two juveniles that come into the garden, though one of them is not so regular as the other. Just the one last night, but looks fit and healthy. I see it most nights when I go out with the food. Always scampers away though. But it will notice the difference next week when winter decides to call. Not until midweek for here though.
I still have two juveniles that come into the garden, though one of them is not so regular as the other. Just the one last night, but looks fit and healthy. I see it most nights when I go out with the food. Always scampers away though. But it will notice the difference next week when winter decides to call. Not until midweek for here though.
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Hi Wilpar, I am really glad you have a couple of hedgies still coming. Last year I had a large one which never hibernated. I did keep feeding it throughout.
The food keeps going sporadically this year, so it may still be around. I just haven't seen it for a while. Of course the food might be being eaten by foxy who still comes everyday taking frozen chicken I put out. It is better that way, as it is always fresh for her and she knows what to do with it. She takes it in preference to cooked meat. Also the cats won't bother with the frozen meat. The hedgie food is on a groundfeeder tray under my ivy in the front garden and always has been. I am just going out now to check it's level. I put out dried food, peanuts, sultanas and mealworms, all of which keep fine if no visitors turn up for it. It is protected from the weather by the ivy.
The food keeps going sporadically this year, so it may still be around. I just haven't seen it for a while. Of course the food might be being eaten by foxy who still comes everyday taking frozen chicken I put out. It is better that way, as it is always fresh for her and she knows what to do with it. She takes it in preference to cooked meat. Also the cats won't bother with the frozen meat. The hedgie food is on a groundfeeder tray under my ivy in the front garden and always has been. I am just going out now to check it's level. I put out dried food, peanuts, sultanas and mealworms, all of which keep fine if no visitors turn up for it. It is protected from the weather by the ivy.
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Quick update! No food left at all on hedgie feeder! Maybe it is around (although I could smell fox quite strongly by my front door!!!).
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New one to me. Not seen marks like that before. Don't think they are painted.
