Your Garden Hedgehogs

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:29 pm

Hot off the press. Two babies tonight.


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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:44 pm

Mega cute :hedgehog: :hedgehog: :love:

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:05 am

From last night.


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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:54 pm

Got home from my walk today and decided to have a look in the small patch, as a cat got up in the tree and spilt all the bird food. Mealworms, suet pellets and sultanas on the grass. To my surprise there was a juvenile hedgehog there no doubt looking for food. I scooped it up and took it indoors. Gave it a look over and could see no visible signs of injury. So put it in the cat kennel in the front room(no cat). Made up some food and put it in. Has ate all the food, so must have been hungry. Can hear scraping now and again with it trying to get out, as I blocked the entrance. Cant let it out until dark, and after I put all the food out, that will be around 9pm.

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Placido » Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:11 pm

Somehow, somehow, they all unerringly choose Willpar. Must be a sign outside, "Freecare 4 Needy Hogs". Join the queue, please ..... :)

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:02 am

Released the juvenile@ 9pm and all is well. Seen it on video next morning it seemed fine.

One from last night.


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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:31 pm

Pesky cats have been taking the hedgie food. So quickly made another from a large plant pot. Has two entrances , but was a bit of a squeeze for larger hedgehogs. Made the holes a bit larger this morning. Will see on the videos tomorrow how it pans out. Don't want large holes that a cat can put its head in.


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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by nuthatch » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:37 pm

Great videos :hedgehog: great excitement :bunny: Wiipar :hedgehog:

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:52 pm

Last night was the first this autumn when a Hog failed to make an appearance. :hedgehog: :shake: The previous night was very cold but over half the food was scoffed. I have put food out again tonight but if no-one turns up to eat it I shall desist until Spring.

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Re: Your Garden Hedgehogs

Post by Willpar » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:21 am

Still have a definite two hedgehogs visiting, could be three. One adult and one or two juveniles. Getting through two bowls of food per night.

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