I do but they’re nowhere near this comfortable with humans. They curl into a ball and don’t move for ages until you leave.
Aww that’s amazing! We have sporadic hedgehog visitors but I’m not aware of any residents! What’s the hedgehog’s name OP?
This summer we started letting our cat stay out overnight, it’s what he seems to want so we fed him in the garden. One evening we were sat out with him having cocktails and heard some rustling in the hedge, near to where his food bowl is. We expected another cat was eating some of his food, however, it was a huge ‘hog.
Unfortunately for me the last hedgehog I saw was left in the middle of the road for three weeks. I saw it first when it was “Fresh” and then later “not so fresh”. A bit sad really.
Adorable.
They like wet cat food too.
I had one living in my caravan for a few nights. Found him out in the daytime when I was a groundsman, he wasn’t very well. Couldn’t curl Up into ball which is a sign they’re a bit weak.
Gathered him up into a cardboard box with some straw and dog food, stoked up the wood burner and plonked him next to it. Made sure it was banked up enough so it didn’t go out during the day!
He chilled in his little box for a couple of days, started eating the dog food after the firs night once he’d thawed out a bit. 3rd night he was making such a racket I had to let him out the box and let him snuffle about the caravan! Didn’t want to let him outside as it was still frosty and he was miles from his home, so I kept tucked him back up in his straw in the morning and took him back to the woodlands I found him in.
Used to see him on the wildlife cameras occasionally 🙂
Had a hedgehog and 2 babies in front of my door last year. We got 2 old Christmas trees stacked in the garden think they use it as a shelter
Used to, not for many years now 😢
When I lived in London we had one, one night my roommate said you’re supposed to feed them cat food
Next day cat food was bought and left out , in the morning it was all gone
Next day we had 2 cats waiting at the door for more delicious free buffet
One of the cats would be at the door every day for weeks after it
I do. Although my dog isn’t keen.
Gorgeous hog, I’d love one in my garden too
Came here for snuffling and crunching – was not disappointed and bonus tappy claws on decking too! Lovely stuff OP. Thanks for sharing.
Haha hedgehogs baffle my dog. She’s a labradoodle and I’ve taken great pains to convince her that the local wildlife is NOT her friend and she should leave them be. (She got bitten by a squirrel she thought she was playing peekaboo with around a tree 😫).
She has a specific tail wag for “I’ve found a live creature!” and occasionally when she goes out for her evening wee she stands there doing this special wag and glancing over her shoulder at me to come look.
So I trudge over there, coo at her amazing dog skills as we both stare at the spiky ball she’s insisting is alive.
I have to tell her she’s very clever but it’s scared and we need to leave it alone. Then we go and stand by the back door and watch together until it eventually hurtles across the garden at 200 miles an hour.
Then we go inside and talk about it for the next twenty minutes.
This happens a lot… I long for hibernation time. 🤣
We had one back at my old place. Called him sonic (even though we found out he was a she with babies later on). Lovedncollecting words and putting them in with leftover dog biscuits we had for her.
I’m right in the country in Somerset right next to fields and woods but I haven’t seen a hedgehog in my garden or near the house even for years sadly, not anything like as many as there were at one time in my area. We do have a young badger though that comes every night and eats the bits of bird food from the ground under the feeders, the cats sit and watch him and he digs little holes in the lawn somewhat annoyingly but he’s very handsome and seems like a nice little chap.
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I wish I did! So bloody cute
I do but they’re nowhere near this comfortable with humans. They curl into a ball and don’t move for ages until you leave.
Aww that’s amazing! We have sporadic hedgehog visitors but I’m not aware of any residents! What’s the hedgehog’s name OP?
This summer we started letting our cat stay out overnight, it’s what he seems to want so we fed him in the garden. One evening we were sat out with him having cocktails and heard some rustling in the hedge, near to where his food bowl is. We expected another cat was eating some of his food, however, it was a huge ‘hog.
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I ain’t seen a hedgehog in years lol
Hedgepig
Unfortunately for me the last hedgehog I saw was left in the middle of the road for three weeks. I saw it first when it was “Fresh” and then later “not so fresh”. A bit sad really.
Adorable.
They like wet cat food too.
I had one living in my caravan for a few nights. Found him out in the daytime when I was a groundsman, he wasn’t very well. Couldn’t curl Up into ball which is a sign they’re a bit weak.
Gathered him up into a cardboard box with some straw and dog food, stoked up the wood burner and plonked him next to it. Made sure it was banked up enough so it didn’t go out during the day!
He chilled in his little box for a couple of days, started eating the dog food after the firs night once he’d thawed out a bit. 3rd night he was making such a racket I had to let him out the box and let him snuffle about the caravan! Didn’t want to let him outside as it was still frosty and he was miles from his home, so I kept tucked him back up in his straw in the morning and took him back to the woodlands I found him in.
Used to see him on the wildlife cameras occasionally 🙂
Had a hedgehog and 2 babies in front of my door last year. We got 2 old Christmas trees stacked in the garden think they use it as a shelter
Used to, not for many years now 😢
When I lived in London we had one, one night my roommate said you’re supposed to feed them cat food
Next day cat food was bought and left out , in the morning it was all gone
Next day we had 2 cats waiting at the door for more delicious free buffet
One of the cats would be at the door every day for weeks after it
I do. Although my dog isn’t keen.
Gorgeous hog, I’d love one in my garden too
Came here for snuffling and crunching – was not disappointed and bonus tappy claws on decking too! Lovely stuff OP. Thanks for sharing.
Haha hedgehogs baffle my dog. She’s a labradoodle and I’ve taken great pains to convince her that the local wildlife is NOT her friend and she should leave them be. (She got bitten by a squirrel she thought she was playing peekaboo with around a tree 😫).
She has a specific tail wag for “I’ve found a live creature!” and occasionally when she goes out for her evening wee she stands there doing this special wag and glancing over her shoulder at me to come look.
So I trudge over there, coo at her amazing dog skills as we both stare at the spiky ball she’s insisting is alive.
I have to tell her she’s very clever but it’s scared and we need to leave it alone. Then we go and stand by the back door and watch together until it eventually hurtles across the garden at 200 miles an hour.
Then we go inside and talk about it for the next twenty minutes.
This happens a lot… I long for hibernation time. 🤣
We had one back at my old place. Called him sonic (even though we found out he was a she with babies later on). Lovedncollecting words and putting them in with leftover dog biscuits we had for her.
I’m right in the country in Somerset right next to fields and woods but I haven’t seen a hedgehog in my garden or near the house even for years sadly, not anything like as many as there were at one time in my area. We do have a young badger though that comes every night and eats the bits of bird food from the ground under the feeders, the cats sit and watch him and he digs little holes in the lawn somewhat annoyingly but he’s very handsome and seems like a nice little chap.
Wombles!
The little crunching noises are so cute
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