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Homeless Hedgehogs

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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    The Spike food is under £4 a bag and lasts 2/3 weeks for us.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    ‘Our’ hedgehogs like meatbased Go Cat type kitten biscuits better than anything else ... even better than Spikes Moist hedgehog food. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    I have those for my cats! Will give them a try. Hedgehog feeding station/ hibernation home on its way. 
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    😃
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Quick update no sign of hedgehogs when clearing garden so set up feeding station and various water sources around garden . Just checked and all food had been taken from station! Re filled bowl and hoping for more visitors. Thanks all for your advice. 
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    edited April 2019
    @debs64 I hope there were crumbs left, that's a sure sign of hogs eating.
    Mine are eating me out of house and home.😄
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Out of interest, what type is the invasive grass?
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    My hogs are also eating extremely large quantities every night and you are right about the crumbs purplerallim.  Just recently we had a clean bowl and I knew that either a cat or vermin had been enjoying the hogs food. It turned out to be a cat seen later on prowling through our garden.  The hogs chew food and leave crumbs. 
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited April 2019
    Not seen any hedgehogs since last August  :'(
    I still put out food and have their accommodation ready just in case they return.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    My food has had to stay out over night as late visiting hog, but found out that the blackbirds and robins have been clearing the leftovers in the morning.🙄😄
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