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Hedgehog feeding

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    what "hot weather"???? it's like October out there.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    No litter or garden netting that they could get caught in or under. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've often read that it's debatable how many slugs hogs actually eat. 
    I suppose it also depends on the surroundings/habitat etc. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Fairygirl said:
    I've often read that it's debatable how many slugs hogs actually eat. 
    I suppose it also depends on the surroundings/habitat etc. 
    or how hungry they are?
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hostafan1 said:
    Fairygirl said:
    I've often read that it's debatable how many slugs hogs actually eat. 
    I suppose it also depends on the surroundings/habitat etc. 
    or how hungry they are?
    Quite  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    This year I'm telling the hogs to get on with it, as we have more slugs than usual,  but then I am only seeing one hog too, which is less than usual. 
    Just a question.  We have a green corridor opposite our house along which the hogs seem to travel to my garden. Recently (2/3weeks) a non resident has started bringing his boarder collie to toilet one to two times a day ( yes he appears to pick up the mess) but would the scent put hogs off using this area?
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    @purplerallim, l have never heard of this happening to be honest. Has this coincided with the hedgehogs not visiting or are they still turning up ? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Plenty of dog walking goes on in this area ... it doesn't seem to deter hedgehogs ... there are quite a few who wander all over the place.  

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





  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    It must just be coincidence then that fewer are coming this year.
  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    Fairygirl said:
    I've often read that it's debatable how many slugs hogs actually eat. 
    I suppose it also depends on the surroundings/habitat etc. 
    I've got plenty of footage from the open feeding bowl where the hogs have feasted on the food and the only thing left on the bowl when they depart is the abundance of slugs that were feeding there prior to the hogs intervention! Maybe it's just a question of steak over salad as far as the hogs are concerned and that slugs might be more 'interesting' if that was the only food on offer.
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