Haven't seen any sign of hedgehog this year yet but I leave it to eat slugs etc, if I saw it in the garden I'd give it some wet cat food. There's no bird food on the ground just a shallow water tray.
They are the gardener's mate, so the more you feed them, the less they will clean up your garden of snails, ear-wigs and other wigglies. It's their delight to forage around for food.
My thought also. We don't feed them, we do have other helpers such as slow worms, but slugs are simply not a 'thing' in our garden now. First 5 years before the wildlife garden was really established, we had the usual problem with slugs. Past 10 years, I can grow lettuce in the open on the veg plot, won't be a slug near it.
I've had five years virtually slug free, with lots of hogs, but this year fewer hogs and more slugs, maybe its a coincidence. 😁 Or maybe the frog/toad population is down.🤔
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