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HEDGEHOG PROBLEM

sheenarollosheenarollo Posts: 6
in Problem solving
Please help, I have hedgehog(s) in my garden... my beautiful lawn has been ruined over £400 worth of new premium grass all brown (pee and poos) and flattened what and how can I get the hedgehog out of my garden and obviously in a human way
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    How many hundreds of hedgehogs have you got?   ;)
    It's highly unlikely they could cause that amount of damage. Have you got a photo?


    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2022
    I doubt that the damage is being caused by hedgehogs. I have never ever, in over 60 years of gardening, known hedgehogs to cause damage to a lawn … particularly during the winter when most hedgehogs are hibernating. 

    As @Fairygirl says, show us some photographs of the damage and we’ll help you find out what is going on … and then advise on sorting it out. 
    😊 

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





  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Here is a description of hedgehog poo @sheenarollo.
    https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/identify-wildlife/how-to-identify-animal-droppings/

    Please can you show a photo of a. the amount of poo and the area it covers. b. The damage that has been done and over what period of time.
    Do you have security or trail cameras showing the culprit? 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    it's NOT hedgehogs. !
    Devon.
  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    I'm curious!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I have visions of a 6ft long mutant hedgehog ripping up the lawn and "flattening" it. ( how bumpy was it before ? )
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited January 2022
    I'm also wondering what height the grass was! They might make a little flattened pathway when crossing a lawn, but it wouldn't be any kind of problem. I loved seeing the little track they made when visiting my garden a few years ago. 

    Unless we're all wrong, and @sheenarollo means it was bare ground sown with seed that hadn't yet fully germinated, apart from patches. I could see hogs digging that up looking for worms/beetles etc, but it would be very, very unusual - and quite unlikely. 
    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'm also wondering what height the grass was! They might make a little flattened pathway when crossing a lawn, but it wouldn't be any kind of problem. I loved seeing the little track they made when visiting my garden a few years ago. 

    Unless we're all wrong, and @sheenarollo means it was bare ground sown with seed that hadn't yet fully germinated, apart from patches. I could see hogs digging that up looking for worms/beetles etc, but it would be very, very unusual - and quite unlikely. 
    especially in January when they're usually tucked up asleep
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Indeed. It's far more likely to be badgers or foxes or something if the damage is severe.
    Or crow family - lots of people experiencing their action on chafers/leatherjackets etc .

    We'll just have to wait until @sheenarollo responds. I'm out of ideas  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited January 2022
    My money is on foxes or badgers. As you say, until there is more information we will have to wait and see.
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