"aquachimp" wrote in message
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1)
Can / would a hedge hog use a cat-flap

Yes, I'm sure one could.

I encountered one of the little blokes while we were both out for a walk the
other night and it had no problem scaling quite a steep kerb at a run.

2)
If we allow it to continue on the cat food, will that be bad for it?

I don't think the hedgehog will complain! It might get a bit overweight, but
that might resolve your catflap question.

:-)

3)
If not bad for it, if we put some food out for it (we would like to
keep it and maybe the bribery would help), will it not bother with
slugs and snail anymore?

I am reminded of an NF Simpson play in which a well-meaning family offered
their left-overs to a neighbour, only to find her appetite was so great that
they had to buy more food so as to have enough left-overs to keep up with
her.

Let the little blighter eat slugs and snails, I say.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."