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Sacha wrote:

On 2010-12-19 16:02:52 +0000, said:

Interesting how long before he took his wintery nap.

I have left the hedgehog well alone, the only prints in the snow
near the hide are from cats and pigeons but they can't get to the
cat food.

Stephen.

Would it be worth putting some of that food at a distance from
Hog's Home, so as to distract the other animals from it? I
really don't know so I'd be interested to see what others know,
think, or have experienced.

The hedgehog food house is about 12 feet away from the hide, if I
lay food out elsewhere the cats will get it, although I wouldn't
mind birds getting to it but we feed them anyway as a matter of
course.

Having said that the entrance of the hide is very narrow, too
narrow for a cat to get in, I hope, can't think of a smaller
predator that visits our garden that might be a danger to the
hedgehog.

We do feel quite privileged that we have a resident hedgehog.

Stephen.


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