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On 30/11/2010 17:04, wrote:

Any thoughts on the hibernation being perhaps too late for this
particular hedgehog or should I not be concerned?

Stephen.

Hedgehogs should be in hibernation now, if not they probably won't survive.
I had a small one (this years young) wander down the garden last week to
the back door and ate the food I had left out for the cat, this was
about 2pm.
The following day it returned around 1pm for another feed so boxed it up
and took it to Tiggywinkles near Aylesbury, they confirmed that it would
not have survived so it will be overwintered there then released in the
spring.
Reading their newsletter they overwintered over 500 of them last year.

The hedgehog I saw is adult size so it may survive, however I'll
leave the cat food out in the feeding house just incase.

Food house pictured here;http://stephen.hull.mediacave.co.uk/...foodhouse3.jpg

Stephen.

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Stephen,
Great work with HH. I built an HH home a few years ago but have had
little success.
How large are the cut-outs in your food house/box ?
Was this a guess or is there guidance available for big enough for HH,
too small for cats ?
Rob