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04-01-2011, 10:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Hedgehog update
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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.
I had a tame hedgehog for some years. I fed him on cat food which I
put on a plate and I put an upturned plastic bucket over it which had
a slot cut into it, and a brick on top of that to stop it from being
knocked or blown over. As I remember the slot was about 2 cm high, 6
cm wide and the bottom lip was 2 cm above ground level, a hedgehog
could get through, but it was too narrow for a cat to get its head
through. The food was usually gone in the morning, and if I stayed up
late I sometimes saw him go in. See also
http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/
Michael Bell
I see you're a fellow RO user Michael ;-)
You're right, but how can you tell?
Michael Bell
I remember your name from the RO newsgroups and viewed your
headers.
Stephen.
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