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Grumpy hedgehog
Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by
a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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Grumpy hedgehog
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from "Charlie Pridham" contains these words: Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) How interesting... Talking fo hedghogs - I went to visit my daughter this afternoon and found a hedgehog on the grass in the sun next to her front path. It did not look at all well and certianly made no attempt to curl up or move away. We tried putting a dish with some water in next to it but no response so I rang the RSPCA who said they would send someone. Unfortunately we had to go out, first to collect my grandaughter from school and then shopping. After the school run we discoverd the hedghog had moved closer to the house, but still exposed. After the shopping trip it was missing altogether but of course we don't know if it made it's way home or if it had been collected. I wish I had stayed around now to keep an eye on it. It was not responsive to people, just opened and shut its eyes a few times and looked like it was having difficulty keeping it's head up. A neighbour suggested that with the wet weather it may have eaten too many poisoned slugs and of course it's home may have been flooded out. Beryl |
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Grumpy hedgehog
"Charlie Pridham" wrote ... Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) It's only when you have an encounter like that that you realise why the got the name Hedge-hog, they sound just like a pig. The first time I heard them was when two were having a right barny in my garden late at night and I went to investigate, rather nervously. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote ... Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) It's only when you have an encounter like that that you realise why the got the name Hedge-hog, they sound just like a pig. The first time I heard them was when two were having a right barny in my garden late at night and I went to investigate, rather nervously. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK Met it again last night on our way around the garden at 7pm still sunny, and again it saw off the dog and made us feel like trespassers in our own garden! No sign of the young, but I have several hedgehog "houses" hidden around the garden so I expect they are not far away. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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Grumpy hedgehog
"Beryl Harwood" wrote in message ... The message from "Charlie Pridham" contains these words: Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) How interesting... Talking fo hedghogs - I went to visit my daughter this afternoon and found a hedgehog on the grass in the sun next to her front path. It did not look at all well and certianly made no attempt to curl up or move away. We tried putting a dish with some water in next to it but no response so I rang the RSPCA who said they would send someone. Unfortunately we had to go out, first to collect my grandaughter from school and then shopping. After the school run we discoverd the hedghog had moved closer to the house, but still exposed. After the shopping trip it was missing altogether but of course we don't know if it made it's way home or if it had been collected. I wish I had stayed around now to keep an eye on it. It was not responsive to people, just opened and shut its eyes a few times and looked like it was having difficulty keeping it's head up. A neighbour suggested that with the wet weather it may have eaten too many poisoned slugs and of course it's home may have been flooded out. Beryl We have a lot of Hedgehogs and occasionally find them like you describe, we have a friend in the village who is a vet pathologist and he has determined that they have often been struck glancing blows by vehicles, but occasionally have a respiratory disease. Always sad to see, but the one in question was in rude good health and willing to take on all comers! -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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Grumpy hedgehog
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote ... Couple of days ago I went to the wood pile in the barn and was confronted by a Hedgehog, not unusual in itself as they often hibernate in there, but this one did not freeze or roll up but kept advancing snorting as it came. Fair enough I thought and retreated! Next day I made another trip to get what I had gone for previously, and met the Hedgehog again, hell of a racket was going on and I realised it was a mum feeding babies, out in the open, most unusual to see them so young, normally we don't get to see them until mum takes them on patrol, and I have never been sure where they nest. I did not have the nerve to disturb them again with the camera and I think they have now moved elsewhere as I have now retrieved the box I was after and there is no more noise. :~) It's only when you have an encounter like that that you realise why the got the name Hedge-hog, they sound just like a pig. The first time I heard them was when two were having a right barny in my garden late at night and I went to investigate, rather nervously. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK Met it again last night on our way around the garden at 7pm still sunny, and again it saw off the dog and made us feel like trespassers in our own garden! No sign of the young, but I have several hedgehog "houses" hidden around the garden so I expect they are not far away. how have you constructed your hedgehog 'houses'? rob |
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Grumpy hedgehog
"George.com" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Met it again last night on our way around the garden at 7pm still sunny, and again it saw off the dog and made us feel like trespassers in our own garden! No sign of the young, but I have several hedgehog "houses" hidden around the garden so I expect they are not far away. how have you constructed your hedgehog 'houses'? rob They are made of that plastic stuff they sometimes make cardboard fruit boxes from, bent to make a half tube then covered with bits of stick/logs so you cant see it. Just helps to make things dry and they seem to like them. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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