Please watch out for them if tidying up your garden. There have been
quite a few reports of some being unintentionally disturbed. They're
not all ready to wake up yet and there's not a lot for them to forage
on, so if you do see them/disturb them, you may have to feed them. This
site gives a good idea of what to feed http://thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:45:49 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Please watch out for them if tidying up your garden. There have been
quite a few reports of some being unintentionally disturbed. They're not
all ready to wake up yet and there's not a lot for them to forage on, so
if you do see them/disturb them, you may have to feed them. This site
gives a good idea of what to feed http://thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm

I am afraid that, to my shame, I killed one on the road last WE. By the
time I saw him I had no choice but to try and straddle him with the car.
The wind of the passage must have pulled him off the ground and bounced
him off the undercarriage. Very depressing. L(



--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 2013-04-21 22:51:15 +0100, Emery Davis said:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:45:49 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Please watch out for them if tidying up your garden. There have been
quite a few reports of some being unintentionally disturbed. They're not
all ready to wake up yet and there's not a lot for them to forage on, so
if you do see them/disturb them, you may have to feed them. This site
gives a good idea of what to feed http://thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm

I am afraid that, to my shame, I killed one on the road last WE. By the
time I saw him I had no choice but to try and straddle him with the car.
The wind of the passage must have pulled him off the ground and bounced
him off the undercarriage. Very depressing. L(

Horrible for both of you but you did try to miss! Unfortunately, they
do get flattened every so often. We rarely see them here at all but
wish we did!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 27/04/2013 20:56, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:40:11 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2013-04-21 22:51:15 +0100, Emery Davis said:

On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:45:49 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Please watch out for them if tidying up your garden. There have been
quite a few reports of some being unintentionally disturbed. They're not
all ready to wake up yet and there's not a lot for them to forage on, so
if you do see them/disturb them, you may have to feed them. This site
gives a good idea of what to feed http://thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm

I am afraid that, to my shame, I killed one on the road last WE. By the
time I saw him I had no choice but to try and straddle him with the car.
The wind of the passage must have pulled him off the ground and bounced
him off the undercarriage. Very depressing. L(

Horrible for both of you but you did try to miss! Unfortunately, they
do get flattened every so often. We rarely see them here at all but
wish we did!

They are known to carry Foot & Mouth disease, but that's seldom
mentioned. It would be a tragic disaster if the campaign against
badgers were to prove ineffectual because other vectors for the
disease had been ignored and proved to be significant.


How to roast a hedgehog
Worth a read, despite the title.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...es-754940.html

In article ,
says...

They are known to carry Foot & Mouth disease, but
that's seldom
mentioned. It would be a tragic disaster if the campaign against
badgers were to prove ineffectual because other vectors for the
disease had been ignored and proved to be significant.


Are you implying here that badgers carry Foot & Mouth?
I've not seen any evidence (written ) on that!

There is a wide diversity of opinions over badgers and
bovine TB. Farmers are adamant that badgers are
responsible for the spread, and want a cull.

Others believe that modern farming methods make
animals weak and susceptible to such diseases. The
farmers are reluctant to accept that it is their
problem, caused by their methods and look on badgers
as a scapegoat.

They also quote data regarding foot & mouth being
found in badgers in ares where they were clear of the
disease before foot & mouth, but contracted it after
farms were restocked.



--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

In article ,
says...

In article ,
says...

They are known to carry Foot & Mouth disease, but
that's seldom
mentioned. It would be a tragic disaster if the campaign against
badgers were to prove ineffectual because other vectors for the
disease had been ignored and proved to be significant.


Are you implying here that badgers carry Foot & Mouth?
I've not seen any evidence (written ) on that!

Badgers are blamed for the spread of bTB; bTB is also carried by
hedgehogs (more common in NZ than UK)

Hedgehogs just have a better publicity agent than badgers :-)

http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/ques...ehogs.html#bTB

Janet

Badgers are blamed for the spread of bTB; bTB is also carried by
hedgehogs (more common in NZ than UK)

Hedgehogs just have a better publicity agent than badgers :-)

http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/ques...ehogs.html#bTB

Janet


Don't say NZ Farmers are sending their Hedgehogs over to try to disrupt
our dairy farming