Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the
garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
In article m, Tim
Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at"@?.? writes A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? They'll eat dried cat food, but put a bowl of water nearby. Don't give them milk - they can't digest it easily and it's bad for them. You can also try dried fruit. Avoid the fish flavoured tinned cat foods. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:43:02 +0100, Kay Easton wrote:
In article m, Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at"@?.? writes A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? They'll eat dried cat food, but put a bowl of water nearby. Don't give them milk - they can't digest it easily and it's bad for them. I've been avoiding milk for wild animaly anyway. Why would they be able to digest milk anyway? Hedgehogs are rarely seen suckling at cows' udders. ;-) You can also try dried fruit. Avoid the fish flavoured tinned cat foods. Right, thanks for the tips Kay. Dried fruit is something I'd never heard of before as an option. It'll help stop the local cats getting interested. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message s.com... A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Buy the pouches of food. Less in them. Can be resealed and kept in fridge overnight without problems. Don't know about dried foods but I know you shouldn't give them any sort of milk (Cows, goats, tinned) they can't digest the oils and fats in it and it actually makes them sick, trouble is they like the taste. HTH Dave |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
In article m, Tim
Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at"@?.? writes On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:43:02 +0100, Kay Easton wrote: They'll eat dried cat food, but put a bowl of water nearby. Don't give them milk - they can't digest it easily and it's bad for them. I've been avoiding milk for wild animaly anyway. Why would they be able to digest milk anyway? Hedgehogs are rarely seen suckling at cows' udders. ;-) You can also try dried fruit. Avoid the fish flavoured tinned cat foods. Right, thanks for the tips Kay. Dried fruit is something I'd never heard of before as an option. One youngster we had to pass to the local hedgehog hospital developed a passion for bananas. It'll help stop the local cats getting interested. Make a tunnel 4 inches high and put the food under that. Upturned cardboard box with hole cut out of side and weighted down with a brick will do as a temporary measure. An interesting extra is a 'footprint detector' - cover a piece of card with aluminium foil, use a candle to apply a layer of soot to one side, and place the food on that. In the morning you will see lots of slug tracks and hopefully some hedgehog footprints. And maybe other footprints too. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:53:51 +0100, Kay Easton wrote:
Make a tunnel 4 inches high and put the food under that. Upturned cardboard box with hole cut out of side and weighted down with a brick will do as a temporary measure. I've got a few bricks, I can knock something up. How about a section of old plastic drainpipe? That'd be 10cm, around the right size. Trim a bit off so it doesn't roll away. An interesting extra is a 'footprint detector' - cover a piece of card with aluminium foil, use a candle to apply a layer of soot to one side, and place the food on that. In the morning you will see lots of slug tracks and hopefully some hedgehog footprints. And maybe other footprints too. What a great idea. Good for my 4yo daughter, she'd wild about them but they always come out when she's gone to bed. Footprints would be wonderful. Thanks. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:17:02 +0100, Dave Painter wrote:
"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message s.com... A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Buy the pouches of food. Less in them. Can be resealed and kept in fridge overnight without problems. Don't know about dried foods but I know you shouldn't give them any sort of milk (Cows, goats, tinned) they can't digest the oils and fats in it and it actually makes them sick, trouble is they like the taste. I'm always dubious about giving milk to wild animals anyway. Unless they are youngsters and natural milk drinkers. But I don't get many stray calves in the garden thank goodness. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message s.com... A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Tim. Loads of specific info at : http://www.thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm Jenny :~) |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:19:52 +0200, JennyC wrote:
"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message s.com... A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. Loads of specific info at : http://www.thehedgehog.co.uk/diet.htm Jenny :~) Inseresting to see they eat birds occasionally, I presume they'd be fallen nestlings, or dead adults. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
I do not know about good or bad but hedgehogs love sprats - yes SPRATS.
I was pike fishing using sprats one warm February afternoon a few years ago and heard a rustling in the undergrowth behind me. The hedgehog rolled into a ball when I turned round but ate the sprat I left near his/her head end - you should have heard the chomping! Another sprat went the same way before Tiggywinkle went back to bed! Regards Ron P.S. That was the only bite I had but it made my day! |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
The message m
from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Inseresting to see they eat birds occasionally, I presume they'd be fallen nestlings, or dead adults. They eat the eggs and hatchlings of ground-nesting birds; which is why hedgehogs are being culled on Uist. Janet. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
The message m
from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Inseresting to see they eat birds occasionally, I presume they'd be fallen nestlings, or dead adults. They eat the eggs and hatchlings of ground-nesting birds; which is why hedgehogs are being culled on Uist. Janet. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:42:37 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message m from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Inseresting to see they eat birds occasionally, I presume they'd be fallen nestlings, or dead adults. They eat the eggs and hatchlings of ground-nesting birds; which is why hedgehogs are being culled on Uist. Good point. Forgot about that. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:42:37 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message m from Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" contains these words: Inseresting to see they eat birds occasionally, I presume they'd be fallen nestlings, or dead adults. They eat the eggs and hatchlings of ground-nesting birds; which is why hedgehogs are being culled on Uist. Good point. Forgot about that. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:15:56 GMT, Tim Challenger
"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote: A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Hello Tim. I missed your original post, but was wondering if you could describe the droppongs to me, as we also have some "mystery droppings" in our garden. Thanks Ian |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:15:56 GMT, Tim Challenger
"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote: A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Hello Tim. I missed your original post, but was wondering if you could describe the droppongs to me, as we also have some "mystery droppings" in our garden. Thanks Ian |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:07:51 GMT, Ian Myatt wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:15:56 GMT, Tim Challenger "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote: A few months ago I posted about trying to identify some droppings in the garden. Well a couple of uncomfortable evenings hiding near the veggie patch, the culprits have been caught red-handed - or rather - red-bummed. And yes, it was hedgehogs. A family of 3. I have been putting normal cat-food out, but only a little just to tempt them in to the garden, and as I only use such a little bit the rest often goes bad before I can use it all up. Does anyone know if they'll eat dried cat/kitten-food pellets if I mix them with a bit of water or milk or something? Is it good/bad for them? Hello Tim. I missed your original post, but was wondering if you could describe the droppongs to me, as we also have some "mystery droppings" in our garden. Ian, They look a little like a small, thin black-pudding. Quite firm, and not squishy or runny. They were black, around 4" long (somethimes shorter) and tapered at one end and more or less straight, not curled or piled up. Around as thick as my little finger, or a bit more than a pencil. On closer examination when dried you can sometimes make out fragments of beetle carapaces - which can make them look shiny when dry. But this isn't always easy too see, especially if they're fresh. It seems that normally HH droppings are a little smaller, and that caused a bit of discussion. If they are large and the tapered end is pointing up then it might be a fox, someone said. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
Thanks everyone for your helpful information.
After not having seen Mrs Tiggywinkle for ages, she was spotted after gobbling up the food the other night. It was the first time my 4yo daughter had actually seen a live one (only roadkill so far), she was over the moon. I think I have a regular visiting youngster now, the adults seem to have moved away or died. Thanks again. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
Suspected Hedgehog droppings from a couple of months ago
The message
from (Ian Myatt) contains these words: I missed your original post, For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, most newsgroup posts are archived in www.groups/google. It's free for everyone. There's a good help section to show you how to use the archive search engine which is very simple and user friendly. In this particular instance Ian could find the past discussion by asking the search engine to look in urg and retrieve posts about hedgehog pooh", or Tim's posting history. HTH Janet. |
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