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Post by grindle on Sept 17, 2020 3:59:40 GMT
 guess they're top heavy |
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Post by SueA on Sept 17, 2020 7:09:29 GMT
Aww, he's like a little football, no wonder he rolls over!  |
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Post by SueA on Dec 10, 2020 9:27:08 GMT
I hadn't seen our resident hedgehog for a few days & thought he was hibernating but he must have woken up & felt a bit hungry yesterday as he came out in the afternoon when it was still daylight looking for food. He looks healthy but has a few nasty ticks around his head. I let him snuffle around eating for a while & then popped out to put some more food down & found him hiding under the buddleia near the food trays, he wandered off back to the end of the garden to go back to sleep afterwards.   |
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Post by Cherry on Dec 10, 2020 13:42:55 GMT
It is a beautiful hedgehog and looks healthy. Do the ticks have to be left SueA? |
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Post by grindle on Dec 11, 2020 4:33:44 GMT
I guess the rise in temperature tempted him out, he looks a good size
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Post by SueA on Dec 11, 2020 9:44:11 GMT
He does look healthy & a good size, if he looked poorly I would try & take him to a rescue centre. I think a lot of them carry ticks Cherry & as long as the hedgehogs are healthy & don't get overloaded with them they can cope, the rescue centres do take them off when they take them in but you have to be careful to get the mouthparts out. I remember years ago when our boxer dog got one on her chest & I'd never seen one before & thought it was some kind of growth & took her to the vet who removed it & showed me the nasty little thing! |
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Post by lesley on Dec 15, 2020 9:44:29 GMT
Lovely pictures Sue, we haven't seen ours since next door moved in grrr  |
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Post by Cherry on Dec 15, 2020 9:49:31 GMT
My son’s vet partner looked at your hedgehog SueA and thought he looked good. lesley why would that be? Is it because they are too lively over his quiet place? |
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Post by SueA on Dec 16, 2020 9:01:39 GMT
Thanks Cherry that's good to know. I'm still putting food out in the late afternoon in case he's still waking up hungry but haven't seen him lately. |
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Post by daitheplant on Dec 17, 2020 19:41:37 GMT
Apparently, the Hedgehog population has gone from 30 million to less than 1 million in the last 50 years.
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Post by SueA on Mar 16, 2021 9:30:19 GMT
Our hedgehogs have woken up from hibernation around here, there were 2 together in the garden last night. I'd put the camera out because there was something that looked like fox poop on top of a tussock of grass but didn't get a pic. of it only the hedgehogs & a couple of cats but the wildlife is definitely feeling spring-like. This little male hedgehog was either trying to ride a bike or wishing there was a step up onto the food table! |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 16, 2021 9:45:34 GMT
Our hedgehogs have woken up from hibernation around here, there were 2 together in the garden last night. I'd put the camera out because there was something that looked like fox poop on top of a tussock of grass but didn't get a pic. of it only the hedgehogs & a couple of cats but the wildlife is definitely feeling spring-like. This little male hedgehog was either trying to ride a bike or wishing there was a step up onto the food table! Awwww cute. I don't know whether I've got hedgehogs in my new flat. I'll have to dig the trail camera out and set it up !
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Post by grindle on Mar 17, 2021 4:39:58 GMT
Lovely picture SueA nice to see them back in the garden |
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Post by SueA on May 29, 2021 8:54:04 GMT
Not a good photo as I took it through the windows whilst O.H. held a torch for light but this is Edmund Hillary the hedgehog - it has somehow climbed up the pots on the patio to get into the top of this one to eat the peanuts & black soldier fly larvae which I'd put there for the woodmouse & sparrows who potter around there!  |
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Post by ladybird on May 29, 2021 9:35:35 GMT
Oh, I didn`t know about the ticks, poor things .
I haven't seen my hedgehog for several years now though there have been several sightings of a very large one and a smaller one with in my estate. Last year one of my neighbours, about 6 houses away, told me she found one in her garden and put it in a box releasing it in a grassy area at the end of our estate but she sighted one recently and thinks it may have come back. I`ll have to figure out hoe to rig up my outdoor camera.
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