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Post by SueA on May 13, 2015 10:37:41 GMT
It's lovely when you actually see them isn't it peony , I've only seen ours 'in the flesh' a few times at night so far but there appear to be a couple of different ones coming almost every night on the cameras, they don't seem keen on snails though, there is an enormous snail which has been caught on camera a few times with the hedgehog walking straight past it ignoring it! |
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Post by peony on May 13, 2015 12:19:03 GMT
It's lovely when you actually see them isn't it peony , I've only seen ours 'in the flesh' a few times at night so far but there appear to be a couple of different ones coming almost every night on the cameras, they don't seem keen on snails though, there is an enormous snail which has been caught on camera a few times with the hedgehog walking straight past it ignoring it! I don't think they like the large snails SueA, I noticed last year the broken snail shells I saw around the garden were from small snails and on one occasion when we saw the hedgehog eating the food pellets there was also a large snail eating one as well, the hedgehog ignored it completely  |
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Post by SueA on May 15, 2015 19:46:55 GMT
I think our hedgehogs must be too well fed peony , I've seen ours on the camera with a great big slug & a snail, think it prefers 'Spike's Dinner' nibbles. |
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Post by peony on May 15, 2015 20:33:00 GMT
I think our hedgehogs must be too well fed peony , I've seen ours on the camera with a great big slug & a snail, think it prefers 'Spike's Dinner' nibbles. You could be right SueA, I didn't get round to putting the hedgehog pellets out yesterday evening before I went to my garden club meeting and when I got home just after 10pm OH said "the security light kept coming on, you forgot to feed the hedgehog and he's been running around the patio looking for his food" |
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Post by SueA on May 16, 2015 7:35:43 GMT
Aww, it'll probably be knocking on the door next peony ! |
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Post by Cherry on May 16, 2015 9:51:08 GMT
That is amazing and peony's comment really made me laugh. I did not even know there was special commercial food for hedgehogs. Must tell a flying friend this on Monday as he showed me his hedgehog box in Ely. |
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Post by peony on May 16, 2015 14:37:21 GMT
That is amazing and peony's comment really made me laugh. I did not even know there was special commercial food for hedgehogs. Must tell a flying friend this on Monday as he showed me his hedgehog box in Ely. I buy my Hedgehog food from Tesco Cherry, it's £1.99 per bag of pellets which last quite a long time. Its a lot easier than tins of dog food and cheaper  |
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Post by SueA on May 17, 2015 7:06:55 GMT
My hedgehogs like the £1.99 Tesco pellets best too peony, I get the 'Spike's dinner' ones sometimes if I'm in one of the garden centres & they're on offer at £4.99 for a bigger pack. They do packs of semi-soft nibbles which are a bit more expensive(about £6.99 I think) & little trays of 'Spike's' dinner in foil trays too Cherry like those posh cat foods - usually about 99p each!  Our hedgehogs aren't fussy though & will eat anything put down for the birds too especially the dried mealworms. |
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Post by Cherry on May 17, 2015 10:23:44 GMT
I will see this man on Tuesday when he comes to fly with my husband. Thanks for all the good information.
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Post by peony on May 28, 2015 15:30:40 GMT
For the last 3 nights I've had 2 hedgehogs visiting and needed more food for them, went to Tesco and they have stopped selling it  Tried my nearest garden centre but they don't stock it. Found it on-line at Amazon but they only sell it as an 'add-on' so I'd have to spend £20 on something else to get it. SueA, I've got mealworms I can put out but not sure whether suet nibbles are OK for hedgehogs? Also will sultanas be suitable? I don't want to put out cat/dog food as too many cats around here. The hedgehogs pellets were ideal because the cats ignored them. |
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Post by SueA on May 28, 2015 19:07:17 GMT
You must have choosy cats peony, I've seen them on camera nibbling the hedgehog food at night here!  It's a pain if Tesco have stopped selling it, I haven't been in the big store here for a while to see if they still have it. The last 'Spike's' food I got was from a pet & garden centre which is part of the Wyevale chain but you don't see it in many garden centres. I put food out for the birds & hedgehogs at the same tiime at night & I think the hedgies eat sunflower hearts & the odd suet nibble. They also like chopped up plain peanuts & I think sultanas are fine & bits of chopped apple & mild cheddar cheese as well. |
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Post by daitheplant on May 28, 2015 19:39:42 GMT
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Post by SueA on May 29, 2015 7:21:47 GMT
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Post by peony on May 29, 2015 9:56:01 GMT
You must have choosy cats peony, I've seen them on camera nibbling the hedgehog food at night here! It's a pain if Tesco have stopped selling it, I haven't been in the big store here for a while to see if they still have it. The last 'Spike's' food I got was from a pet & garden centre which is part of the Wyevale chain but you don't see it in many garden centres. I put food out for the birds & hedgehogs at the same tiime at night & I think the hedgies eat sunflower hearts & the odd suet nibble. They also like chopped up plain peanuts & I think sultanas are fine & bits of chopped apple & mild cheddar cheese as well. More likely over-fed SueA, some of them look overweight Thanks for your suggestions for different foods, I tried adding a few suet nibbles, sultanas and mealworms to last night's food and its all disappeared Thanks also for the Arkwildlife website, I'll probably give their dried food a try if I can't get any locally next week. |
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Post by SueA on Jun 20, 2015 20:22:56 GMT
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Our hedgehogs aren't fussy though & will eat anything put down for the birds too especially the dried mealworms.
Tried my nearest garden centre but they don't stock it. Found it on-line at Amazon but they only sell it as an 'add-on' so I'd have to spend £20 on something else to get it. 
It's a pain if Tesco have stopped selling it, I haven't been in the big store here for a while to see if they still have it. The last 'Spike's' food I got was from a pet & garden centre which is part of the Wyevale chain but you don't see it in many garden centres. I put food out for the birds & hedgehogs at the same tiime at night & I think the hedgies eat sunflower hearts & the odd suet nibble. They also like chopped up plain peanuts & I think sultanas are fine & bits of chopped apple & mild cheddar cheese as well.
