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Hedgehog thread.
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:02 |
I would love to hear from anyone who is feeding hedgehogs in their gardens or indoors or have hedgehog boxes in their gardens or feeding stations. |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:12 |
About as much as a small horse and they wee as much too. |
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Eldrick | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:21 |
It is illegal to capture and keep a hedgehog. They are wild animals and do not take to captivity very well. Best release him back to his home. Wild animals arent there to be made into pets! |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:21 |
Mine has shredded newspaper in its bedroom and plenty of clean just on the outside if it wants more. His run bit is lined with newspapers which I get from the local shop as we only have one a week!! |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:24 |
Elrick thanks for your comment but I am only keeping it indoors to feed it up as it is under weight to get through the winter. They have to weigh at least 500 grms to 550 grms. This one is 454grms so would'nt survive the winter. Once it is the right weight I shall release it back to our 6 and a half acre garden. |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:31 |
My thought was that they sleep in grass and hay in the wild. |
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Eldrick | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:47 |
*shakes head* |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:55 |
Eldrick.There is a wildlife hospital down the road to me.They are innundated with hoglets at this time of the year and farm them out to people, |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 10:55 |
Hedgehogs are on the decline so any help with feeding them up to get them through the winter is quite ok. |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Nov 2012 11:01 |
We have had big problems with slugs this year and,if we lose our prickly friends the problem will be even greater. |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 11:05 |
Slugs and snails will only be eaten by hedgehogs if they cannot get the right kind of foods. Also if they et slugs and snails they are liable to get lung worm which will kill them through causeing their lung to get congested. |
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Sharron | Report | 28 Nov 2012 11:07 |
Have you heard about these nematodes? |
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Sue In Yorkshire. | Report | 28 Nov 2012 11:11 |
I feed the hedghogs in my garden with cat food and water. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Nov 2012 11:32 |
Survival of the fittest comes to mind. |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 12:21 |
I have hedgehog boxes in the garden with hogs in them already. |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 12:23 |
I am still feeding the ones out in the garden too. |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 28 Nov 2012 21:49 |
Nudge |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Nov 2012 22:17 |
I am sure that I saw the local wildlife site asking people to take the underweight ones in and feed them up to the correct weight to be released. They too are inundated. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 29 Nov 2012 07:01 |
Our local charity says don't let the tiny ones hibernate, but take them to the centre and they will look after them. She told me what I already knew, not to give them bread and milk or fishy catfood and to give things like digestive biscuits as well, and peanuts, anything that helps to build up the fat to help them stay alive through the cold weather. |
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Mel Fairy Godmother | Report | 29 Nov 2012 10:15 |
Morning and thanks for your replys Ann and Purple. |