[babe]

1.30 this morning i was awoken by a funny scraping sound.

thinking one of he girls had gotten out, i went to investigate.

there on the doorstep this is what i found, eating the cat food i pop out every evening for a cat that doesnt seem to have a home of his own.

i sat watching this little fella eat for ages, lovely

[SnooziSuzi]

AW!!!     How Cute!

Have you got somewhere it can make as a nest for winter with leaves & twigs; your compost heap maybe?  Would be a good ally in the garden throughout the winter!

[Selkie]

awww i want one!

[Aunt Sally]

And cat food is perfect for them  

[babe]

AW!!!     How Cute!

Have you got somewhere it can make as a nest for winter with leaves & twigs; your compost heap maybe?  Would be a good ally in the garden throughout the winter!

will see what i can make tomorrow. i have lots of leaves i can pile up. will that be ok?

[babe]

awww i want one!

try putting out cat food, like aunty say's. it really ate well. i had a look around on the web and it says cat or dog food put out at dusk will attract them.

and sorry for putting a hedgehog ina poultry forum but i thought it was cute so shared it

[Aunt Sally]

Don't forget if you feed wildlife you take on responsibility for them.  If you stop they may starve !

[SnooziSuzi]

will see what i can make tomorrow. i have lots of leaves i can pile up. will that be ok?

yep and if you can get some twigs too to support the leaf 'roof' then all the better.  Just make sure that the kids don't take it for firewood next month otherwise he'd be evicted.

A lot of hedgehogs unfortunately make nests out of bonfire sites near to November 5th because people start piling up the firewood early and they think it's hedgehog heaven.  Well, for some of them it is after that  :cry:

It's a fallacy that hedgehogs hibernate all winter too; they come out when they are hungry and go back again for a snooze.

[babe]

no problem there, i dont have children. and my neices and nephews wont be allowed to touch it.

im now imagining a little hedgehog tee pee - must be mad.

thanks for the advice suzi.

[Fat Hen]

Check out hedgehog preservation society:- http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/.

For advice on all aspects hedgehoggy.

Keep feeding the cat food, it'll stand a better chance of surviving the winter.

I could do with a few, not seen one in garden for a couple of yrs, and we're infested with slugs n snails.

[noshed]

I was woken up by 7 of them indulging in some sort of mating ritual in my back garden once. I can see why they call them hogs, they were quite noisy.

[lucyeff]

I was woken up by 7 of them indulging in some sort of mating ritual in my back garden once. I can see why they call them hogs, they were quite noisy.

Sounds like Wakefield on a Saturday night      :shock:

[babe]

I was woken up by 7 of them indulging in some sort of mating ritual in my back garden once. I can see why they call them hogs, they were quite noisy.

     

a hedgehog orgy - now ive heard everything lmao

[muntjac]

watch out for fleas on ya cats n dogs these * is full of em and also not wishing to be a party pooper but they will kill chicks n chickens setting eggs

[littlefeat]

how wonderfull

ive not seen any in years, there were tons in worcestershire when i lived there, but up in staffordshire ive not seen any, and i live in a very green area, by a large park and open land  

littlefeat