Hi Nic, I bought 2 Hedgehog houses from Amazon as I have 2 visiting Hedgehogs. I placed a Rubber car mat underneath both houses to protect the bottoms from damp and cold as they are on garden slabs…..covered them in 2 plastic tableclothes, then placed another Rubber car mat on the top. ( I had filled each house 3/4 ‘ s with a mixture of soft meadow hay and leaves )… They are both situated against a fence in my small 12ft x 6ft garden…..With all the gales and relentless storms I bought 2 lots of tarpauline last week and have place them over both houses and the tarpauline extends approx 2ft out from the houses, so I can still feed them underneath the tarpauline. which is about 1 brick high. I have nailed one side of the tarpauline to the fence and the other side is firmly held down…I can place the dishes of food and water underneath the tarpauline so all remains dry…..They have been eating chicken flavoued grain free cat biscuits so far every night and lots of water…but I read somewhere not to give them suet balls or seeds, but I have just seen a photo of a hedgehog eating a suet seed ball, is it ok to do this ??? and would they eat sweet apples quartered as a fruit ??
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