My brother and I are so frustrated.
Since sighting our lovely hedgehog visitor during the summer months, the sightings started to lessen.
Our wildlife camera didn’t always pick up the hedgehog but it does pick up an increasing amount of neighbouring cat visitors. These annoying visitors not only eat the food and drink the water put out for our hedgehog friend but they also now uses our veggie plots as their public convenience!
I love cats but I am getting very annoyed with these ones – I know for a fact that all are well fed and cared for by their chosen families.
My brother and I attempted to make a feeding station under a prickly bush with a tiny wire mesh entrance tunnel also covered in prickly cuttings, we have also tried the wooden hedgehog feeding / hibernation homes, and various cat deterrent items …. it might put the cats off for a few days but then they are back, my concern is trying to find the right deterrent so that the hedgehog isn’t discouraged too.
So this weekend we are going to attempt to create a feeding station using as plastic box (as described on https://thehedgehog.co.uk) with the entrance near to a wall and cover my veggie patches with something robust to deter them, the aim will be to encourage all the cats to go elsewhere. Even our garden birds have stopped coming into our little garden – I am determined to win!
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