Hi Nfcb
I don’t think there is anything you can really do to stop mice eating the hog food, but I do wonder whether it’s the mice that’s eating all of it. I often have mice here and they do as you described, but it really is a very small amount of food they are taking. So I can understand how they could empty what the hedgehog left behind, but not so much that they could eat all the food before the hog got there – unless there are hoards of them! I suppose you are sure they are mice, not rats? What are you feeding?
If you hadn’t said that you had tried a night cam, I would have suspected that it was a cat finishing the food, because if a bowl of food is left empty cats are usually the culprits. Although, even birds will finish off hog food early in the morning, depending on what food you use. How long did you leave the camera out for?
I think, maybe, you need to do a bit more investigating.
