Hi Leon, I think you will find that someone has been ‘marking’ your hog to make it easy to identify him! We know that hedgehogs all look remarkably similar so people spray them or mark them to be able to tell them apart. Nic will tell you that it’s quite unnecessary as – with patience – it is possible to recognise individuals (but TBH I haven’t managed it!!) but marking them can make them more obvious to predators – some people even use luminous paint – and there is also a suggestion that marking makes them less attractive to other hogs for mating! My view is that we are lucky to have them at all and I don’t really care whether one comes several times a night or if the visits are all unique. If I see two – or very occasionally three – at once its a bonus!
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