The things we do for our beloved hogs!
I keep saying to people, who want to attract hedgehogs into their garden ‘it’s not just a case of putting out a saucer of food and water each night, when they start coming, it gets way more complicated.’
But I love it though. It kind of takes over your life, but it’s enjoyable. But I did initially have a few sleepless nights over that damn fox. And now, whenever there is a video, I shut it down and delete as soon as I realise it’s the fox, cos I don’t want to see the worst scenario. I couldn’t cope with it.
Just wish he’d disappear, but looks as though he’s here to stay. And now he sniffs the entrance of the hedgehog house, which I’m deeply upset about – but what can I do. I’ve asked loads of people that work with animals for advice, and they all just said, there’s not much I can do, and just ‘it’s nature’. The only advice I got was to put urine down but I think I need something stronger like coyote urine, but apparently it’s that strong, that the hedgehogs would also clear off. Northern places in USA and Canada use it to put on fir trees, so when people steal them for Christmas, the urine starts to reek in a warm environment, and it’s that strong, people have to throw away their carpets.
So that would be proper good stuff, but it might work too well and everything will disappear from my garden.
It’s illegal to put traps down for foxes, and if you do capture one, it might even be illegal, or strongly advised not to put it in a different area, as foxes are protected too.
