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7th September 2020 at 10:29 pm
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Hi Cormac
Some foxes don’t bother hogs, but others (seemingly a minority) are known to kill them – also young foxes are thought to sometimes ‘play’ with hedgehogs and sometimes cause leg injuries. So I wouldn’t totally trust a fox and certainly wouldn’t feed hedgehogs and foxes side by side. But would try to create a fox proof area where the hogs can feed in safety.
The foxes who become specialists in killing hedgehogs apparently wait until the hogs unroll and then pounce, so in those circumstances an adult probably wouldn’t be safe either.
Good luck, I hope the foxes there are ones that leave hogs alone.