Hi 3Huts
The thing to remember is that hogs have quite large ranges – the males ranges larger than the females – so they could be spending some time in other parts of their ranges. But if the female(s) was/were pregnant she may be having hoglets in a different part of her range and not want to move too far away from her young ones. Even any other males may have been attracted by the presence of a female so be spending more time in other parts of their ranges.
I always found that the females were more reliable visitors (except for when they were having hoglets, when they might go missing for a couple of weeks but then return) with the males a bit less reliable (although there was usually a dominant male who visited more regularly) Some hogs always tend to disappear and people always get worried about it, but many of them eventually return.
Hopefully one day one or other of the hogs there will return, maybe with some hoglets in tow. But in the meantime, don’t worry about Harry, he won’t mind. They probably all went their separate ways when they left your garden anyway. Hedgehogs are naturally solitary animals and, in effect, we are encouraging them to change their behaviour by attracting them to feeding stations.
Good luck. Hope for some good news soon.
