Wren23, cats don’t usually bother hogs. My cats stare at the hogs and follow them around the garden, but the hogs completely ignore them, apart from once when one actually nudged my enormous tabby out the way!
Daffydill, I understand the concern about clearing parts of the garden. I must admit that I always thought people that accidentally disturbed hedgehog nests must be complete idiots, until I saw babies just outside a wild area I had been meaning to pull up for ages. I had absolutely no idea they were there, I had just the day before been building a hedgehog house next to this wild area, I must have been all but standing on the nest! They can be incredibly well-hidden, even after I knew there was a nest there I couldn’t see how there was room for it, the whole area was less than a metre square.
I also know what you mean about the small ones. One of the babies born in that nest is still visiting regularly, and despite all the food I’m putting out she seems to be growing only very slowly! It’s frustrating when you want them to get big and strong ready for the winter. Still, plenty of time yet hopefully.
