I certainly find them fascinating. I think I have seen every type of behaviour in my garden & my camera has sound as well, so get to hear the snuffing. I have seen a few vicious fights, but as you say most are just nudging or rolling the other across the lawn.
I think a scent trail has got be the logical way as I can’t see this many hedgehogs all finding the food across a tarmac car park & coming under my front gate as pot luck, especially as I seem to be getting more & more hedgehogs each week.
My camera took 68 videos which are 30 seconds long last night & none of the hedgehogs seem to enter or leave together, they are all so independent & haven’t even seen any little ones with a mother, but quite a few juveniles I think!
I have just replaced the batteries to the camera tonight (they don’t last long with so many clips) so it will be interesting to see how many come back tonight. I only have 3 feed bowls filled to the brim, but have found an additional water bowl which I have put out…. hopefully these will last until the morning (otherwise its a 2am re-fill for me during the night again!!)
Forum
Register and log in to gain access to our forums and chat about everything 'hedgehog'!
Thank you for looking to contribute to the Hedgehog Street forum. Please note that when submitting replies or posts, these are run through our spam-checkers, so there may be a slight delay in your posts appearing, and reflecting in the forum post details below. However, if you think anything has gone awry please contact us.
The views and opinions expressed in this forum do not necessarily represent the views of PTES or BHPS.
