Dear Nic,
Thanks so much for your advice and kind words. I’m so glad you think the boxes may still be suitable. I took the view that it doesn’t matter too much if there’s a few drips in the tunnel as long as the nest chamber is mostly dry. I had put the minimum of bedding in but left plenty outside so they could move it in as required. I will collect some leaves for them when the trees start to drop them. And it’s nice to know that my waterproofing may benefit the hogs that are less gifted at nest building. I would have thought it would be the hoglets that struggled, not having much prior experience, but from your story about the hoglet, that’s clearly not the case. Good to know they sometimes switch nests as well, I had thought I’d taken it a bit far when I had six houses and only three hogs that regularly visit. But I wanted them to have options, plus some more might turn up, like the mother hog who nested here in the summer, and now you’ve said they might switch nests so it’s great to have alternatives ready and waiting.
