Hi Ghunter9
Don’t worry, if the hogs wanted to use the box being used for feeding, for nesting in, they would likely just start building a nest on top of the food!
It might be useful for you to have another box, so they had a choice, but some hedgehogs decide not to hibernate at all. If they don’t hibernate, just keep providing food and water for them. Maybe a bit more food than usual as they will be relying on it more, with less wild food around.
But to build a nest, it’s really important that they have lots of material around which they could build a nest with. i.e. medium sized leaves, long grasses, etc. A box is really only a structure within which they can build a nest. They would still need to build that nest within any box.
Good luck with the hogs – hope they all do well.
