We live in large town and we have been here 25 years and I have been feeding hedgehogs for about 13 years with no problems. We’ve never seen a badger anywhere near our house and any suitable habitat is quite a distance away.
I released a hedgehog that came back from rescue 4 weeks and she’s been visiting my feeding station and most of the time now the only hedgehog visiting with occasional visits from a larger hedgehog.
It was windy on Sunday morning and I hurried out the front of my house to rescue something that had blown away and discovered a gruesome sight. I recognized our little hedgehog but I couldn’t believe what I saw. All the descriptions of what a badger does to a hedgehog are completely accurate. I couldn’t believe we’d had a visit from a badger but sifting through the videos on the doorbell camera and I found quite quickly.
It visited again last night and I realized that it was able to squeeze under the gate even though the gap is narrow, based on the time between arriving and leaving. Fortunately it appears that it didn’t find anymore hedgehogs as I decided to check the hedgehog houses (the lid of one was askew despite the bricks on top) and all were empty. I have decided to remove the food from my feeding station for the time being and I have blocked the gap under my gate. The hedgehogs know other entrances but I hope they stay away at the moment.
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