Hi Sweary
It’s lovely to hear about the hogs there – sounds like endless fun watching them! It’s great that you’ve had a succession of hoglets, even if some sound a bit prone to getting into trouble!
It’s possible some of the smaller hogs are last years young. I found, here, when I was studying them more carefully some years ago, that the young males tended to gradually move on but the females tended to hang around. The dominant male didn’t stay dominant for more than a couple of years so it all seemed to make sense to avoid inter-breeding.
Norma sounds a real character – fingers crossed for more hoglets this year. Let us know how things go.
Good luck and happy hog watching!
p.s. Hogs will eat slugs, but the smaller ones. The big ones are a bit too difficult for their little mouths.
