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feeding and slugs and cars

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    I video my hedgehog ( think i have just the one) feeding each night – he eats half a tin of either cat or hedgehog wet food each night together with some dry cat/hedgehog food. I have noticed he/she completely ignores slugs at the entrance going into the hedgehog house to feed. Also if there are cats about is visits are less frequent . I have one of my videos on this sites Youtube channel

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    Hi Stedwomas

    It’s usually the really big slugs which are attracted to hog food and the hogs do usually ignore them. But they will eat smaller slugs – which I understand are the ones that do most damage to plants.

    Most hogs don’t mind cats and cats are sometimes even a bit wary of the hogs, so maybe you just have a hog which doesn’t like cats, or maybe it’s a coincidence. Or maybe the cat gets to the food first and there’s none left for the hogs. Not sure, but they normally aren’t too bothered by each other.

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    Hedgehogs are insectivores and prefer beetles and grubs to slugs. If a hog is well fed it won’t eat slugs at all (which is a good thing as slugs can carry rat lungworm that is a major issue if a hog contracts it from eating them).

    Blackbirds and thrushes are best suited for removing slugs from your garden, so encourage them as well.

    I discourage cats by physically chasing them off when seen throughout the day so that they become wary of coming to my garden in the first place.

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