Hedgehogs have disappeared
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Agree. we had 4 visiting 1 taken to Hedghog hospital they had to amputate a leg so they took in him to take care and look after. Been 2 years know left food out but no hedghog.
So after 5 days with no hedgehog activity we have had a visitor again at the feeding station! The hog didn’t eat a great deal and has now disappeared again it seems, as it didn’t return to the station last night. I am wondering if someone nearby is offering a better menu than my hedgehog kibble or if there are more beetles about so supplementary feeding isn’t wanted? Putting this up here as reassurance to others that sometimes hogs come and go so don’t automatically despair if your sightings have dropped off . Fingers crossed my little visitor has another turn around in my garden before hibernating.
Hi all,
New hedgehog obsessive since seeing one in our garden this month. Herbert has been visiting each night so far and I wondered what was normal hedgehog behaviour. Trail cam has shown he/she visits up to 12 times a night and spends 10-20 at the feeding station.
They will head off and be back sometimes 10-20mins later. Could they be feeding young with how often they visit? Or is this normal? He/she also drinks a huge amount of water. Just keen to hear your stories and learn what’s normal hog behaviour?Hi Jralph7,
Great to hear you’ve sighted a hedgehog in your garden and can check activity with a camera. For the hedgehogs that visit my garden, the feeding hut visits range from a few minutes to 45 (!) minutes with a few visits per night. The later in the night, the shorter the visits (probably because the food has mostly been eaten by then!). However, I have seen instances of snacking behaviour (short visits 5 or 6 times a night) which last for up to a week. They do like a drink! Now it has turned much colder, there are nights when no food is taken – quite a few missed nights lately. Last winter, there were only two nights on which food wasn’t taken. If no food is being taken, I reduce the amount to about 10g of kibble and check, just before I go to bed, to see if that’s gone in which case I put out more. In frosty weather, I tack an insulating sheet to the underside of the feeding hut roof – seems to stop the bowls of water freezing!
Best wishes to you and your hedgehogs,
SamHi Sam, thanks so much for your reply. We’ve now realised we have two hedgehogs visiting the feeding station! So it wasn’t just the one I was seeing each time! That’s reassuring about their visiting pattern and not coming some nights, so I’ll continue to put food out. All the the best to you and your hogs too! 🙂
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