Is she nesting?
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I’ve just come back off holiday for just over a week, looking in my shed, there was an awful lot of hedgehog poo in there. How on earth have they been getting in as the front door’s been shut, I thought. So for a few nights I’ve been sat out watching for any sightings. Last night I noticed that a hog came out from the side of the shed. She had lots of food, a good drink then went back to the side of the shed. But she was too quick for me to see where she went in. Tonight I was luckier, as soon as she’d had her bowl of food and a gallon of water, she went to the side of the shed and I could see where she went in. A broken panel at the side. Could I be lucky and have a nest in my shed, if so when will the hoglet’s come out? Or will hogs just sleep in any safe place if they can?
Hi Janie275
Well, hogs will settle down for a nap in all sorts of places, but it’s possible she has a nest in there. That is, if she is a female! If there are hoglets in there you might have heard them calling. In hot weather she might take a break from them and rest up somewhere else for short periods of time. Hoglets could go out foraging with a Mother hog after about 3 to 4 weeks.
Fingers crossed that some hoglets do materialise, but if not it’s still nice that a hog has found refuge in your shed.
Good luck and happy hog watching.
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