Sniffing/huffing hedgehog?
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We’ve had a hedgehog visit us most evenings and eat/drink from a little hedgehog hut we made.
Our camera has picked up 2 coming to visit recently. On the first occasion, the bigger hedgehog just froze, almost like they were trying not to be noticed (both were in the hut).
Then last night, the camera picked up the smaller one huffing/sniffing loudly at the bigger one.
Does anyone know what this behaviour is all about? Hopefully the video link below works.
Haven’t seen the video but it sounds like classic courting behaviour. If one is circling the other then that is the male circling the female.
It could also be fighting over food if they are going head to headI’d second what Stef says, I’ve witnessed this several times in my garden. The female, usually smaller, will sniff/huff really quite loudly whilst backing away from the male. He will then circle her while she makes a lot of noise and tries to prevent him getting behind her by circling too. This can go on for ages but eventually may result in hoglets 🙂
After a few idle months,elsewhere, a hedgehog has returned to the garden last night,my neighbour informed me this morning she had seen one last night, checked my 3 hog houses,and found a large hog sleeping in one of them.Will revert to putting out my feeding stations,tonight along with several Trail cameras to monitor the hogs movements,hopefully here to feed up for later hibernation.The 2 residents I had earlier in the year had vacated the garden,and probably went looking for a mate/s.
I currently volunteer for a local wildlife rescue and we have had a very large amount of young and adult hedgehogs in over summer . I’ve had three at home to recuperate and release. My girls often huff and make noises usually because they are warning you to leave them alone lol. They are solitary animals and do not like to be handled. They will make noises to scare away another hedgehog or similar.
I have had a hedgehog visit my garden for the last 2 or three months and assumed that it was the same one. I have had cameras installed so that I can watch him/her trundling around the lawn and then finally going into the feeding station. I then bought a hedgehog house and put the food in that. He still visits every night but doesn’t take as much food from this as he did from the simple station. I am now wondering whether to put out the station on the grass and put the house in the corner amongst the bushes and trees. If I did that I wouldn’t put food in the house, but just leave it there in case he wants to shelter. What would you advise? I do hope that I have made myself clear. At 87 I can’t make anything myself but am very keen to do the best that I can,
Janet Robinson
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