Well That Was Disappointing!

[gness]

I put out bowls of food and water for the once spotted hedgehog in my garden....and set up the wildlife camera....

I now have 29 photographs of.....Dave's feet as he walks around the bowls to make sure the camera triggers....one magpie....one pigeon...and four different cats..... :-(

I have special hog food arriving today....do cats eat this?..x

[MargoTester]

Have a word with Boaty, he's the hedgehog expert. Having lost Tiggy last year he now has a new inhabitant of Tiggy Towers

[anneasquith]

The hedgehog senses the enthusiasm, ignore him/ her they will return when it's quiet .

[Canary42]

They feel a bit prickly about close human presence ;-)

[Old_Geezer]

The cats'll probably hog it.
Bound to be disappointed flashing all over the garden and got nothing to show for it.

[gness]

I hope it does return....I do have homes around the garden for it...and apart from rescuing the frog I won't get too enthusiastic.....just listen quietly for the rustling and snuffling....

I won't get close enough to make it prickly......and yes....'tis disappointing when there is nothing to show for an evening of flashing around the garden... ;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Get Dave a pair of these.

https://www.bunnyslippers.com/shop/images/P/hedgehog-1.jpg

[gness]

Ooooooo, Mamya! I am so tempted.... :-)

[237SJ]

I had a hedgehog here (for one night only, apparently) He settle down in some leaves under a bush for a sleep and I put a nice bowl of food down for him for when he awoke. He totally ignored it and toddled off, never to be seen again.

[gness]

That's what I'm bothered about, 237.....I have waited so long for hogs in this garden.....and I now have £20 worth of hog food too.....

Still, at least I know they're around... :-)

[Baldric]

@ 13:39
Wow! they're better than my Fluffy Bunny ones ;o)

[237SJ]

I found a young hedgehog in our garden as a child but he toddled off as well. My best friend lived about 150 m down the road and proudly announded that she had one living in her garden. I was convinced it was my hedgehog and one day when she and her family were out, I climbed over her wall and stole him. To this day, I`ve never told her that it was me who nicked her hedgehog. If yours doesn't come back, you could always donate the food to a local hedgehog sanctuary.

[gness]

Hedgehog thief!!!... :-)

The food won't be wasted if it doesn't return......though I shall keep some by.
My daughter has hedgehogs galore in her garden.....and gets lovely photos with her night camera... :-(

[hellywelly4]

Foxes like Hedgehog food!

[hc4361]

No herds of wildebeest sneaking through your garden? I'd be disappointed, too :(

[gness]

I have made a temporary feeding station from a woven plastic basket....bound entrance just big enough for the hog....food inside and water outside and a heavy piece of slate on the top......
Jolly well better return now!.... :-)

[rowanwitch]

Have you made a proper feeding station.
You need four bricks and a paving slab. Just stops cats and foxes getting the food. Also crow's and magpies

http://image1.gardenersworld.com/102728.jpg?tag=654596cc-0bdd-4acf-8ba1-69389329be15

[gness]

I gnu you'd say that, Hc..... ;-)

[gness]

Yes, Rowan...as above ....we posted together.

Just a makeshift one, though it looks fine and if it's a regular visitor I'll make a better one and site it well......xx

[hellywelly4]

Would you have to lift the slab each time you needed to replenish the food? My back is aching just thinking of it.