big hilda
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He’s a Pygmy hedgehog, bred in captivity. Did you know that Hedgehogs self anoint, stinks to hell so has regular baths, on his own
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[Misc] When did you last see a hedgehog?
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dsr-burnley
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- Aug 15, 2014
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Badgers are a major culprit, so they tell me. Badgers are the one animal strong enough to unroll a hedgehog and eat it. As the badger population explodes, the hedgehog population implodes.
I haven’t seen one where I live in North Wales since we moved here 17 years ago. We do have plenty of Badgers though so perhaps that’s why.
swindonseagull
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Got 2 that live in the garden.....constantly digging up the daffodil bulbs....
Algernon
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In my garden in the summer. Both my cats watched as it trundled around by the patio doors. Neither looked like they wanted to play with their new acquaintance.
Squashed? On the roads within this last week. There must be more up this way. Roads are much more quiet.
Squashed? On the roads within this last week. There must be more up this way. Roads are much more quiet.
Coldeanseagull
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I have a resident population here, my last dog, a collie, used to bring one into the kitchen. Buggered if I know how, I struggled to get the thing back out of the door!
It's nice having a garden that's a haven for wildlife
It's nice having a garden that's a haven for wildlife
swindonseagull
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Taken last week, My 6 year old grandson was so happy he had never seen a wild one.
sorry about the orientation...
Hampster Gull
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I built a hedgehog home out of some wood. Almost sawed my hand off. Never saw a hedgehog, buggers
Doonhamer7
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I saw one about a week ago scuttling across the road when walking dog late at night, dog went ballistic nearly pulled me off my feet. We also found three under our old shed last year as we were chopping it up to burn
Saltydog
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Last winter we housed 8 (11 the previous year). They were released in the spring and a few turned up at the feeders for a while. But then they suddenly stopped and we have nor seen signs of any on the cam - just mice and the neighbors bleedin cat. No wonder our dogs (who incedently had got bored by the absence of hogs - another story) have become so interested in the feeding locations - thought they were turning vegan 
But sadly we have toreport a massive decline here.
But sadly we have toreport a massive decline here.
Two nights ago, in my garden.
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
I blame the Piranha Brothers.
obviously as if it had come over your back gate it would be a scottish person ....
Hedgehogs are good climbers. Mrs T saw one shin up a 6 foot wooden fence once.
Weststander
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I’ve only ever seen one live hedgehog, we surprised it when turning on a light a couple of years back.
But they forage in our back garden nightly, as we get their poos on our lawn. When we had our fencing redone, we had special holes made so that they could continue to pass through between gardens.
But they forage in our back garden nightly, as we get their poos on our lawn. When we had our fencing redone, we had special holes made so that they could continue to pass through between gardens.
This is what the tinterweb is for. Although I still don't get twatter
sydney
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in no way questioning the upward mobility of the common or garden hedgehog.......more a reference to rampaging masturbatory habits of your common or garden scottish chap....
Situation not as bad here in Sweden, I see hedgehogs weekly when they are active, though there's definitely fewer than when I was a kid.
Speaking of visible decline in nature though: when was the last time you had to wipe hundreds of splashed bugs off your car after a long trip?
Speaking of visible decline in nature though: when was the last time you had to wipe hundreds of splashed bugs off your car after a long trip?