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Liv Full Member Posts: 15,315	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 10, 2023 16:43:46 GMT Frazz and Diamond Diva like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Aug 10, 2023 16:43:46 GMT Not my photo Frazz, it's 32's. Both girls were here for dinner last night and our little night walker strolled up the garden. They were entranced as he is so tame now.

lily Full Member Posts: 17,374	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 10, 2023 16:53:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Aug 10, 2023 16:53:13 GMT I do hope that food didn’t belong to either Oz or Ruby …

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Aug 10, 2023 16:53:13 GMT lily said:

I do hope that food didn’t belong to either Oz or Ruby …

It does and they know it. They stare at him.
I'm beginning to think there are two of them. I fed the friendly one around 8, he had a drink and waddled off. I went outside not long ago and a little hedgehog was right next to the step and curled into a tight ball. I put down some dried food and he wouldn't uncurl until I moved away.

lily Full Member Posts: 17,374	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 11, 2023 7:20:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Aug 11, 2023 7:20:05 GMT Twins!

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Could be lily
He, or one of them, came back later on and sat on the mat outside the patio doors. He was still there when I went to round up the cats for the night. I caved in and dished out another small handful of cat food. I also put a note on the door to warn Himself that a hedgehog was right outside the door and not to step on him.
We are usually overrun with snails in the garden, but not this year. I think the long dry conditions around May might have had something to do with their absence. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a single slug this year so maybe this baby/ these babies are struggling.

Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,547 Mood: Cocktail	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 11, 2023 9:37:52 GMT lily likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Aug 11, 2023 9:37:52 GMT The hedgehogs have probably been eating all your slugs and snails Liv
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Liv Full Member Posts: 15,315	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 14, 2023 19:49:35 GMT cassandra, Frazz, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Aug 14, 2023 19:49:35 GMT Supper is served. He was waiting on the back step when I went in to the kitchen.

lily Full Member Posts: 17,374	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 14, 2023 20:03:12 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Aug 14, 2023 20:03:12 GMT Posh blue/white bowl and cat food for Spike …

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Aug 14, 2023 20:03:12 GMT lily said:

Posh blue/white bowl and cat food for Spike …

Of course!
I was looking for blue and white pasta bowls today.

Word has got around. There are currently three hedgehogs snuffling around the garden. By the time I got the torch only our little boy was still hanging around. He got seconds.

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,276	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 15, 2023 17:34:54 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Aug 15, 2023 17:34:54 GMT Hedgehogs are such endearing little creatures, haven't seen ours since last year.

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I understand hedgehog speak now Frazz, I've done my homework.
When I put down the first few bits of food to grab his attention, he comes running. When I put down the handful, he rears his head and chuffs at me. In hedgehog that means, "Back off!" rllau

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,315	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 19, 2023 19:03:46 GMT Frazz, lily, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Aug 19, 2023 19:03:46 GMT The service is clearly poor here. Himself walked in to the kitchen to see our little hog eating out of Ruby's dish. We will have to up our game.

lily Full Member Posts: 17,374	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 19, 2023 20:02:45 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Aug 19, 2023 20:02:45 GMT They must feel very secure at Chez Liv’s abode …

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,276	Wildlife In The Garden Aug 20, 2023 21:29:11 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Aug 20, 2023 21:29:11 GMT With all this rain and cooler evenings, perhaps he is starting early to fatten up for winter. He obviously now he is on to a good thing lol!

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I was very pleased to see our little Hog tonight. He's crunching away as I type.
It's been intense here with diggers, lorries and noise. He didn't show up yesterday and I was afraid he might have been scooped up in the digger's bucket when they cleared the nettles and the tree saplings on the boundary behind the shed, but here he is, as cheeky as ever. On Tuesday evening Himself said Hog was following him all round the patio. Himself got the message eventually and put food down for him.

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