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Suburban Hedgehog

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  • 24-10-2020 10:56pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭


    Tonight is our second encounter with what I presume is the same hedgehog in a couple of weeks. Our suburban Lucan garden is walled on three sides but the side gate would have ample room for wildlife to enter/exit under.

    The family dog takes a noisy but harmless interest in Spikey when he appears, pawing the ground around him and barking, but no more. When he is left alone H2 shuffles off behind the shed.

    I don't know if this guy is living in our garden or just visiting. Or indeed if it is just one hedgehog.

    My question is, should I let him find his own way in life, or should I transplant him to the local park, which has grass, hedges, a stream, the next time he appears.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭Interslice


    Theres a knock a block campaign to pop a little hole in your wall so the likes of this fella has access to more gardens.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,323 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    he or she may be planning on hibernating behind the shed. if you're happy that's a safe place for them, i'd leave well alone and just leave some food out to help them bulk up for the winter.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,613 ✭✭✭milltown


    What type of food?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,323 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    any sort of dry cat or dog food, preferably with no fish in it. and water too. milk should be avoided.


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