Hedgehog Page 44 February 2009

We weren't sure if our Hedgehog was waking up, it sounded like it, as we could hear it more, and more, the coughing and spluttering of it's lungs, getting them back to full flow

This is the first time we actually got a picture of it, due to the power cuts we have been having since all the snow fell, the 1st of March

This is it trying to get back in the box still half asleep but because earlier that day a pigeon knocked over that awkward shaped log the hedgehog could not get in, got a little confused tried to walk up the logs then got stuck and walked off

This is what the inside looks like now, the nest seems to be a very tight bundle of leaves inside a covering of straw or grasses

The following night it was back for food as usual, but didn't even go inside the box

On the 3 March it was back, having a drink, they must get so dehydrated after Hibernation. Then we did not see it for several nights, I think because the weather was really bad, and due to that, it could get a drink just about anywhere

On the 7th March it was back and this time it had a good look around the old nest, i wonder now, if we should give it a good clean out, we have done that in past years, as its probably soiled

It was obviously at home in there, i thought for a while that it might stay

It was quite late in the morning and dawn was about to rise, the local Hogs have a communal hedge just around the corner where they seem to spend a lot of time and I guess that's were it was off too, come back soon little Hoggie

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