Hedgehog Page 61 November 2009

The Pair are back, but spending time together in another location

They still pop back most nights for a feed though

Imagine my surprise when I saw this image, at first I thought a cat had got back in the box again

Then I saw this, a ferret, local people use these for keeping the rabbits down

This ball of fluff has obviously escaped from somewhere

It spends a couple of nights in the hoggie box and then leaves

We were just about to clean out the box and put in new bedding when, it or a friend returns

That night our hedgehog returns to use the box has a sniff and doesn't like the smell, so decides to leave

Back again the next day, we find out who the owner is and put in a call

This is the last picture taken of it as the owner removes it from the hog box

Now for the bad news, I think its been mentioned before that a favourite haunt of the Hedgehogs has been a very thick Hawthorne bush that's been just around the corner from our garden to my memory for at least 20 years. This is almost certainly where the hedgehogs have lived in the main for many years. Five days ago the New Forest Council, or maybe Hampshire County Council, have cut the hedge right back to stumps. The resulting pile must have filled a lorry, and I have a very bad feeling that our Hedgehogs have been swept up in the pile, as they have not been seen since, I hope they have escaped to a new home, and not ended up in a chipper somewhere. You would think with declining numbers of these animals that these workmen would keep an eye out for the very many they must disturb during their work. We are very upset and although we shall continue to put out food for them, doubt we shall see any for some time.

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