Slug Pellets are poisonous and should not be used.
The best ways of assisting hedgehogs are by helping them avoid man-made hazards and providing them with suitable places to nest, especially in the winter Slug Pellets Ten or more different individuals may visit a garden over several nights, which could mean that ‘your hedgehog’ is in fact probably a number of different individuals visiting at different times. Always make sure that a dish of water is available especially during the summer months or in extreme weather conditions.Īt the risk of disappointing some people, it is worth mentioning the fact that hedgehogs tend to ‘do the rounds’ and visit several gardens within an area. The hedgehog will treat this as a welcome supplement to its normal diet and will not go hungry if, for some reason, the food is not put out. However, many people put out a saucer of meat based pet food for their garden friends. Most people are aware that hedgehogs are mostly insect eaters. This diagram shows that they eat a lot of beetles, along with caterpillars and earthworms. Hedgehogs are certainly noisy eaters as people who have encountered these animals ‘at table’ will testify but what do they actually eat? What many people do not know is that a hedgehog has a small tail. There are approximately 5,000/7,000 spines on an average adult hedgehog. These are absent from the face, chest, belly, throat and legs which are covered with a coarse, grey-brown fur. The hedgehog’s back and sides are covered in 25mm (1 inch) long spines (which are really modified hairs). DescriptionĮveryone is sure to know what a hedgehog looks like. Shakespeare mentions hedgehogs in ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and he refers to ‘hedgepigs’ and ‘urchins’. Hedgehogs are well established in our urban habitat and can, somewhat surprisingly, survive very well in our cities, making extremely good use of cemeteries, railway land, wasteland and both public and private gardens as long as they are joined up with others. Uplands and mountainsides are not popular with hedgehogs, probably because they lack both suitable food and suitable nesting places. In Britain it is found almost everywhere except some of the Scottish Islands, but tends to be scarce or absent from wet areas and pine forests. The Latin word for hedgehogs is Erinaceus and our own British hedgehog is scientifically known as Erinaceus europaeus it is the same species that occurs throughout most of Europe.
Guidance for Releasing Rehabilitated Hedgehogs.THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR VETS, VET NURSES AND EXPERIENCED HEDGEHOG REHABILITATORS.Hedgehog Street – Hedgehog Ecology and Land Management.I would like a hedgehog for my garden – where can I get one?.Guidance for releasing rehabilitated hedgehogs.
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