When do Hedgehogs Hibernate and Useful Infomation

When do the Hedgehogs Hibernate?

Hedgehogs usually hibernate between October/ November and mid March to April and they must have enough fat reserves to survive through hibernation. Making hedgehog homes in the garden and providing food will help hedgehogs.

 

Build Your Own Hedgehog Homes 

You can also make your Hedgehog Homes by leaving the leave's areas of the garden with piles of leaf litter and logs. These are an attractive nest as well as a home for the invertebrates (slugs, beetles) that hedgehogs like to eat.

  

What to Feed the Hedgehogs in your Garden's  -  

Food and fresh water will encourage hedgehogs to return. Leave out foods like minced meat, tinned dog or cat food (not fish-based), crushed cat biscuits, or chopped boiled eggs. Specialist hedgehog food can also be bought from wild bird food suppliers.

Remember Never feed hedgehogs milk as it can cause diarrhea; instead provide plain, fresh water in a shallow bowl.

for an example Photo shows the hedgehog eating 

Cat Food.

 Did you know? (I Never Knew this)

As many as 10 different hedgehogs may visit a garden over several nights, which could mean ‘your hedgehog’ is a number of different individuals visiting at different times.

So now to Hedgehog-friendly gardening
Do Cover all your drains and holes and try to place bricks at the side of ponds to give hedgehogs an easy route out. + Cover All the swimming pools overnight and when not in use.Please do check for the hedgehogs before using your strimmers or mowers, particularly under hedges where hedgehogs do rest. Check your compost heaps for nesting hogs before forking over.Its Very important to Build your bonfires as close to time of lighting as possible and do check them thoroughly before lighting.
Remove sports or fruit netting when not in use to prevent hedgehogs becoming entangled, and getting injured.

 Best Wishes To You all

Ryan