Just found a hedgehog on our drive
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They can swin too!
We've got a large pond & I've seen one in it before swimming across.
Alongwith a large collection of frogs that one of our dogs likes finding in the garden evertime she goes out. She'll find them & stare at them for hours on end
Dog & a Frog
We've got a large pond & I've seen one in it before swimming across.
Alongwith a large collection of frogs that one of our dogs likes finding in the garden evertime she goes out. She'll find them & stare at them for hours on end
Dog & a Frog
Edited by cptsideways on Monday 26th October 21:19
We had a regular hedgepig visitor to our last house. In Milton Keynes we didn't have wheelie bins, so the night before bin day would often see considerable scurrying and munching amongst the local wildlife as they rummaged around in the bin bags. One evening we opened the front door to find 'our' hedgehog, sitting next to a shredded bin bag, dining on a large croissant, with a sort of 'What?' look on his face. When you're a bit stoned it's amazing how funny something like that looks.
cptsideways said:
They can swin too!
We've got a large pond & I've seen one in it before swimming across.
Alongwith a large collection of frogs that one of our dogs likes finding in the garden evertime she goes out. She'll find them & stare at them for hours on end
Dog & a Frog
And who was the most frightened.....We've got a large pond & I've seen one in it before swimming across.
Alongwith a large collection of frogs that one of our dogs likes finding in the garden evertime she goes out. She'll find them & stare at them for hours on end
Dog & a Frog
Edited by cptsideways on Monday 26th October 21:19
(Clue, not the frog
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I saw autumnwatch and they were going on about hedgepigs. If you find one weigh it - over 600grams = happy days for mr spikey as he's got enough fat reserves to get through the winter. If he's less than 600g he needs feeding up so give him some dog food. I guess not every little pig wants to be weighed constantly by concerned humans so it's probably best to just feed them if they look small. If they're out in daylight it's because they're underweight and getting some extra feeding time. So feed those ones too. Basically just feed all hedgehogs.
Best thing I learnt though was that when they hibernate hedgehogs aren't actually sleeping. They have to 'wake' themselves up to nip to the loo AND to have a snooze. Bizarre. Having to wake up to go to sleep!
Best thing I learnt though was that when they hibernate hedgehogs aren't actually sleeping. They have to 'wake' themselves up to nip to the loo AND to have a snooze. Bizarre. Having to wake up to go to sleep!
B15TT0 said:
I saw autumnwatch and they were going on about hedgepigs. If you find one weigh it - over 600grams = happy days for mr spikey as he's got enough fat reserves to get through the winter. If he's less than 600g he needs feeding up so give him some dog food. I guess not every little pig wants to be weighed constantly by concerned humans so it's probably best to just feed them if they look small. If they're out in daylight it's because they're underweight and getting some extra feeding time. So feed those ones too. Basically just feed all hedgehogs.
However well meaning, this "feed all hedgehogs" regardless of weight approach has been open to abuse.You still need to weigh the hedgehog. If it comes in at more than 10kg, then what you've got there isn't a hedgehog, it's a Labrador in a spikey ghillie suit, attempting to cash in on the "free dog food for hedgehogs" offer.
Ayahuasca said:
A wise old hedgehog was teaching a youngster how to cross the road safely. "When you see a car coming," he said, "just line yourself up between the headlights and curl. It'll go over you safely."
The youngster gives it a try. He sees a car coming and, following the wise hedgehog's advice, he carefully lined himself up between the headlights and curled into a ball.
SPLAT!
The wise old hedgehog turned to an onlooker and said, "You don't see many Robin Reliants around these days, do you?"
Or flatmatesThe youngster gives it a try. He sees a car coming and, following the wise hedgehog's advice, he carefully lined himself up between the headlights and curled into a ball.
SPLAT!
The wise old hedgehog turned to an onlooker and said, "You don't see many Robin Reliants around these days, do you?"
roscozs said:
Pfffft! Heres what our hedgehogs get upto. Woke up one morning to find this in the back garden.
A neighbour had three of them in her garden mid August and this was what we saw at around 9.30ish in the evening though. How many litters do they have?Edited by roscozs on Monday 26th October 22:35
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