Update on december thread about underweight hedgehog in garden

[janecrossen]

Wow! I'm so thrilled. I have been putting out mealworms for the last couple of weeks only to open the back door first thing to find starlings eating them Tonight, for no apparent reason, I opened the back door at 11.00pm and there he was - a hog!! I'm so thrilled. The last hog I saw I posted about on the forum in December. I'd rescued many underweights in one week (obviously very, very late brood) and there was one that got away. I just couldn't catch him. He was very small. I like to think this little lad is the one who got away, who remembered, and came back:-) Totally made up. Grabbed my camera and here he is

[CharlieCreek]

Who knows, the hog maybe that little hog.. but either way nice to see them active again.

To keep the birds off the food you could use an upturned crate or plastic large tub with a hole about 5" x 4" cut into the side (with the sides smoothed off) so the hog can get in to get to the food but cats and birds won't. Also keeps food dry etc.

[Littlesparrow]

Nice to see the hogs out and about again, we don't get many here so is a treat when you do see one,