Urgent appeal!

[Littlesparrow]

I have passed on the message, we have had rain in Cheshire but my mother said Hampshire is very dry.

[foxypal]

There are none round here cos my hubby and neighbours keep putting out slug pellets and I go mad cos the hedgehogs then eat the slugs and they die too. I just cant get it through their thick heads tbh!

[Pigeon feather]

Thanks for the heads up didn't realise they were suffering so much in this drought, just put my bowl of water and some soaked cat biscuits out for them, we have had hedgehogs in our garden before but not seen them for a while hope they are ok.

[foxypal]

What drought are we talking about,,I thought everywhere was getting rain!

[Pigeon feather]

Here in Kent we haven't had a substantial amount of rain for at least 2 if not 3 months now and what with the hot weather we have been receiving lately everywhere is pretty dry, even trees nearby are starting to droop and their roots run deep I think the South East is probably the worst affected.

[HedgehogRescue]

Berkshire we had rain for one day about 2 weeks ago and prior to that nothing for at least a month. It's as dry as a bone in the South right now but even when we do get rain, unless it's a downpour for several days the water vanishes in no time. Look around your area and if you can't find any puddles anywhere then it's time to think of where the wildlife are getting their water from.

BHPS etc are fully aware of the problem. PTES are so busy can't get through. Local papers are not interested unless a hedgehog has eaten your Granny. I'm working on other avenues and have got the Twitter thing going as well as Facebook.

[CharlieCreek]

Originally Posted by HedgehogRescue

Local papers are not interested unless a hedgehog has eaten your Granny.

Sad to hear that as that is not my experience at all, our local papers are very willing to give space to the plight of wildlife.

[pattie may]

Have put out extra dishes of water in my garden. I have at least four hedgehogs visiting my garden. 3 females and 1 male. Word must certainly be getting around. Food and water this way!

[ediblehedge]

Hi, we have two big bird water baths on the ground which the hedgehogs drink from and the baths get topped up day and night as all wildlife are drinking a lot from them.
We installed an outside camera with a memory card which takes photos of everything at night and we often see the visiting hedgehogs. I guess when the hoglets come along they might steer clear though as our garden is also home to a fox family with 6 cubs that are ruining the vegetable garden (never mind!) and getting frisky which is great to watch and they keep out the local cats but maybe not so good for the vulnerable small hoglets.
It is funny to see that the foxes and hedgehogs eat and drink together. Maybe I should place water baths elsewhere in the garden so that the young hoglets have a chance?