Hedgehog house is getting full!

RacingSnake · 10-05-2013, 11:03 PM

I don't usually lift the roof off, but I was recovering one of them for his tick removal (he had 18 ticks on him, poor little sod)...

Easter Bunny · 10-05-2013, 11:05 PM

They are sweet. I love hedgehogs x

RacingSnake · 10-05-2013, 11:13 PM

They said expect to wait for upto a year before they'll use your house.
We put these out in August-ish and it was only about a week before we had residents.
They didn't hibernate in there, and they've only come back in the last month, but at least they have

I love hedgehogs, my childhood hobby was hedgehog collecting (not real ones! lol), I've got thousands of hedgehog bits and bobs in the loft!

Easter Bunny · 10-05-2013, 11:30 PM

Did you see hedgehogs in your garden before you put the house there?

Its nice that you de-tick them

RacingSnake · 10-05-2013, 11:40 PM

The first we found out is when I let the dog out one night and he ran off barking, as I went out to see him he was stood there over a hedgehog.
We started by making a 'make-shift' shelter out of a cardboard box, and bought some proper hedgehog food, this got them closer almost instantly.

So we invested in a couple of houses, and I made a couple of small tunnels to stop the cats and foxes (we've had both stick their noses in when the hedgehogs have also been in there

)
I think we're pretty much there now, and they come every single night

(costing me a small fortune in hedgehog food!

lynnedit · 11-05-2013, 06:29 AM

That is such a nice story!

ben_e71 · 11-05-2013, 06:43 AM

Nice. I've got one of those houses I used as the torts outdoor home last year in Tortoise World™ got something different this year and wondered what to do with it. Maybe I should put it out for the hedgehogs.

Suze65 · 11-05-2013, 07:06 AM

That's brilliant, your doing a very good thing, hedgehogs are in decline and need as much help as they can get.

kazzabb · 11-05-2013, 08:13 AM

Hello RS, I overwinter baby hedgehogs born too late in the year and too lightweight to hibernate. They go into our heated greenhouse with heat mats/ceramic heaters, they've already been given Panacur, Baytril if necessary and de-flea treatment, though their fleas are species specific and had their ticks removed. If you want a change from hedgehog food, whiskas chicken in jelly is a favourite (not gravy), and though expensive, they go mental for dried mealworms - you can hear them chomping away, and I can get through bucket-loads, so buy in bulk online. The hedgehog lady showed me how to uncurl them safely, and their little bellies are so cute. I love their grunting noises too. Even though they have a house each like the one in your photo, they all snuggle up into one house, even the males together, they drag all the hay and newspaper from one house and cram it into the other. All we get for Christmas nowadays are dog treats, nesting boxes for the wild birds, and hedgehog houses

Karen

Suze65 · 11-05-2013, 09:18 AM

Karen, is there anything you don't do, I'm feeling slightly jealous

I mean , there's your lovely tort enclosures, chickens now hedgehogs, and living in the middle of no where.

10-05-2013, 11:03 PM	#1
RacingSnake Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 582	Hedgehog house is getting full! I don't usually lift the roof off, but I was recovering one of them for his tick removal (he had 18 ticks on him, poor little sod)... __________________ Code: .~~~. _ .~~~. _ ./____/'_) ./____/'_) {_}-{_} {_}-{_}

10-05-2013, 11:05 PM	#2
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	They are sweet. I love hedgehogs x __________________ Lynne x

10-05-2013, 11:13 PM	#3
RacingSnake Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 582	They said expect to wait for upto a year before they'll use your house. We put these out in August-ish and it was only about a week before we had residents. They didn't hibernate in there, and they've only come back in the last month, but at least they have I love hedgehogs, my childhood hobby was hedgehog collecting (not real ones! lol), I've got thousands of hedgehog bits and bobs in the loft! __________________ Code: .~~~. _ .~~~. _ ./____/'_) ./____/'_) {_}-{_} {_}-{_}

10-05-2013, 11:30 PM	#4
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	Did you see hedgehogs in your garden before you put the house there? Its nice that you de-tick them __________________ Lynne x

10-05-2013, 11:40 PM	#5
RacingSnake Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 582	The first we found out is when I let the dog out one night and he ran off barking, as I went out to see him he was stood there over a hedgehog. We started by making a 'make-shift' shelter out of a cardboard box, and bought some proper hedgehog food, this got them closer almost instantly. So we invested in a couple of houses, and I made a couple of small tunnels to stop the cats and foxes (we've had both stick their noses in when the hedgehogs have also been in there ) I think we're pretty much there now, and they come every single night (costing me a small fortune in hedgehog food! __________________ Code: .~~~. _ .~~~. _ ./____/'_) ./____/'_) {_}-{_} {_}-{_}

11-05-2013, 06:29 AM	#6
lynnedit Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Washington State, USA Posts: 332	That is such a nice story! __________________ Lynne Horsfields 1.3.0 Ornate box turtle 0.1.0 Pacific NW, US

11-05-2013, 06:43 AM	#7
ben_e71 Member Incubating Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 144	Nice. I've got one of those houses I used as the torts outdoor home last year in Tortoise World™ got something different this year and wondered what to do with it. Maybe I should put it out for the hedgehogs.

11-05-2013, 07:06 AM	#8
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	That's brilliant, your doing a very good thing, hedgehogs are in decline and need as much help as they can get. __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

11-05-2013, 08:13 AM	#9
kazzabb Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedfordshire - the middle of nowhere Posts: 430	Hello RS, I overwinter baby hedgehogs born too late in the year and too lightweight to hibernate. They go into our heated greenhouse with heat mats/ceramic heaters, they've already been given Panacur, Baytril if necessary and de-flea treatment, though their fleas are species specific and had their ticks removed. If you want a change from hedgehog food, whiskas chicken in jelly is a favourite (not gravy), and though expensive, they go mental for dried mealworms - you can hear them chomping away, and I can get through bucket-loads, so buy in bulk online. The hedgehog lady showed me how to uncurl them safely, and their little bellies are so cute. I love their grunting noises too. Even though they have a house each like the one in your photo, they all snuggle up into one house, even the males together, they drag all the hay and newspaper from one house and cram it into the other. All we get for Christmas nowadays are dog treats, nesting boxes for the wild birds, and hedgehog houses Karen __________________ 19 TG Ibera, 3 dogs, 1 husband.

11-05-2013, 09:18 AM	#10
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	Karen, is there anything you don't do, I'm feeling slightly jealous I mean , there's your lovely tort enclosures, chickens now hedgehogs, and living in the middle of no where. __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

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