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How to encourage hedgehogs

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HildaW Sat 22-Jul-17 12:03:32

I think the general advice is to not be too tidy....leave a few wild areas in the garden. Also if you are in an urban environment ensure your fences/walls have the odd hedgehog sized gap so that they are not boxed into one small space....they can cover quite a distance.

We regularly have pairs in our garden...its bordered by open fields and we have quite a few untidy areas that stay undisturbed - and we do not use slug pellets!

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farview Sat 22-Jul-17 08:36:10

We have a huge hedgehog..in the half of the garden where she lives..NO slugs...wish she would cover the other half too as there hundreds?....

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phoenix Wed 19-Jul-17 22:37:45

Brilliant!

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Grannyknot Wed 19-Jul-17 22:29:31

smile

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Anya Wed 19-Jul-17 19:53:16

We have a couple of hedgehogs who live in the gardens on our side of the road and I have hedgehogs holes in the fences connecting to my neighbours on either side.

But as far as feeding them, we were wary in case we encourage rats if we leave food out. But now we've found the perfect solution.

We leave out the odd cabbage leaf or similar on routes we know the hogs take between our gardens. The cabbage attracts several slugs and snails and the hedgehogs gobble them up. Every morning there is a little pile of hedgehog poo right next to the half-eaten cabbage leaf.

Just thought I'd pass this on.

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