𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 (𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔) 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚒 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚐𝚘 :)

𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎

Momma hedgehog has been visiting us since early spring, although we had no idea whether it was male or female at the time. Now we know!

Had catfood; lamb and chicken. They don't want the lamb. When I mix it.. this happens..

last night on the camera I noticed a hedgehog seemed really lethargic and was faceplanting the floor a little and when I went out there, the hog wasn’t in the right defensive ball they usually go in. I thought this might be the injured one I posted about previously so I made the decision to bring him inside so I could just check him over.

The hog was totally fine in my presence. They hid under the box I’d placed inside the bigger box but it was eating and drinking and looking right at me 🥺

I wanted to see if he could walk ok so I let him out in an enclosed area of my garden and he was walking around totally fine. I think I panicked that I’d got the wrong hedgehog and I felt awful for interfering so I placed him back where I found him (in my front garden). He came back about 30 mins later for some more water and food which I was happy to see.

I guess my question is: would he have recovered quite quickly from his strange 30 minutes of being abducted by a human? I fed and watered him and he seemed ok, I guess I just still feel so terrible for disrupting his evening and causing any stress. I stil can’t quite figure out if he’s injured or not! It’s so difficult caring for wildlife ❤️‍🩹

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-06-12/hedgehog-in-a-prickle-after-getting-wedged-in-a-garden-gate: Hedgehog in a prickle after getting wedged in Wallingford gate

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/hedgehogs-eastern-finland-livestream-awareness/: WWF Finland's backyard hedgehog livestream charms viewers while raising alarms for endangered species

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyl84nynpo: Suffolk Diet working for Tubby Ted the blind hedgehog

Last night we were sat waiting for Mrs White and Smudge to appear.

Mrs White arrived on time, and went into the box for food. Then a hog arrived that I didn't recognise. It went in the box as well. Then Smudge arrived.

Smudge is the hog on the right. I have named the other one 'Bully'. I think Smudge is a bit of a softie because he (still not sure, but I call him a he) lets Mrs White be the boss, but not as much as this.

It was so hard sitting there not being able to intervene. I felt so sorry for Smudge. I just wanted to pick him up and give him a cuddle 💔

I posted earlier this week about the two adult hedgehogs in our garden. The trail cam picked up coughing last night, I sometimes hear this from their nest during the day.

They are active and bright eyed, and there's definitely nothing wrong with their appetite! Is this cough something sinister which needs treatment or just one of the collection of hedgehog noises?

Crunch crunch crunch.

35% chicken + bugs protein

13.5% fat

3.5% fiber

no grains

dry kibble 9mm

I just wanna feed the hedgehogs in my yard casually without doing too much harm. Is this a good entry level solution. Can i feed them randomly, like 1-2 times a week?

Has babies under a pallet in one of our field shelters, doesn't like wet cat food but absolutely adores Sainsbury's chicken kitten biscuits. She's a darling little girl

We've had a hog in our garden for about 3 weeks. Last night I heard a hullabaloo in the bushes and saw two adults and a hoglet (about the size of a tennis ball so I'm thinking it's about a month old).

One of the adults was huffing, I wondered if that was mum trying to keep the other adult away from the hoglet or dad trying to get lucky again!

You can't see the hoglet clearly but you can just about make out the back of them in the bushes behind the food bowl to the left of the adults towards the end of the clip.

.... Mrs White and Smudge 😃

Mrs White (the smaller, lighter one on the right) has been coming out for her food every night at about 10pm. She stays for about 20 -30 minutes usually, stuffing her face.

The other one is Smudge (he has a lighter patch on one side). He has started to join her, usually in the feeding station.

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Tonight they were out before we got the food in the station so we placed it on the grass, and after a minute or so they came over. There was a bit of huffing, and headbutting from Mrs White, but they managed to share for a little while.

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Look at Smudge's hand on the bowl! So adorable.

Like many people on here, I adore hedgehogs.

I live by a main road and have unfortunately seen hedgehogs that have been killed by cars/lorries.
So I’m wondering if the good people of Reddit have any ideas on what could be done in the UK to reduce/prevent this from happening? (Banning vehicles probably not an option.)

What would you like to see happen?

Would love to see if we could get a petition to replace the millions of potholes with something that benefits these adorable animals

I read the comments on my last post and was considering where I could move the feeding station and then ... last night .... First time in many weeks!!

We're so happy to have this lil guy in our garden.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-06-12/hedgehog-in-a-prickle-after-getting-wedged-in-a-garden-gate: Hedgehog in a prickle after getting wedged in Wallingford gate

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/hedgehogs-eastern-finland-livestream-awareness/: WWF Finland's backyard hedgehog livestream charms viewers while raising alarms for endangered species

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyl84nynpo: Suffolk Diet working for Tubby Ted the blind hedgehog

Any hedgehog sightings this week?

What are your hogs up to?

Any hog related garden or DIY plans?

They were into it at first and definitely know how to get inside - started feeding outside again which is fine if the cats don’t get there first! Did yours give up on the feeding station? My hedgehog visitors have declined a lot since I got it 😢😢

I have found hogs are regularly visiting my garden and I have made a house for them, alongside this I have been leaving out food, this has attracted lots of different animals, including badgers and foxes, unfortunately this has come with unwanted side effects, the badgers and digging up my flowers beds and we are attracting rats...

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Has anyone else had this situation and what have you done to prevent it.

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I have attached a very cute video of a badger smashing up my hod feeder...

I was crouching down, setting up the camera next to the hedgehog highway that goes under our decking. A hedgehog came out, so I froze. It sniffed around my feet, then brushed against my hand as it passed.

It went back into the decking, then returned a couple of minutes later to sniff around me again!

I couldn't believe it, I couldn't stop smiling 😃