Top Document: Hedgehog FAQ [7/7] - Wild Hedgehogs Previous Document: <12.4> Hedgehog housing Next Document: <12.6> Wild hedgehog health See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge There are a lot of things you can do to make your garden more appealing and safer for visiting hedgehogs -- all of which will encourage them to visit. Of course, having a bumper crop of slugs and beetles is probably number one on the hedgehog's list, but likely somewhere below the bottom of yours! If you want to attract hedgehogs to your garden (assuming they are native to your area), one of the best ways (as always with hedgehogs) is bribery. Put out some food, preferably something like canned cat or dog food, or some cooked eggs (scrambled supposedly works well). Fresh water is always a good lure too, though beware of offering too much in the way of a swimming pool without a way out (see section [12.7]). One thing to beware of is that most pesticides are not safe for hedgehogs. If you use a lot of pesticides on your garden, you should not be trying to attract hedgehogs, unless the idea is to replace the pesticides with the hedgehogs, and if so, discontinue the pesticides first. Probably the biggest worry in this respect (pesticides) is slug bait. If there are hedgehogs in your area, you should not be using slug bait as it will almost certainly find its way into a hedgehog with unpleasant and often dire consequences for the hedgehog. There are plenty of safe ways to deal with slugs -- including hedgehogs. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Hedgehog FAQ [7/7] - Wild Hedgehogs Previous Document: <12.4> Hedgehog housing Next Document: <12.6> Wild hedgehog health Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: macnamara@bastet.hedgehoghollow.com (Brian MacNamara)
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