Hi, I found a juvenile male on 2/11/18 weighing 457grms, well I thought! He then weighed again on 6/11/18 and weighed 617 grms, then weighed again on 19/11/18 650 grms, then on 13/11/18 he only weighed 608 grms . I then realised my digital scales were going up & down. Bought new scales , managed to catch him tonight and he weighs 560 grms 1/12/18. So an average of 25 grms a week , if I discard the other readings and trust that the initial weight was right. . I have spoken to wildlife rescues and he is living in our greenhouse hog hotel, living on Spikes semi -moist and worms etc from our large compost bin. The green house is all set up with dry leaves ,hay straw etc and has two houses etc. Seems happy and content . My worry is that it might be too cold for him , so do I bring him indoors for the winter? Will check poo tomorrow if it doesn’t look good will taken him to our local vets ,who are great with hogs. I found another juvenile 29/11/18 who weighes 361grms ( new scales!) Been to vet and they are happy that she is indoors . Wondering if these two are siblings and maybe others around, keeping close eye on feeding stations.
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