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Home Forums Hedgehog signs and sightings First hedgehog of 2019 to my garden Reply To: First hedgehog of 2019 to my garden

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Nic

Hi wendells

Hedgehog altercations can look quite alarming when you see them for the first time, but don’t forget they have all those spines to cushion them a bit, so it usually isn’t as serious as first appears. There have been times, here, when one more dominant hog has had a few others rolled up at the same time and still tried to court a female in between making sure they stayed rollled up. Not sure she was that impressed with him keeping running off!

You will probably find the hog does come back – they usually have here. Some just keep coming back regardless, others will come back but just a bit more cautiously and others come back at a different time – presumably to try to avoid the aggressor.

Good luck with them all.

Hedgehog