Hi, I’m new to the forum and like bshome I’m wondering how to help with nesting. I bought my first hedgehog house and trail camera in May and it has been fascinating to see all the action. This action died off in August/September but now a couple of smaller hedgehogs are back. They are not the same ones as previously, I wonder where the others have gone?
One of the hogs comes and goes quite alot during the night but it doesn’t appear that he is here just for the food, he appears to be sussing out the box, I wondered if this could maybe be for a nest? He does alot of sniffing around it. I made 2 other ‘nests’ one in a woodpile, and one using bricks and wood. I read somewhere that you could provide straw for the hogs to gather, I wondered if it was ok if the straw etc was damp, obviously the weather has been very wet recently, so I wondered what effect this had on nest building and should I put the straw inside or leave it lying around outside?
One more question, for how long do I keep refilling the food bowls? I’m afraid one day I will open the box and frighten one in there.
thankyou, M
