Hi Nic
Just had a little read about Siili last year, such a shame she hasn’t reappeared, as you say many don’t survive the winter. Having a safe place is a big part I think & I have the horrors even considering the pitfalls of making a winter bed somewhere in gardens where nobody is aware
I’ve heard a bit about rats being a problem lately, attacking a hog in your garden is a step too far, what a beast. I’m in the middle of changing both bird & hog food for different reasons. One of the rescues told me on Twitter the ARK food isn’t very good nutritionally so I have kitten food on order from Tesco (home delivery, yay!!) next week & have ordered some semi moist Spike online I found popular before. I’m trying a seed mix for the birds as I really don’t like feeding them suet pellets, there’s a little suet in the mix but not much. They’ll eat anything at the moment so want to teach them to be more adventurous. Looking to make it easy to clean up before nightfall if there’s anything down to stop hogs eating the wrong food as I’ve seen them eat bits of suet pellet & it’s not good for them.
Still busy both gardens, hubby bought a camera cheap on ebay, it does 10 second shots video amongst other things, bit short! Hogs run so fast by the time it starts recording they’ve gone, having said that saw one on it that was doing the 4 minute mile, something must have scared it it was quite a sight. It shot out of the border & almost flew down the garden. More shots of a black cat I don’t know visiting than hogs as it meanders around – obviously watching hogs.
I’d like to have seen the frog jump into the water bowl! I imagine a rat would eat a frog but maybe hopefully not easy to catch.
Shame about the garden centre experience, lots of people are not bothering, being complacent when there’s no reason to be, the virus hasn’t gone & we need to be vigilant. You have to move fast yourself & the handwashing is the biggest deterrent after you’ve been out. I’m in Wales & not much is open yet as we’re being more cautious here happily & haven’t any intention when it finally is of going anywhere further than the Co-op here I already use.
Enjoy your hogs, hope ratty people keep away & stay safe.
