I was so relieved to read of others who have hedgehogs who haven’t hibernated this year. We had two regulars in the summer and one of them just hasn’t hibernated at all. I have a camera trained on the feeding house and it has been out at -4C or -5C . It is large and looks healthy with no sign of ticks. I have continued to put out food and water in a designated wooden feeding house and it only missed one night. I do have two sleeping houses in the garden so I suspect (hope) that it is sleeping in one near the feeder so doesn’t travel far. Last night they both visited though the weather has now turned mild.
I was so pleased to read that there is ongoing research into whether feeding in winter discourages hibernation as I was concerned that I might be doing more harm that good by continuing to put out food.
