After moving the hog house in January I have kept checking to see if there was any sign the hibernating hog had been disturbed and I have seen none so initially that was good. As spring began and I have started to see hogs again I hoped the hibernating one would emerge but there was no evidence the hibernacula had a hole in it indicating it had left. I was a bit concerned it might not have made it through the winter as it wasn’t fully grown when it started hibernating. After a while the suspense was killing me so I bought an inspection camera for £40 from Lidl….
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KBqdTHhgwBznr9n1A
and gently inserted it through the air pipe at the back to have a look around inside. No sign of any hog inside so I double checked by removing some straw and the hog has definitely left. It’s amazing how densely packed they make the hibernacula and also that it has somehow left without leaving a hog-sized hole in it? Not sure how it managed that but really pleased the hog survived the move and the winter.
