Hi Shazbat
Brilliant news about the hogs!
Sadly some people artificially mark the hogs (not only rescue centres) so that could be what the marking is. It is possible to identify hedgehogs from their natural markings, so artificial marking is not necessary or desirable. They are wild animals and my feeling is we should only interfere with them if it is for the benefit of that hedgehog or hedgehogs as a whole.
Six cats! – that’s a lot of other people’s cats to be feeding! I hope the hedgehogs get there first! Don’t forget to leave water out for the hogs as well – all day every day. It can be difficult for them to find water and they do like a drink of water! Wide but shallow plant saucers are ideal. Anything too small and hogs are very good at tipping them over! But they need to be shallow enough that a hoglet couldn’t get caught in them.
Good luck with the hogs and happy hog watching.
