I understand that posting this may make me unpopular, but the hog was so active last night and so keen to get out of its nice warm box that I let it back out into the garden, next to the feeding stations. It scoffed some dry kitten food (which it seemed to prefer to the wet food I’d given it earlier), drank some water, and then hared off down the garden. Then it staggered – just a small stagger, but clearly something very worrying. It was impossible to recapture it – it went under the fence into the neighbour’s garden.
I scouted the garden this morning and found it had made a hollow in exactly the same place I’d found it yesterday, next to the garden path in fairly long grass. When I got back from fetching the box it had moved and hidden itself so well in the grass that I couldn’t find it for a while.
Eventually I got it into a warm box again. A local wildlife rescue centre kindly offered to take it in and said it was hypothermic and thin.
So I’m offering this up as a cautionary tale. I should never have let it out last night even if it was climbing out. of the box. I need a box with higher sides, or a pet carrier of some sort. Are there any recommendations for the kind of equipment I might need if I have to keep another one inside overnight?
