There are experts on here, although I’m not one of them. Hedgehog interactions are fascinating. They are solitary creatures, but they also seem to be fairly tolerant of each other, especially the females and young ones. They have ‘ranges’ areas that they regularly visit, but they aren’t exactly territorial in the same way a lot of other animals are. The males do fight, often over a female, but as the fighting consists of ‘biffing’ which is a sort of heavy sideways nudging, injuries are rare. The females will sometimes object to sharing food bowls, but not always, as I’ve often seen two or three in the feeding station without any conflicts. Everyone seems to be tolerant of the babies, I’ve seen hoglets push past adults ten times their size when they want to get through.
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