IvanB, it’s nice to hear you’ve got cats too! It’s so much easier to feed hedgehogs when you have cats as you always have the food on hand. Although I don’t think they appreciated me stealing a handful from their bowl to put out for the hoglets!
I have three cats as well. Mine do have outdoor access, but only to the back garden, I’ve got a special fence up to keep them in, which is also an advantage for the hedgehogs as no other predators can get into my garden. The cats are hilarious with the hedgehogs, they watch them and follow them around but run away if they get too close, they have clearly been prickled before! They even treated the tiny hoglets with the same wary respect. They seem to have got used to the terrible dichotomy of small furry creatures that can’t be eaten or even played with.
