Wildlife of Chickenopolous

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A few weeks ago I set up my new trail camera in the garden overnight, next to
a dish of hedgehog food - (I've had this in the cupboard for yonks as we had no
sign of hedgehogs anymore.) wondering what would eat it - probably a rat I thought.
After a few captures of a cat rubbing itself over the camera! I was delighted to see
a hedgehog eating the food!!! )c( But lately more food than usual has been eaten
so I set up the camera again to see what else has been at it. Result - 2 hedghogs!
)c( )c( I'm so excited, I hope they're a male & female. I'm, going to try & find
out where they're sleeping next.
Thankyou Richard for the recommendation of the camera, it's great! I should find
a way to post the vids on here, I suppose I'd need a youtube account? or is it
easy to do it through photobucket?
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Youtube is more friendly to use for videos in my view anyway. Less annoying ads. Easy to upload to as well.

Well done on your 'hogs :)
We had a visitor, but haven't seen him around for a while (not since the weather turned wet again anyway, beginning September? )

Saw a brill idea for a Hedgehog house using a couple of half tyres. Did think we may have a go at making one.
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for several nights now the food hasnt been touched. I've run out of the ready made hedgehog food so I've been putting out mealworms & dog food, but it's been left.
Either they dont like the food or something has happened to them {cry}
I put some boiled egg & a little minced beef out tonight & set the camera again.
If there's no sign by the morning I shall worry that they've got shut in next door's
garage while they are away (has happened before)
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I was hugely relieved to see at least one hedgy on the camera in the morning,
it had sniffed at the food but eaten any. I have fussy hedgehogs! )gr:
I got some more Ark hedgehog food today, the camera is set again, let's see
what happens tonight!
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Maybe they are fussy, but maybe your garden is a good source of natural food for them.
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Half the food was gone this am (I put out quite a bit) & I caught a vid of the
smaller hedgy munching it. So Ark is the fav food for them! I dont know what's
happened to the big, fat hedgy that used to come. There's no squashed ones on
the road, perhaps its grown too fat to fit through the gap under the fence - (or its
stuck in the neighbours garage) Or like you say Mo, it's founder nicer things to eat!
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Absolute magic kitla )t' )t' )t'

If you load a video up to photobucket, you can post in the same way as a photo.

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Well let's have a go then. Here (if it works) is my favorite clip of hedgy coming to
get his food but finding someone else already there - and in the way!
....Click on the pic.......
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It worked (opened in a new tab) Was it another hedgehog in the pot? The light wasn't marvellous so I couldn't decide.
Did you mean to show us all your photos? A handsome cockerel (that wasn't the word I typed...this computer has a dirty mind), some Aaaah puppies. I stopped looking when I got to the rude carrots.

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ha ha! my wonderful carrots. I dont mind anyone seeing the other photos Mo,
they're mostly chickens & other animals on there - nothing to hide!
Yes that is another hedgehog in the pot, with his bottom facing out, the other one
is trying to push him out the way.
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Great stuff !!!

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Our hedgehog took a selfy

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still no sign of the big one, & nothing else is showing up on camera at the food dish
so this one is eating it all itself! Should be nice & fat in time for hibernation.
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I was putting out ferret biscuits and cat food for 'our' hedgehog. Liked some of it, but was fussy about which cat food we used, always chicken flavoured but from different shops, sometimes he'd eat, sometimes not. He did like mealworms and sunflower hearts too.
Unfortunately, haven't seen him around recently.
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Our hedgehogs stopped taking the food so I put the camera out again & got shots
of a mouse, some big slugs & eventually a young rat having a nibble. I dont
know what happened to the hedgehogs but I cant leave food out for rats.
Now the rat has set up home in the chicken run, so I've left the camera in
there for the last few nights pointing at different spots until I found where it was
getting in. It looks like a young rat, probably a teenager - looks like he's playing
some heavy metal on his MP3.
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