{"id":35967,"date":"2021-03-24T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35967"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:12:00","slug":"struggling-hedgehogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/03\/struggling-hedgehogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Hedgehogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen a number of hedgehogs here recently. First I found one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/hedgehog-nest\/\">asleep in a big pile of leaves<\/a> whilst gardening. I left it where it was and put off clearing up the area. The hedgehog has since left but I&#8217;ve yet to clear up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately we also found a dead hedgehog in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/03\/garden-makeover\/\">hole under the trampoline<\/a>. There wasn&#8217;t much I could do about this, but in hindsight, the fact that there was only one there was probably a good thing as the hole had potential to be quite a good animal trap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then found another not very healthy looking hedgehog in the garden the other day. It was out in the daylight and not doing anything. At first I thought it too was dead but it did just move a little when I picked it up. I didn&#8217;t hold out much hope for it but I put it in a box with a whole pile of dry leaves. We gave it a saucer of water and some cat food and brought it in for the rest of the day to warm up a little. 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