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What you can do to help hedgehogs in your garden!
Create an access hole!
Create an access hole!
Create an access hole!
One of the best things you can do for the local Hedgehog population is allow them access in and out of your garden. A 12cm x 12cm hole is all they need. Encourage neighbours to do the same. Why not frame your access hole with one of our Hedgehog Highways!
Create a wild area!
Create an access hole!
Create an access hole!
One of the main reasons for the decline in the Hedgehog population is believed to be a loss of habitat. Let the plants, weeds and wildflowers go mad in one or more areas of your garden! Plant some hedges and create log piles to encourage bugs for the hedgehogs to eat and a place for the hedgehogs to sleep. Compost heaps are great too!
Make your pond safe!
Create an access hole!
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
If you are lucky enough to have a pond, make sure that Hedgehogs can escape if they fall in. They can swim but only for a short amount of time. Build up one side of the pond with stones so there is a shallow end for them to climb out of. **COMING SOON - HEDGEHOGS R US POND RAMPS**
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
Due to all of their spines, hedgehogs are prone to getting tangled. Make sure all waste is disposed of correctly to prevent Hedgehogs getting stuck. Where possible, replace netting with a rigid structure. Sports and garden netting should be tied up or put away when not in use. If this is not possible, check it each morning to ensure nothing got stuck in the night. If you find a tangled hedgehog, take it straight to your local rescue.
Put out food and water!
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
Put out food and water!
Hedgehogs really benefit from extra food on top of their natural diet. Offer meaty cat/dog food and/or kitten biscuits every evening. Ensure hedgehogs always have access to a shallow dish of water.
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Stop using chemicals!
Keep your garden rubbish and netting free!
Put out food and water!
Lawn treatments reduce worm populations. Pesticides, insecticides and slug pellets are toxic to Hedgehogs. All treatments such as these reduce the numbers of creepy crawlies that are available for Hedgehogs to eat.
Check before strimming!
Buy a decent Hedgehog house!
Be careful with bonfires!
Hedgehogs will not run away from the sound of a strimmer. Check ALL areas before strimming and move hedgehogs to a safe place (wearing gloves). Moving a family is more complicated and you should contact your local rescue for advice and support.
Be careful with bonfires!
Buy a decent Hedgehog house!
Be careful with bonfires!
If you are planning on burning piles of debris, ensure that you move the pile to another area on the day you wish to set it alight to ensure there are no Hedgehogs hiding underneath.
Buy a decent Hedgehog house!
Buy a decent Hedgehog house!
Buy a decent Hedgehog house!
If you are handy, you can google plans to build your own Hedgehog house. or even better, you can buy them from the Hedgehogs R Us Shop!