Hedgehogs

[cockneycarrot]

I sometimes catch hedgehogs in my back garden in the nets covering my fruit bushes. I aways free them and they go away. I wondered if when I catch them I could take them to my allotment to eat the slugs, would there be enough food for them to survive. The 20 pole allotment is fenced in with chicken wire so I doubt they could escape, has any one studied hedgehogs that could advise me?

[Belinda]

Try St. Tiggywinkles, there may be some useful info on the factsheets page, or maybe just ask them the same question.

http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/

My worry would also be whether or not there was enough food and being sure about whether I was taking a mother away from her young, or a youngster away from its family too soon.

[Monika]

I agree with Belinda, I wouldn't move them. Hedgehogs range quite far every night, but they do prefer to make their own choices.