WE HAVE HEDGEHOGS!

We have Hedgehogs!

Last year I thought Mum was a little strange asking for a hedgehog house for her Birthday, I had never heard of them and it sounded a really odd gift to want.  However it was bought for her and placed hidden at the bottom of our garden.  

I anyone as puzzled as I was when she asked for one, it's not a house for us to keep pet Hedgehogs in, it's a house you buy that you put in a quite safe area of your garden and leave it there for Hedgehogs to make their homes, a bit like a bird box.

Anyway last night I was in the garden watering a few pots when I heard some very light foot steps on the pebbles we have around the pond.  Only a few foot steps away from me was a fairly large hedgehog, it looked at me then walked to the pond for a drink.

I was gobsmacked, it paid me so little attention, then it came out and started to eat the bread I had thrown out for the birds (yes I know bad for them so I will not do again now I know we have them).

I watched for a minute not daring to move but then got on watering, it paid me no attention as I walked around it finishing the couple of pots then I turned around and noticed there was a second one sat right outside the hedgehog house.  Also a large size, we appear to be housing large Hedgehogs lol.

The second was perfectly aware I was there but also appeared to not be bothered, it also popped to eat some of the bread then plodded back into the back of the garden where the house is.  Its so exciting! It's so nice knowing that something is making its home somewhere that you provided, oddly even though they are wild I immediately feel some sort of protective feelings towards them.  It's like they have joined our extended family!

Hoping to put something more suitable out for them tonight, I will have a google and put the bread up a height that I have left.  Hopefully might get some photographs another night, do not want to worry them even though they appeared to not be bothered by me but will see if I can get some :-)

Does anyone else have a Hedgehog house?  Do you feed them?

Once I have the photos I will add them to this blog.