Hedgehogs - how do i attract one

[rosyherb]

How do i attract a hedgehog into the garden to eat the pesky critters. We dont have any pets and we live in a rural south west town, we have a big playing field at the bottom of the back garden, the area is quite wooded. would this suit?

[cruella]

Hi rosyherb
Do you have hedgehogs in your area. If you do, then dry cat food will attract them.
Put out at night as they are nocturnal creatures. A hedgehog should not be out during the day.
They will also eat all your pesky critters.lol

[rosyherb]

Cheers for that, i was in a pet shop and noticed specialist hog food.. but don't want to attact Rats (big more than pesky critters) as we are on 2 week collections here.

[lizzydrippin]

Hi Rosyherb, Don't forget to put a bowl of water out with the cat biscuits too as you would with any animal on dried food. Hedgehogs really appreciate a nice bowl of fresh water anyway. As for them eating the critters, I have 3 hedgehogs that come to eat in my garden every year and they never bother eating any critters from what I can make out anyway. Maybe Im just feeding them too well and they cant manage anything else.

[lisa2007]

hedgehogs also love tinned dog food give that a try x

[The Big Gill]

Hog Help Sheet

[rosyherb]

Thanks guys