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Excellent and informative video..thank you! Last weekend I saw a hedgehog in my tiny middle of a busy town garden. It was still daylight so was concerned that he was out so early? I put out a plate of wet cat food and he/she totally demolished it! ( Ive only just joined youtube because of this experience and my only upload is footage of this noisy eating hedgehog!) I hope I did the right thing giving it cat food?
It sounds like you did the right thing giving it some wet cat food. Normally hedgehogs wouldn't be out during the day unless there's something wrong with them or they've been struggling to get food. Given that you're in a busy town it could be the latter and so you've helped it out giving it something to eat. There are local wildlife rescue centres you can contact if you see it again during the daytime and they'll be able to advise you on what exactly you can do to help (if anything is even needed). There's also a chance it could be a pregnant female getting the last bits of nutrients she can before going to give birth. I'm glad you were able to find my video and it was informative. The whole reason I have this channel is to help people learn all about wildlife we have here!
You've just awoken one of my supressed memories of doing fieldwork on the shore and being covered in thousands of sandflies. We were shaking them from our hair for days!
If you're enjoying the free educational videos I create then consider supporting the production of more of them by joining my patreon. You will gain access to rewards like 1-on-1 calls, personalised art, video shout outs, and the ability to vote on video topics: www.patreon.com/feraforus
Excellent and informative video..thank you! Last weekend I saw a hedgehog in my tiny middle of a busy town garden. It was still daylight so was concerned that he was out so early? I put out a plate of wet cat food and he/she totally demolished it! ( Ive only just joined youtube because of this experience and my only upload is footage of this noisy eating hedgehog!) I hope I did the right thing giving it cat food?
It sounds like you did the right thing giving it some wet cat food. Normally hedgehogs wouldn't be out during the day unless there's something wrong with them or they've been struggling to get food. Given that you're in a busy town it could be the latter and so you've helped it out giving it something to eat. There are local wildlife rescue centres you can contact if you see it again during the daytime and they'll be able to advise you on what exactly you can do to help (if anything is even needed). There's also a chance it could be a pregnant female getting the last bits of nutrients she can before going to give birth. I'm glad you were able to find my video and it was informative. The whole reason I have this channel is to help people learn all about wildlife we have here!
@@FeraForus Thank ypu so so much for the reply and help!
I've seen hedgehogs on the beach drinking from rock pools & eating those sand flea things that jump about when you shine a light on them.
You've just awoken one of my supressed memories of doing fieldwork on the shore and being covered in thousands of sandflies. We were shaking them from our hair for days!