We have a sunken walled garden and roughly every 3-4 weeks we receive a new "pet" hedgehog who presumably falls down the bank into our garden and then can't get out.
Our garden is average sized so we discover the new addition the family very quickly and get all excited (we have a toddler - excitement is easily come by!). I googled what they like to eat and have a stash of cat food at the ready for such visitors.
They usually like to sleep under F's sandpit but I recently made a nice nest box for "aaa-ckog" (as F calls them)
I usaully feel guilty that they miss their "friends and family" after about a week or so (or if we are going to be away for a night or whatever and not around to feed it) and then let them go by releasing them on the bank again.
But, should i release them as soon as I find them and not keep them for a week or so.... am i being mean letting them / making them hang out with us for a while!?!?There's pretty much no source of food naturally for them in our garden i wouldn't have thought... no shrubs or hedgerows - just walls all around a lawn and raised beds they can't get to.
Am i being bonkers even asking...!?
If anyone else cares for wild hedgehogs i'd be pleased to hear any tips / advice??? Or should i just set them free as soon as they arrive? (F loves them)
