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Helping Hedgehogs |
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GENERAL INFORMATION ON HEDGEHOGS |
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There have been whole books written on the subject of hedgehogs, some are listed below, so in this limited space I am just going to mention some of the basics. For further information, please go to the Links page and visit one of the many hedgehog sites listed there |
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Hedgehogs - Pat Morris (ISBN: 0-905 483-28-6) Whittet Books |
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Hedgehogs - Nigel Reeve (ISBN: 0-85661-081-X) T. & A.D. Poyser |
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The Complete Hedgehog - Les Stocker (ISBN: 0-7011-3272-8) Chatto & Windus Ltd |
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The Natural Hedgehog - Lenni Sykes & Jane Durrant (ISBN: 1-85675-042-6) Gaia Books Ltd |
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Everything you want to know about Hedgehogs -Dilys Breese (ISBN: 1-900732-00-9) Midsummer Books |
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Hedgehog in your garden - Doreen King (ISBN: 1-852790-21-0) Kingdom Books |
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HEDGEHOG BOOKS |
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The hedgehog is one of Britain’s best loved and easily recognised mammals - and probably one of the most rarely seen, unless it’s a victim of a road accident! The best chance you have of seeing a live hedgehog is if one visits your garden |
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Generally they live solitary lives and will rarely attempt to be friendly with each other. They do not pair bond and the female raises her young unaided by the male. |
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Each night (when not hibernating) hedgehogs will probably make a slow and apparently haphazard search for food and will travel between 2-3 kms (1-2 miles). |
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Hedgehogs tend to ‘do the rounds’ and visit several gardens within an area. As many as ten different individuals may visit a garden over several nights, which could mean that ‘your’ hedgehog is in fact a number of different individuals visiting at different times. |
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Self-anointing is an activity only hedgehogs do. It seems to be connected with strange smells or tastes which cause them to produce large quantities of frothy saliva. They then spread the foam over their spines by flicking it with their tongue. |
