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Garden Ponds can be death traps. Make sure you have ramps of stones, wooden ladders or rolled squashed wire netting around your pond.
Strimmers maim and kill thousands of Hedgehogs each year. Search your long grass and under hedges before you strim.
Drains and similar open holes trap Hedgehogs and they can starve to death. Keep all drains and holes covered.
Litter is a hazard. Hedgehogs frequently get their heads stuck in tins, yoghurt pots and drink can plastic carriers. Do not put bin bags out overnight.
Slug Pellets can poison a Hedgehog eating the dead slugs. Try making friendly slug traps with beer or put gravel around plants to stop the slugs.
Nets, tennis and any other fine nets can trap a Hedgehog. Put away after use. Fruit nets should be kept tight to stop Hedgehogs getting in. Football nets should be draped over bars way off the ground.
Bonfires and Compost Heaps. Move these with a spade not a fork, before using. Try not to move compost heaps during the summer months as this is baby time. Move bonfires before burning. These are both favourite nesting sites.
Nesting Boxes. If you have a nesting box, do not be tempted to peep and disturb the nest at all. They should only be cleaned out between April and beginning of May. When hibernation is safely over and the babies are not yet born.
Feeding Hedghogs all year can save their lives
If you are worried about the cats getting food, build a Hedgehog feeding station.
An upside down plastic mushroom carton, from your local supermarket, with a 4" by 4" hole cut in one side, makes an ideal feeding station. Two heavy bricks on top, to stop cats pushing it and wind blowing it over. Place the food well towards the back. The Hedgehogs can get in, but the cats cannot get the food.
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