Southerrrngirrl Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Is it breeding season for hedgehogs or something? I've had to take 4 hedgehogs (both dead and alive!) away from where our dogs are in our back yard in the last 4 days. Never before have I seen so many hedgehogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I have no idea but I would like to know why they can't just share the hedge??? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I saw heaps in New Plymouth. I want one so badly but they are dirty little things and I have no place to put one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 They are great for clearing up the slugs and snails in the garden.I love seeing them in my garden :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Yeah I have no problem with them being in my garden, but when I find it mauled half to death by my dog, well thats a bit upsetting. I wish they could share the hedge too Caryl! I am only thinking about their welfare and the neighbours. They should just stay away from the dogs. Cos when the silly dogs see a hedgehog they just bark like crazy. I don't even know why they don't leave them alone, those spikes look pretty nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Is it breeding season for hedgehogs or something? I've had to take 4 hedgehogs (both dead and alive!) away from where our dogs are in our back yard in the last 4 days. Never before have I seen so many hedgehogs! i would say spring was the birth time of the hedgehogs & now the teenagers are being booted from home maybe. or they are travelling for food or you could be right, a mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I saw heaps in New Plymouth. I want one so badly but they are dirty little things and I have no place to put one. I'm sure LA breeds some clean little things. Can they be treated like house rabbits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 They are horrible animals. We have heaps on our section so anyone who wants a new pet is very welcome to catch some and take them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 You will have to sanitise it before you try and fob one off to Phoenix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'm sure LA breeds some clean little things. Can they be treated like house rabbits? Was it LA that had an albino one too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 ah the misunderstood hedgehog and all the misconceptions surrounding it pretty hard to clean yourself when your back is covered in spines and your arms are too short to reach the shampoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Here here :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 They are horrible animals. We have heaps on our section so anyone who wants a new pet is very welcome to catch some and take them away. What's horrible about them? As long as you don't try and step on them barefoot or something they're harmless. They're just little pincushions that like crashing around the bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 well saidIra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 So can you give them a bath or something to clean them up LA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 They're horrible because they're a pest maybe.... Funny how they're as bad as possums or rabbits but everyone seems to love them :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 They're horrible because they're a pest maybe.... Funny how they're as bad as possums or rabbits but everyone seems to love them :roll: I like rabbits. And possums have fur so soft :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I like rabbits. And possums have fur so soft :lol: I kinda like them all too, but I like native birds, insects and reptiles better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 yes they are a pest as well so they are horrible in that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Just like cats I think the jury is still out on them being a pest, they may eat a few native insects and it's possible (don't know if conclusively proven yet) they may get eggs from some ground nesting birds, although I'm not sure ground nesting birds there are to worry about have that live in the typical suburban hangouts of hedgehogs. If you take into account the amount of non-native pest insects they eat that are competing with native species and eating native plants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I hate hedgehogs... :oops: Hedgehogs do serious damage to the population of native falcons who nest on the ground http://www.maf.govt.nz/sff/about-projects/search/05-033/press-release.htm and many of our endangered shore birds. Hedgehogs also don't just hang out in "typical suburbia" they're very wide spread in bushlands and forests etc and are actually excellent climbers. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I saw number 5 today, he wasn't around the dogs though, he was speeding out our driveway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 maf hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Dogs, cats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats, mice, hedgehogs, wasps, sth african praying mantis, deer, goats. pigs and the list goes on possibly impossble to eradicate in this cost driven world we live in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Is it breeding season for hedgehogs or something? I just remembered this pic I took in my garden a couple years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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