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There are many ways that you can help hedgehogs in your garden from feeding them to giving them a home for the winter. I hope that this web site will encourage you to help them in your own garden and cherish them as a gardeners friend.

It's nice for children and adults to think that there is a hedgehog in the garden and that they might just get a look at it if they are at the right place at the right time.
Have a listen too, Hedgehogs are very!! noisy eaters!
Food
You can go out and buy from a good pet store proper hedgehog food but this can be very expensive unless you shop around for a good price. The cheaper alterative is cat or dog food ,you can also give them a bowl of water.
Why not be really garden friendly and find them a bowl of slugs!!
Remember, if you poison your slugs, you are poisoning any wildlife which eats the slug.

What not to give them

No fish variety cat/dog food No bread, No milk

How to go about it

Tear the stamps off your envelopes carefully, leaving a gap around the edge. Ensure that the stamps are intact.

Once you have got a large amount of stamps put them in a stamped addressed envelope addressed to;

Sandra Craske
‘’Arcturus’’
Erpingham
Norwich
NR11 7QD

Fund Raising Day

You could attend the annual fund raising day which is held at Sandras home in Erpingham, Details will be posted on this site nearer the time.

You could make a donation
For details on how to do this please contact hedgehog rescue at schedgehog@btinternet.com

Take care!
One of the best ways you can help is to drive carefully and be animal friendly in your garden.

Out during the day
If you find a hedgehog out during the day there is always something wrong even if it does not look like it is ill or injured ,as a point of action catch the hedgehog and wrap it up in an old jumper or towel to keep it warm, making sure that it can still move and breath easily. Then put it in a cardboard box leaving one flap of the box open so the hedgehog can still breath. Once you have done this contact your local hedgehog rescue centre, vet or the RSPCA . For the list of North Norfolk hedgehog rescue centres go to the contacts page on the left hand side. If you want to feed it, you can give it cat or dog food but not a fish variety, milk or bread . Also make sure it has water to drink. Remember who ever you call you will not be changed for the treatment that the hedgehog requires and you may just save its life
This information is the same if you find any obviously injured or ill hedgehog.

SATURDAY 12TH JULY 2008

10AM – 4PM

AT

ARCTURUS ERPINGHAM (Signposted off A140)

ADMISSION FREE

TOMBOLA BRIC-A-BRAC PLANTS CAKES RAFFLE PRIZES REFRESHMENTS TEAS COFFEE SOFT DRINKS & SCONES ROLLS ETC

YOUR SUPPORT WOULD BE APPRECITED

ANY FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 01263 761577 / 01692 503058

DON’T BE A SLUG, GET THE HEDGEHOG BUG!!!

Size
An adult male weighs 800-1110g (28-40oz) (10in, 26cm) females are generally smaller and weigh 500-700g (17-25oz)
Colour
Hedgehogs are brown (rarely albino) with spines over their back and sides. The spines are dark brown with lighter tips. The head and belly are covered with coarse brown hair.
Breeding season
Hedgehog young can be born between May-July, late litters can be born up to September.
Gestation period
The hedgehog has a Gestation period of 31-35 days.
Number of young
Hedgehogs give birth to 2-7 young although 20% will die before leaving the nest.
Lifespan
Hedgehogs have an average lifespan of about two years but can live for up to 8 years if conditions and food supply's are good.
Food
Hedgehogs food consists of worms, caterpillars. beetles, carrion and almost anything available at ground level.
Predators
The hedgehog has few predators. Foxes, badgers and a dog may take some, especially babies but the tawny owl, pine martin, polecat, gamekeepers, motorists and people with trimmers are the main killers.

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