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seriesonenut



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Fright Night
So after blaming our cats for making a hell of a mess in our kitchen a couple of nights back, tonight I am sitting in the lounge looking at the forum when I hear a sort of scratching sound from underneath our sofa in the lounge....

With some trepidation and moving of furniture, large object in hand in case it was something mouse/rat like I found a young hedgehog! Shocked

Clearly decided being fed with the cats and hibernating in my lounge was preferable to outside

Made the heart pound for a bit until I knew what it was mind you Rolling with laughter 2010 XS USW
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Zed



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Blimey, we have them in the garden but none have made it in the house.
Hedgehogs are great but usually covered in fleas. You may need to spray where he's been.
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Rashers



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I would have been waiting for rats as well.

I would take a few fleas over rats any day Whistle
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Hedgehog fleas do not like humans. But do get the cats treated for anti flea stuff. Do what you can to put it somewhere safe. Hedgehogs are becoming quite rare now.
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seriesonenut



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Yes safe and well. We now have three every night, I suspect a family as two look much smaller. Thumbs Up

I would just prefer to share my garden and not the house!! 2010 XS USW
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I have images of Hedghogs climbing through cat flaps with luggage in tow. Rolling with laughter James
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seriesonenut



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So do I Rolling with laughter

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many years ago while camping.
girlfriend wakes me in middle of the night.
Theres someone in the tent she whispers.
i look round and the dog is still asleep. (crazy boxer)
i nudge the dog awake. he looks up. what the.......
all the time we can hear movement in tent. (not sleeping area)
dog is not bothered. so i man up and undo the zip.
a hedgehogs arse sticking out the dogs tin bowel!!!!
thank god.
i give the dog the benifit of the doubt that he could smell it was a hedgehog.
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Rashers



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Nice story v8steve Thumbs Up
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Procta



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hedgehogs are rare sights to see now, When I used to walk prince, we often come a cross a couple, at night. this is going back 6 years ago. I think we did have one in the garden two years ago, too.
I tell you lads what I have seen very often now, and that's foxes. One past in front of me when I was driving back from work last week. I know of one that lives in the industrial estate, that one popped its head out at me, when we bumped into each other. I backed off a little, and it popped its head out just to see if I was still there. Not the 1st time we had crossed paths, before that, he practically ran directly out in front of me too. Last year though ( princes last few months a live) I heard a nasty yelp. When I got around to the main road, a poor fox had bought it sadly. I would have picked it up off the road, but there was no where for me to tie up prince at the time. Lucky though someone had the same idea. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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