discussion Hedgehog

[Dave Ward]

When I saw the title of the thread - I thought of this!View attachment 309988
Dave

 

[Steve Jones]

Terrific build Si. The spines must have taken ages to add. I take it you used a small battery pack and motor for the mechanics. It's the most realistically built hedgehog I have seen. Wonderful work mate. You must be very pleased. What's next on the bench - an otter, rabbit or even a kitten? Good luck with the next animal:thumb2:

 

[Kelly McFadden]

When I saw the title of the thread - I thought of this!View attachment 309988
Dave

What is that?

 

[Guest]

What is that?

An anti-submarine weapon carried on Allied warships in the Second World War and after. It’s basically 24 spigot mortars¹ set on a single base to give a predictable spread of the projectiles: the ship would set course toward the submarine (or where it was suspected to be) and at the right range, fire the Hedgehog. The projectiles then launched up into the air and fell more or less vertically into the water in a large area, a few of them hopefully striking the submarine and detonating against its hull.

And I must say that like Dave, I too thought the thread would be about that type of Hedgehog when I first clicked on it the other day

¹ In a spigot mortar, the projectile has a hollow tail that fits over a metal rod, and when the propellant is set off, it pushes the projectile off the rod. Basically, the projectile carries its own barrel with it.

 

[stillp]

Normally any hedgehog seen put in daytime is likely to be ill

I used to have a desk in an office overlooking a grassed area next to a small wood. I sometimes saw hogs in daylight - apparently they had ticks, and would come out in daylight for the blackbirds to peck the ticks off!

(Two people stopped as I was doing this, one of them commenting that he “would never have dared to do that” … WTF?! It’s a hedgehog, not a tiger!)

Perhaps they were thinking about the fleas and/or ticks transferring to your arms?

Pete

 

[Guest]

The impression I had was that he was afraid of the sting, probably thought a hedgehog’s fur will rip flesh to shreds.

 

[stillp]

:rolling:

 

[Graeme C.]

Pretty cool having a hedgehog family in your garden Si, my dad found one in the back garden and brought my nephew out to see it, he was only 2 or 3, he gasped and kept saying ee-og!
As for mink, some misguided individuals released some from a farm near me in the name of animal rights & they proceeded to destroy the local wildlife. Wrong to keep mink for fur, but even worse to let them loose.

 

[Guest]

Beautiful Si.
Yes please to the link .:thumb2:
Thanks for posting .
John.

 

[Gary MacKenzie]

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A hoglet ( one of 4 ) we raised a few years ago , released in local area.

 

[Si Benson]

Gary,
Oh how sweet. You should be proud to of helped them out:smiling4:
Si

 

[Peter Gillson]

We have seen one around for the last few weeks and this evening saw two little ones out in the garden. The good news is that we must have a breeding pair in the garden, the bad news is they are under a New Zealan flax plant that we were going to remove. All garden re-design plans on hold.

 

[Si Benson]

We have seen one around for the last few weeks and this evening saw two little ones out in the garden. The good news is that we must have a breeding pair in the garden, the bad news is they are under a New Zealan flax plant that we were going to remove. All garden re-design plans on hold.

Same situation here Peter, I had plans to landscape the garden, but would like to encourage the hedgehogs so I’m currently researching ideas to make a friendly environment for them.
Si

 

[Peter Gillson]

Si
One thing to remember with hedge hogs is they roam a lot. Tracked hogs have been known to walk over 2km in a night so it is important to have some access they can get into, and out of, your garden.

Peter

 

[Si Benson]

I had a check round and they have plenty of spaces to get between the gardens....my neighbors garden is practically a jungle, bet they love it in there:smiling5:

 

[colin m]

Si
One thing to remember with hedge hogs is they roam a lot. Tracked hogs have been known to walk over 2km in a night so it is important to have some access they can get into, and out of, your garden.

Peter

Very true. I made a Hedgehog Highway in my fence to allow a bit of roaming. We haven't seen one yet, but have lots of little 'deposits' which suggest one or two patrol the garden at night. Also, not many slugs which I believe is a clue, they are about.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Hogs are the best form of slug control

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[SimonT]

When I were a nipper we had a Jack Russell that always managed to find hedgepigs in the back garden in winter

Every time he did he ended up with fleas

 

[Peter Gillson]

hi all

A busy day today - but not modelling!

we have a family of hedgehogs, all living under a flax plant which we want to remove. A problem since we cannot remove the plant while the young are there, nor if one decides to hibinate there, so I spent this afternoon building three hedgehog homes. The idea is that I will put one close to the plant and the other two elsewhere around the garden and hopefully if they hibernate in the garden they will choose one of these houses.

Here are the plans I used. I adjusted the sizes for the width of the plywood, and gave a slight slope to the roof to stop water pooling on the roof.

I just need to seal the raw edges with a water based sealant. Does anybody have any suggestions what I can use?

Peter

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[Gary MacKenzie]

this link @ http://www.therabbithouse.com/outdoor/petsafewoodstain.asp states that the named paints/preservative are safe for rabbits.