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INFORMATION

This house will provide a warm, dry, safe place for hedgehogs to hibernate in your garden. It has

a central divider to provide an entrance corridor and separate sleeping area.

Hedgehogs can often be found nesting in gardens under piles of logs or old sheds, or in compost

heaps. But you can provide a hedgehog with a safer place to hibernate, and encourage it to

become resident in your garden. If the house is found suitable, a female may have her babies in it

during the spring.

In the autumn, hedgehogs will begin to collect leaves, grass, bracken, straw and other materials

to line the house, so you can encourage this process by putting some straw or dry leaves in the

hedgehog house and putting it where it will not be disturbed – under a hedge is ideal. The

entrance should face South for added protection from the elements.

The house should then be covered with soil, twigs and leaves to make a protective and

camouflaged dome. The entrance must be kept clear and you should never disturb the hedgehog

at any time the nest box is in use, and particularly during the winter when the hedgehogs are

hibernating.

The house should be cleaned in the spring when no longer inhabited - if you put one small twig

across the entrance, and after three or four days this is moved, you will be able to tell if the

house is still in use. The reason you wait three or four days is because sometimes the female

hedgehog doesn't leave the nest for several days after she has given birth.

Printed on recycled paper

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