søndag, juli 24, 2005

 

Hogs in the pile

Forgot to grab the cam as always......

today while clearing out the garage we found what we thought was an ant hill under some junk
when we poked it ants would run around so we got ready to remove it and i noticed something strange poking out of alittle hole in the top of the pile on closer inspection it turned out that a hedgehog had been dragging in junk and putting it in a pile next to the anthill, when i uncovered it to move it i was shocked it hissed at me never had that happen before and i have handled alot of hedge hogs, so i went to pick it up (wearing my ticky leather work gloves) and it chomped down on a finger again never happend before, ok i picked it up around the body only to notice a pink little thing with tiny white spikes laying under it, so as it chomped on my finger again (grumpy little bugger) a box was made ready for me to put it in then i searched the former nest and found 2 tiny little hedghogs about 2-3 days old that i put into the box with the mommy-hoggie (a momgie?), and topped off with some of the debris he had made the nest in, only took her a few minutes to calmdown again and start warming the youngs again, i called someone that has a hedghog shelter and they where more than happy to take the hoggie and her youngs, since if disturbed the mommy-hoggie will leave the nest and not comeback and with dogs and cats running around it would not be safe.

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No pics? Darn!!

You gotta watch those mommies protecting their young. They throw all caution to the wind and CHARGE!!!!
 
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