Please leave a saucer of water out for hedgehogs

white_elephant, Feb 3, 2:57pm
in this hot and dry weather.

oh_hunnihunni, Feb 3, 3:00pm
You mean snails aren't juicy enough!

white_elephant, Feb 3, 3:12pm
I imgine they're thirsty too and not that juicy.

white_elephant, Feb 3, 3:17pm
Oh Hunnihunni, I posted this in general too,interesting opinions over there!

mottly, Feb 3, 3:27pm
I have a dish of water out for my.one hedgehog lol.and a treat of cat food hidden in the catnip plant - so the dogs don't pinch it lol

spiritofgonzo, Feb 3, 3:33pm
!Hedgehogs are a pest

mottly, Feb 3, 3:34pm
are slugs n snails endangered! If so - you can have some of the thousand I've got at my place.Humans are a pest.but sadly, they're still allowed water in summer

white_elephant, Feb 3, 3:36pm
Good on you mottly.

aloha3, Feb 3, 6:01pm
commonly thought of as pests
Threat to native fauna

Hedgehogs prey on the endangered, endemic giant snails (Powelliphanta), the endemic weta species, and various other native invertebrates.[3] The critically endangered Cromwell chafer beetle (Prodontria lewisi) is threatened due to predation by hedgehogs as well as other introduced species.[4]

As well as preying on invertebrates hedgehogs may have contributed to the decline and extinction of up to fifteen bird species
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehogs_in_New_Zealand

wasgonna, Feb 3, 6:09pm
I'd rather have a hedgehog in my garden than any of these so-called endangered species that no one's ever seen.

pestri, Feb 3, 7:00pm
Does Gareth allow it, given the damage hh does to native fauna!

junie2, Feb 3, 7:15pm
So, let's not take our hedgehogs out into the bush, unless they're on a leash, OK!

stevee6, Feb 3, 7:29pm
And trained to heel.
Yep, water out for the hedgehogs here.

kaddiew, Feb 23, 10:02pm
Have just seen my first hedgehog ever on this property, tonight. Putting water out now - thanks for the reminder!