Bobbi and Matey are home

Today was the day I went to collect Bobbi.
Sylvia the carer said "I think that's Bobbi, it's one of them two" so I had the biggest.
I also had a male too.
I brought them home in a plastic crate. As soon as the second one was put in the crate they started shoving. A pile of hay was put in and off we went. It was all quiet in there by the time we got home. They were both side by side snuggled in the hay.
I'd checked the one hog house. It was full of hay, but empty. We put Bobbi in the entrance and "encouraged" her to go in.
I'd put a box full of hay inside this plastic box and across from it was a plastic plant pot filled with hay with some roofing felt over the top. We forced Matey (as that's what I've jsut decided to call him) into the box hole. Both houses had a bit of food and some water just outside.



This was about half 6 so it was still light. The idea was they'd get comfortable there and go exploring after dark. 15 minutes later they both popped their heads out. Bobbi to eat, Matey to move across the hall into the plant pot.

I kept popping out to check on them. Matey was happy to stay in his new home, but Bobbi was out and about having a right good nose. Every so often she'd self anoint which was a very strange thing to see. These pics don't show her in a good light at all !!! She's not cross eyed honest :)

I marked them both in different spots to be able to differentiate them. After we had our curry (and still before it was dark) I went and stood between the two houses. They are about 4m apart. Bobbi wandered towards Matey's place and had a good lick of the roofing felt. Then Matey decided to stick his nose out. Bobbi took exception to this and they did a bit of pushing, so Matey went into the plastic thing. Bobbi wandered off as if nothing had happened. She was wandering in the direction towards the house, but wrong way to get down to the grass.

I left them for a bit, then just after dark I went out with the torch. I could see Bobbi was back by the hog house, except something wasn't quite right as I could see Matey in the corner, but they both seemed to have the tippex splodge on the same side and I was sure I'd marked them differently. And "Bobbi's" splodge seemed a bit mucky. She then scarpered in the opposite direction and I realised it wasn't Bobbi, but must have been Snout. Snout moved so fast I couldn't see where he'd gone as I only had my torch. I'm assuming that Snout has been using the hog house for a bit of a rest in the evening. I wonder who's getting it tonight. The real Matey was by his house.

So in summary, they haven't run off, they are keeping local for the moment. I'm not sure what will happen tot hem, but so far, so good.

New Season

I've not seen Flash for a while, so I think he's gone :(
But Norm is becoming more of a regular. He looks quite small and cute in this pic, I'd nabbed him to put some more tippex on him.



But this is the new chappie. He could almost be Ratty's offspring, he's so ugly. He's bigger than Norm, you can work out the size of him on the feeder.

Checking out the new accommodation

I put my new hoggie house out to check it for the elements and put some cat food and mealworms inside. Harris preferred the chicken outside at first (the cat wanted a sniff too, but couldn't get close)

01:00


01:10 - you can see Harris is inside now


02:10 - he has a wander around


02:16 - and s back inside checking out whether he wants to move in


02:53 - miffed that the cat ate all the chicken

Sunny

I hereby name this hedgehog Sunny.
I managed to nab him. He seems healthyish. But weighed just 300g. The size difference with Harris is huge.


I hope these walls are tall enough. I may need to close the lid, but make a big hole in the middle so he can't get out

Harris Popped out of Hibernation

I was on the look out to nab the small hedgie, but came across Harris. He must have felt the warmer weather and popped out for a bit to eat. Perhaps I shouldn't have grabbed him, but brought him in to weigh and he was a monster 925g.



And nearly filled the tub. Look at the nose on him :)

Size of a fox

Issy came to visit and when she went out and ran past camera it was "whoah, look at that massive creature!!!!!" Thing is, she's not a big dog, just a medium. Now I thought that the foxes were just a bit smaller than her, but when you look at the pics of the foxes, they are a lot smaller than dog size.

In fact, they are not much bigger than this cat.

Fairies in the night

I captured the "fairies" that live in my garden :)








Although I think this one is an alien