Homes for Hedgehogs - Hedgehog Food & Drink

The best way to satisfy a hedgehog’s hunger is to create an environment where their natural prey is abundant. Since a hedgehog’s main diet is made up of Invertebrates like beetles, caterpillars and earwigs, having a ready supply of these will provide a smorgasbord of crunchy treats. Because of this, having a wilder area in your garden with a log pile, will help attract insects, which hedgehogs are very partial to.

You may also want to eliminate insecticide, else you’re killing the hedgehogs natural food supply. Slug Pellets can poison a hedgehog, so should be avoided if possible. If you would like to supplement your hedgehog’s diet, definitely stay away from bread and milk, opting instead for meat based cat or dog food, cat biscuits or high quality specialist hedgehog food – where meat is the first named ingredient. You can even build a feeding station that will stop larger mammals like Foxes and cats from getting to the food before your hedgehog does.

This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actions you can take to protect Somerset’s hedgehogs. See below for some more ideas, and look out for emails from us over the next three months as we share lots of tips, ideas and fun facts about hedgehogs and how you can help the hogs in your garden.