tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post4891990557465473017..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: GUEST BLOGGER JAN EDWARDS: The Strange Case of the Weardale WereHogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-35488374272907735582009-02-01T18:58:00.000+00:002009-02-01T18:58:00.000+00:00Hi,We've got something weird living in our compost...Hi,<BR/><BR/>We've got something weird living in our composter at the end of the garden. It's burrowed in from under the next-door neighbour's shed, and has been eating some of the scraps that we put inside the composter. I mean, carrots don't liquify, decay and break down into compost overnight. Something had eaten them.<BR/><BR/>We had thought it might be rats, but we've never had a rat problem in the neighbourhood, and there are plenty of cats around to keep them at bay.<BR/><BR/>It occured to me that it might be a hedgehog or hedgehogs. I've read that hedgehogs make nests in compost heaps when they hibernate, but do hedgehog burrow? Do they, for that matter, eat carrots?<BR/><BR/>We do have a lot of hedgehog visitors during the year in our garden (when they are not hibernating in the winter, that is). We put food out for them nightly - mealworms seem to be their favourite. I've counted quite a few different individuals - you can tell they are different because the sizes vary.<BR/><BR/>So, it makes sense to me that some of our hedgehog visitors might have decided to kip here in our composter for the winter.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what we're going to do when we want to get the compost out of the compost. Hopefully they won't be living in there after they come out from hibernation. Perhaps if I get them a hedgehog house and put it nearby to the composter, under the hedge, they might use that instead?Gavin Lloyd Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.com