Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Flora meets a Heck

The youngest hedgehog is getting very much braver.

Either that or he/she's very very hungry.


Yesterday s/he didn't even wait until dusk to come looking for food but came trundling over the lawn early in the evening, while it was still light. We hadn't even put out any crunchies, but there was some uneaten cat food that I'd thrown after feeding the furs so that must have attracted him.


Flora was still outside too and so she was stunned to see this new and unknown creature sniffing about and eating bits of chicken in jelly. She came to investigate and was totally intrigued.



First she sniffed from a distance . . .


Then she got closer and investigated more thoroughly. She even tried to bat the hedgehog about like a prickly football but Little Heck wasn't bothered. He froze for a while. considered curling up into a ball, but then obviously realised that she was no real threat - and anyway the food was much more important.




Finally Flora just gave in and settled down beside Little Heck and they snacked on chicken together.
I was glad that this all happened while it was still daylight and that I'd had my camera close to record the first meeting of cat and hedgehog.

17 comments:

Kate Hardy said...

That's SO cute, Kate. Thanks for sharing.

Margaret McDonagh said...

Kate H, you've just stolen my words!!! So cute! What great pictures.

Love,
Mags xx

LindaC said...

Too cute, Kate! Can you imagine what the other was thinking? What kind of cat is your Flora? She looks a great deal like my Justin. He's a Maine Coon.

LindaC

Kate Walker said...

Thanks Kate - maybe you'll even start liking cats now?

And Mags - I knew you'd love these. I was thrilled to get such lovely pictures.

Linda, Flora is exactly like Justin because she's a Maine Coon too. Gorgeous cats, aren't they? She's just 9 months old on Friday.

Jan Jones said...

Oh, Kate, that is so gorgeous! Fab photos.

Liz Fielding said...

Oh, fab pics, Kate. And isn't the floosie getting to be a big girl? Quite a stunner!

Kate Hardy said...

Kate, it's not that I dislike cats... I'm nervous of them. (And you know why because the kids told you. And they laughed.)

Jan Jones said...

You'll have to come over and meet Merlin, Kate H. I defy anyone to be nervous of him. He's more like a vaguely animated cushion than a cat.

Anonymous said...

Such cute pictures. Flora is adorable, so curious.


Chris.

Dina said...

That is so cute, funny how animals bond.

LindaC said...

She's gorgeous, Kate. Justin is a silver mackerel with white and he was eleven in April.

LindaC

Anne McAllister said...

Glad to see the Hecks and Flora are becoming friends!

Wolfy said...

What a great bunch of pictures Kate, and thanks for sharing. Neat how the two bonded and decided that eating was the best thing. Very cute.

lidia said...

Kate,
I loved Flora from the start -- she is very unusual.

We don't have hedgehogs in the states -- stuffed animals maybe. Seeing Flora trying to bond with the hedgehog made me laugh.

My brother's dog did that with a procupine. He ended up with a very sore mouth and a trip to the vets to remove the "spikes."

Julie Day said...

That is really nice to see - cat and hedgehog together. I like pictures like that. I also like to hear that people are feeding and encouraging natural wildlife in to their gardens. Where do they sleep? And what do you feed them? We have various birds in our garden and feed them fat balls. It is so nice to see different birds fly across the gardens.

Anna Adams said...

How adorable! Thanks for showing us Flora Meets the Littlest Heck!

Must go back and peruse the pics again! ;-)

How sweet are they?

Anonymous said...

Oh my God I love it.

 

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