Spring's arrival means the hedgehogs come out of hibernation.

I've been encouraging hedgehogs into my garden ever since we moved here 30 years ago!! Luckily they keep coming. It's important to feed them the right diet to keep them healthy and strong as well as appeasing their hunger. so I wanted to share this with you
NB - that second bowl should read 'Mealworms' not mealwoms!!

New Milton Hedgehog Rescue

April 16 at 7:34 PM ·

IMPORTANT REMINDER about MEALWORMS

Please spread the word to everyone you know who feeds their visiting hedgehogs not to put out large amounts of dried MEALWORMS for them.
There are increasing reports and findings, not just in our area but all over the country of the crippling effects that giving a hedgehog a bad diet is having on them.

Mealworms especially but also sunflower hearts & peanuts are very high in Phosphorous and very low in Calcium and this is being linked to be the possible cause of Bone Disease in hedgehogs.

All of us feed them because we care so let's at least give them a good diet.

For more information regarding this issue please read this great article published by Lynda Britchford of Oxton Hedgehog Rescue.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/oxton-wild-hedgehog-rehab/what-can-i-feed-visiting-wild-hedgehogs-that-is-good-for-them/769239736585477/