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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts) Mon Jul 9, 2018, 09:21 AM Jul 2018

Why can't hedgehogs just

share the hedge?

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Why can't hedgehogs just (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 OP

and why do they want to eat my petunias? In_The_Wind Jul 2018 #1

Not sure the hedgehoge is the culprit. They're not native to N America. Fla Dem Jul 2018 #4

It was a local woodchuck. In_The_Wind Jul 2018 #6

Don't even get me started on the ground hogs!! Siwsan Jul 2018 #2

Who let the hogs out?! (n/t) PJMcK Jul 2018 #3

Warthogs can go ahead and bogart the warts. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2018 #5

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. and why do they want to eat my petunias?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 09:24 AM

Jul 2018

Fla Dem

(23,650 posts)

4. Not sure the hedgehoge is the culprit. They're not native to N America.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 10:11 AM

Jul 2018

There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas (the extinct genus Amphechinus was once present in North America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog

Some people may have them as pets, but they are actually banned as pets in several states.

More than likely the culprits are squirrels, rabbits or chipmunks.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. It was a local woodchuck.

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 04:12 PM

Jul 2018

We have one (or more) family of chucks here. I watched the babies playing (and eating the plants) in my backyard.

I moved the plants to a safe location and fed the woodchucks. They are fond of strawberries and cantaloupe.