Hedgehogs behaviour

Tonight was very interesting. I sat watching my little prickly friends scurrying around the garden, eating, drinking and then I heard a very strange noise coming from a flower bed. It was not a grunting sound that I heard before but more like a snorting sound. I captured video with sound and i will add it to the post.


At one stage I saw one scratching his head with his hind paw, but did not capture it on camera. Also our cat Preab paid a visit looked at the hedgehogs looked at me as if to say hey they are heer again haha and walked off. Its great that he does not try to atack the hedeghogs even when they are eating his food.

I saw at least five different hedgehogs this evening and also last night. They seem to enjoy the warmer weather and do come out and noticed that they drank lots. I had to fill their water container three times before going to bed.

Below are a few images of last night and tonight and also the video of the noise that I heard tonight. The video did not work fear not you can watch it here https://www.facebook.com/HedgehogWatchDublin