After four weeks of quiet, there are noises back in the hedgehog house;
and they're attracting the attention of the neighbours.
Welcome back to Hedgehog's Hollow, the channel for people passionate about
hedgehogs, about attracting them and supporting them in their garden.
And if that sounds like you, then why don't you consider subscribing to the channel,
if you haven't yet done so? Now, for the last four weeks,
the only activity really has been the visiting robins, because Walter, our young resident,
had been in hospital. And if you recall, this is Walter on the night before he was admitted and he
did something really nasty to himself, developing a really nasty abdominal swelling.
So Walter was admitted to the local hedgehog rescue and that is of course Brockworth Hedgehog
Rescue where he has spent the last four weeks. But this Monday he returned and here he is,
literally twice the size he was. He has absolutely enjoyed his time at the rescue
clearly gorging himself on the wonderful food that Vicky has been
giving him, and he has come back twice the young man that he was.
So this is literally his first excursion from the house, having been placed back in the house
when he returned. This is his first excursion and he clearly,
Vicky, likes the paper that you sent him home with, because the first thing that he
did was start reminiscing about his time in the rescue and eating his paper, his shredded paper.
But what was really amazing was, having spent four weeks away from the garden, once he gave himself
a little bit of a quick self-anointing, having encountered a few new smells, he was straight back
into it. He acclimatized himself absolutely very quickly back into the garden, recognizing the
house, the water bowl and, of course, the food store. And that was the first place that he made
a bee line for was the food box, just to check out that I had indeed left him a stack of food.
i think he got tired eventually of vicky's paper that she'd sent him home with
and so after a little bit of a scratch it was off to the food box to see what was there.
Now just by way of illustration, to show you just how much he has grown,
this was Walter on the night he fell ill and before he had to be taken away to the hospital,
and this is Walter four weeks later. It's hard to believe that it is the same hedgehog,
but look at this side by side comparison and you can see exactly how much Walter has enjoyed
his time at Brockworth Hedgehog Rescue. He really has come back a much happier healthier hog,
having been treated for lung worm, ringworm and his urine infection.
But don't let that cute, furry face deceive you. having established that
the food box was full of food and the water bowl still where he had left it when he left
he proceeded to leave the garden for most of the evening. There must have been a poker game
out in the neighborhood that he wanted to catch up with, because he left the garden
and roamed the neighborhood once more just as he had been doing
through all of December. So it's good to have our Walter back with us, but it's also good to know
that despite coming back so large and healthy, his mischievous nature has not changed at all.
if you want to keep up with the antics of Walter as we head into Spring, then be sure to subscribe
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of keeping up with all the new things that are coming to the channel; including the first live
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links in the description of this video, and you'll find all the information you're looking for there.
i'll also be publishing videos on a once a week basis, on a Thursday evening,
and hopefully by next Thursday, when i have the next video coming out,
Walter would have learned how to get back into the hedgehog house. Coming back larger than he left
is proving to be a little bit difficult to negotiate the entrance. But eventually he made it.
So from Walter, and myself Mike, you take care and i'll see you next week. Bye bye.