Hedgehog Poop

[ethandron]

I am very much a nature lover but every morning I'm finding three or more hedgehog poops on the lawn. Combined with the one or two cat poops, I'm getting a bit fed up with having to clear it all up before being able to walk on the grass without fear of standing in something unpleasant.
The cat poop seems impossible to stop but is there anything I can do to deter the hedgehog poop happening, I don't really want to block off their entrance/exit and am wondering why it's only started happening in the last few weeks.

[ladybirder]

Hedgehogs! How lucky are you. I'd give anything to have them in my garden eth. Send them to me. Sounds as if the other poo is most likely fox's if it's lying on top of the grass. Your garden sounds wonderful, wildlifewise LOL.

[Jackdaw33]

Repost this early in the morning on the GMEB thread. Waterboatman has a resident hedgehog so he will know all about it.

[Mamyalynne]

Lots of wildlife outside my house and often the only way of knowing who your nighttime visitors were is to check their leavings - or of course their prints in the snow in winter.

I think it's a price worth paying to have wild creatures nearby.

[hc4361]

Just think of all the slugs the hedgehogs are eating. It would be a real shame to stop them coming in to your garden and there is nothing you can do about the poop

[Old_Geezer]

What on Earth do you do with it all ? Do you have a poop heap at the bottom of the garden ?

[Mamyalynne]

Not sure who you are asking, but wildlife poop is left and returns to the earth here - Cats locally have so much undergrowth to use I rarely see them soiling in the open.


If a fox visits and leaves a calling card on the balcony I remove it obviously.

[ethandron]

The cat poop is definitely cat poop, I've seen them performing, we've had fox poop in the past and know the difference.
As I said, I'm just looking to deter the hedgehogs from pooping if possible, not eliminate them from the garden. The hedgehog poop is very recognisable, they kind of trail it out over six or eight inches, it's quite runny although some is solid.
I hadn't thought of it being a whole troop/pack/herd/pride of hedgehogs but that would probably explain why there's the amount there is. I do a poop patrol every morning to identify where it is so we don't inadvertently step in it.
Thanks for the replies, looks like we're stuck with it till they hibernate.

[ladybirder]

eh it's a small price to pay to have such a wonderful endangered creature in your garden isn't it?

[ladybirder]

Good thinking db. At least it will make it easier to pick up eth.