Post edited 9:56 pm – Mon 13-Sep-10 by Danny

The noise that Hedgehogs make when 'courting' is unmistakable, prolonged and very,very loud. Astounding that such a small beast can make so much noise for so long AND run around in circles at the same time. If you hear them, go out with a torch and watch them dancing , it is hilarious and rather sweet. The sound is a sharp snorting snuffling- rather like a puffing steam train chugging up a hill but with bronchitis thrown in and more than a touch of the pig.

Even rooting around in the garden they make really loud piggy noises!

Fairly quiet last night- owls went to bed reasonably early, too chilly for hedgehog fun.

Bin men arrived around 7am, recycling day so plenty of emptying of boxes of cans and plastic bottles into big collection wheelie bins- that woke up the cock who started crowing, which alerted the Red Kites who started to whistle ( they have really loud whistles and sit on the top of trees so the whistle carries as far as possible) so it was rumble,crow,whistle,rumble,clatter,crow,whistle,rumble,clatter,crow,whistle … then the lorry arrived to empty the collection bins and reversed down the street making that super beep beep noise…by this time I was up and getting the first load of washing on the line…no point in staying in bed.

I think an early night tonight.

KateUK said:

The noise that Hedgehogs make when 'courting' is unmistakable, prolonged and very,very loud. , it is hilarious and rather sweet. The sound is a sharp snorting snuffling- rather like a puffing steam train chugging up a hill but with bronchitis thrown in and more than a touch of the pig.

 

that sounds like the noise i make when im'e courting too

maggenpie said:

 

MOS I'm fascinated to read about your herbalist, and especially that she cured acne through diet. I'm of the opinion that a lot of today's ill health is diet related.

i was amased too maggenpie ,the diet she gave him was draconian, and the desision to folow it took some sole seatching on his part ,but the acne was so bad he would have skinned himself if it would shift it ,his back was 90% scabs, some of them bigger than your thumb nail and deeper than the skin it realy was horendouse ,but within the week you could see the difference ,he still has and probbably will allways have the scares on his skin but at least its skin ,i wouldent like to describe the before picture it would turn your stomach ,he relapses now and then but goes back on the list whenever it starts to flare up again ,guess he will always have to watch what he eats in the long term .

MOS