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Offline Hush

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Check out these cute critters
« on: December 29, 2010, 02:14:57 AM »
My partner and I had just got out of the spa pool tonight and we heard this "peep" "peep" noise, next minute a mother Hedge Hog came scuttling out from behind our shed with 5 little babies in single file behinde her.
She seems like a good little mother, she checked us both out then satisfied that we could be relied on to babysit her brood she shot off (man can these things run) and went looking for food.
I sneaked inside and locked our fox terrier up (cos he chases anything and baby hedge pigs would be fair game for him but he wouldn't know what to do with them even if he caught one) and grabbed our camera.
They were very tame, let us pick them up with no fuss, guess they aren't wise to the big bad world yet.
I'm going to contact the SPCA tomorrow and find out where a better place to release them would be, they can't say in this neighbourhood as the locals would probably eat them. ;D
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Re: Check out these cute critters
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 03:50:04 AM »
we do fox terrier rescue.  imagine a fox terrier causing trouble!  The last thing he caught was my wife's roomba.  Must look just like a hedge hog.
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 11:41:56 AM »
Got a picture of a Roomba?
Unless it's something I would rather nor see! ;D
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Re: Check out these cute critters
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2010, 11:48:46 AM »
those are super cute. we have a family of raccoons in our back yard. cute, but kinda nasty.
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2010, 08:17:43 PM »
Gonna give them a bonus feed tonight, not much food in the area right now.
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2010, 11:01:33 PM »
what do they eat?
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2010, 11:09:04 PM »
My wife has raccoons and possums at her back door...sure make a mess outta the cat food dishes.. ;D
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2010, 11:35:29 PM »
That's pretty cool.  They make great pets though they are not common here in the U.S.  We have a possum that comes a few times a week for supper.  Minnesota is a bit out of their normal range so we figure it needs a bit of help and it seems quite unafraid while it waits for us to bring out the food dish.  A feral cat, Grey Kitty is back for the third winter now and comes every night at 6 pm.  We only see this cat in the winter.
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2010, 11:52:27 PM »
once you pluck the spikes of a hedge hog and cook them slowly they taste great and are really tender,you can then use their own spikes as shishkab sticks,,,,,hey chill im joking!!!my wife hates my jokes,we love animals,anyone who dosent is more the poorer.
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2010, 12:07:23 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 29, 2010, 11:52:27 PM
once you pluck the spikes of a hedge hog and cook them slowly they taste great and are really tender,you can then use their own spikes as shishkab sticks,,,,,hey chill im joking!!!my wife hates my jokes,we love animals,anyone who dosent is more the poorer.

just for you Dave I'll post this video here.  It's hilarious.

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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2010, 02:44:37 AM »
thanks for that srust,next years christmas dinner is looking fine!about 93 i used to work at remote mines in queensland,you cant help hitting roos,even already dead ones, and rule number one in heavy trucks with bull bars is dont swerve,in cars protect the radiator by smacking either the left or right headlight,anyway, anytime the trucks drove back into town and into the yard ,the  guard dog comes out and licks the mud flaps clean,air dried and sunbaked road kill,probably like some kind of mobile jerky?
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Re: Check out these cute critters
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2010, 04:15:28 AM »
a roomba is an automatic vacuum that moves around the room and even recharges automatiically.
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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2010, 11:39:05 PM »
Ah that's OK then Wardenerd, I was kinda worried it was some more delicate part of your poor wife's anatomy!
Hey with the handle Warden, are you in the same line of work as me?
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